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  • 07 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

Historically, the idea was that multinational firms were looking at after-tax rates of return around the world and choosing to invest their capital eitherat home or abroad up to the point that those returns... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2024 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Taffi: Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia

By: Paul A. Gompers and Fares Khrais
Taffi was a tech-enabled fashion styling startup founded by Shahad Geoffrey in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Within three years of operating, Geoffrey had pivoted the business multiple times. In 2023, Geoffrey was attempting the business’s most ambitious pivot yet, shifting... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Fashion Industry; Technology Industry; Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula
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  • April 2009
  • Teaching Note

SKS Microfinance (TN)

By: Shawn A. Cole
Teaching Note for [208137]. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment; Financing and Loans; Valuation; Social Enterprise; Equity; Financial Markets; Microfinance; For-Profit Firms; Financial Services Industry; India
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  • 14 Nov 2012
  • News

Remembering His Roots

Curiel: Investing in young people who grew up as migrant farmworkers. Photo courtesy Martin Curiel Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) wants you to invest in dreams. Through the Rising Farmworkers Dream Fund (RFDF),... View Details
Keywords: farmworkers
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

Co., LLC Greenhill A 31-year veteran and former president of Morgan Stanley, Bob Greenhill launched his own boutique merchant bank, Greenhill & Co., in 1996 and took it public in 2004. The firm currently has a market capitalization... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

    Arjun Chopra

    Arjun Chopra (MBA 2004) is a Partner at FLOODGATE and leads the firm's investments in opportunities that transform the "IT stack" in ways that help companies change the way they do business and compete. Arjun was the CTO at Cambridge... View Details
    Keywords: Aviation & Aerospace;#13;#Biotech & Life Sciences;#20;#Ecommerce;#24;#Electronics & Hardware;#28;#Energy, Oil, Renewables, & Environment;#31;#Finance;#37;#Gaming;#45;#Insurance;#58;#Real Estate & Housing;#64;#Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital
    • 01 Dec 2016
    • News

    Summing Up the New Students

    Illustrations by Chris Philpot Andrew Faulkner Homer, Alaska, “Halibut Capital of the World” CV: Structural engineer, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (construction), Chicago “When I was accepted to the MBA Program, I called to make sure it was... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna
    • 17 Apr 2015
    • News

    A Driving Force for a Sustainable World

    times in 10 years,” she recalls. In 2001, Herlaut joined Pechiney in Paris, which was acquired by Alcan, then Arcelor (which became Arcelor Mittal) in Luxembourg. Those jobs made her realize how much money companies were investing in... View Details
    Keywords: Jill Radsken; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
    • Web

    HBS - Financials | From the CFO

    semester-long FIELD Global Immersion course, resulting in a refund to students. IT Investment (in millions, excludes capital expenses) FY 21 $90 FY 20 96 FY 19 87 FY 18 82 FY 17 85 View Details
    • 01 Dec 2016
    • News

    Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel

    websites. FLYR CEO Jean Tripier (MBA 1992) Founded in 2013 “The data science company that ends the guessing game of booking airfares.” When JetBlue created a venture capital arm earlier this year, its first View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • Fast Answer

    Making Markets

    investment bank analyst reports What are analysts saying? Use company and industry analyst reports to inform your ideas. Limit to "initiating coverage" for meatier reports. For a multimedia learning module on... View Details
    • 16 Mar 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: March 16

    sensitivity of investment is lower in countries with better-developed financial markets. This suggests that financial development may mitigate financial constraints. This effect is weaker in conglomerate subsidiaries, which are likely to... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 02 Nov 2015
    • News

    Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

    part time. ”I have now been to 10 countries in Africa in three years, and often times feel more comfortable here than I do in my other home, the USA.” With the acquisition of two universities (Cavendish in Uganda and Zambia) and a significant View Details
    Keywords: Jill Radsken
    • Spring 2021
    • Article

    Corporate Resilience and Response During COVID-19

    By: Alex Cheema-Fox, Bridget LaPerla, George Serafeim and Hui (Stacie) Wang
    The coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp market decline while raising heterogeneous responses across companies related to their employees, supply chain, and repurposing of operations to provide needed products and services. We study whether during the 2020 COVID-19... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Crisis Response Plans; Crisis; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Big Data; Machine Learning; Investor Behavior; Institutional Investors; Corporate Performance; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Human Capital; Supply Chain; Operations; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Institutional Investing; Performance
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    Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

    million, compared with $158 million in the prior year. Cash giving to the endowment increased to $82 million from $81 million in fiscal 2023. Cash giving for capital projects totaled $2 million in fiscal 2024, compared with $3 million in... View Details
    • Web

    Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog

    employee, advisor or investor. However, the course is also appropriate for students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital and angel financing to look at... View Details

      John Pitcairn

      Pitcairn shepherded his small plate glass company into an industry leader with a capitalization of $25 million in 1916. Pitcairn accomplished such expansion through plant acquisition and sales growth, as well as through View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods
      • Fast Answer

      Family Offices and Family Trusts

      How do I identify the investment firms that are family offices or family trusts servicing wealthy families? Preqin Click the "Search for" tab at the top of the page Hover over "Investors"  Click... View Details
      • 24 Apr 2014
      • News

      From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’

      Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring... View Details
      • 05 Jun 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: June 5, 2007

      http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807111 OuterLink Corp. (A) Harvard Business School Case 806-059 Zero Stage Capital is addressing a troubled investment in OuterLink Corp., which... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace