Capital Markets - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Apr 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

wanted to leverage my knowledge & experience in finance to focus on making a difference in my home region of Asia through impact investing. In China, for example, the sector lacks quite a bit with regards to human capital and... View Details

21 Nov 2019
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The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

from firms such as Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Marathon Capital, and FullCycle discussed the need for patient capital to be aligned on the longer timelines it may take for alternative energy investments to fully develop a return. As one... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

01 Oct 1998
News

Putting on the Wheels

capital to highly motivated workers anxious to put aside the past and to justify the decision by GM - the world's largest automobile manufacturer - to invest in them and their community. Eisenach, Hughes believes, is an example of how GM... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Jun 2003
News

HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report

performance, and gifts for the year ended June 30, 2002 (FY02). Dean Kim B. Clark notes in the publication’s foreword that one of the reasons for producing the report was the School’s capital campaign. “We are asking our alumni and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Max Wibaux

GlaxoSmithKline. L’Oréal. Lindt & Sprungli. With a resumé that includes significant marketing roles in these and other CPG companies, Max Wibaux, MBA 2019, already has an impressive decade of experience behind him. "I loved the... View Details

Keywords: CPG

01 Jun 2004
News

Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson

was invested in U.S. capital markets; today it is 33 percent,” said Paulson. “Foreign investors are finding our markets less attractive,” he warned, and later noted that there is a danger that the United... View Details

Keywords: Goldman Sachs; Finance

19 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech

and income statement will have no market effect. But to argue that proper costing of stock options would have a significant adverse impact on companies that make extensive use of them is to admit that the economics of stock options, as... View Details

Keywords: by Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan & Robert C. Merton

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

on clean energy and the carbon markets Craig Lund (MBA 2008) 1366 Technologies Lexington, MA Develops innovative manufacturing solutions for silicon cell manufacturers that dramatically cut the cost of installed solar power David Prend... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

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Adam Kanner

laptops. Savvy entrepreneurs often find opportunity where others find flaws. For Adam Kanner, a former vice president for marketing and business development for the National Basketball Association, the empty seats triggered a startup... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

The Entrepreneurial Venture

entrepreneurial activity, which drew people away from large companies and encouraged them to take risks. Bill Sahlman: Also, when we graduated from HBS, the economy was in recession, inflation and interest rates were high, productivity growth was low, and the stock... View Details

March 2024
Case

Biomanufacturing Decentralization by Stämm

By: Paul A. Gompers, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago and Mariana Cal

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, cousins Llamazares and D’Alvia founded Stämm, a startup based on the idea of decentralizing biomanufacturing processes and downsizing biotech facilities. After raising its seed and series A rounds, and while finalizing its series B round in... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Selection and Staffing; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Launch; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires

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Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital... View Details

January 2005 (Revised December 2005)
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KAMCO and the Cross-Border Securitization of Korean Non-Performing Loans

Covers the first international nonperforming loan securitization done in Korea. The CEO of KAMCO is trying to dispose of a portfolio of nonperforming commercial loans that the organization acquired from a number of banks. A group of investment bankers have proposed... View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Financial Services Industry; South Korea

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Jan Pianca

MBA Admissions. Before joining HBS, Jan worked as a Marketing and Communication Manager for Austrian Airlines in Milan. As a career coach to alumni and students, Jan welcomes the opportunity to assist individuals with their job search,... View Details

01 Jan 2009
News

Robert F. Greenhill, MBA 1962

financial advisory services. The firm, which has grown at a steady but significant pace, went public in 2004 and recently expanded operations into the insurance, financial services, and industrial markets. Today, Greenhill & Co. has 10 offices in key financial... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

running a homeless shelter or providing job training, you can access the capital markets to help many more people.” Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui (MBA 1995) Cofounder and Managing Partner, IGNIA Waterwise: “From... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

Students of recent United States real estate history can't help but notice unsettling parallels between the red-hot commercial market of the late 1980s and today. Then, as now, money gushed into the market, driving office and retail... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

23 May 2019
News

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

International, a pioneer in microfinance investing. “I was completely taken with everything he said,” says Rodríguez of the origins of their friendship, which has evolved from mentor, to collaborator, to business partner. In 2007, the pair launched IGNIA, a venture... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

test systems. HP experienced both a financial loss and a morale loss, while Teradyne capitalized on an opportunity and preempted a market migration away from its products. Ultimately, financial expectations... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

11 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

standards are. The authors include a useful assessment tool to help readers get started. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/01/are-you-a-good-boss-or-a-great-one/ar/1# The Emerging Capital Market for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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