Development Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

full glory of their wealthier pasts. The point is that they are becoming places where people want to live, shop, run businesses, and go to school." At HBS, a number of faculty are engaged in research and teaching projects that treat these recent View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

September 2024
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Comprehensive Measurement of Biopharmaceutical R&D Investment

By: Amitabh Chandra, John Drum, Michael Daly, Henry Mirsberger, Samuel Spare, Ulrich Neumann, Silas Martin and Noam Kirson

Keywords: Research and Development; Investment; Pharmaceutical Industry

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01 Oct 1996
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Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life

edited by Ted A. Adams "When you study the tire industry," HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow told a Class Day audience of graduating MBAs last June, "you are confronting the meaning of life." A distinguished authority on business history, Tedlow then went on to put that... View Details

August 1998
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Venture Capital Growing Pains: Should the Market Diet?

By: Paul A. Gompers

Keywords: Venture Capital; Growth and Development; Markets

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Foreign Investors from the Third World

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies

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December 2005 (Revised March 2010)
Teaching Note

Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Laura Alfaro

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies

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March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
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Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania (A)

By: Karthik Ramanna

Loan officer Jim Teague discovers his agro-processor client has a serious health-code violation just days before a disbursement is due. Proceeding with the loan could jeopardize the health of thousands of customers and put his employer at serious risk. But withholding... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Financing and Loans; Health; Risk Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Tanzania

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Jackie Burgos

was the youngest-ever president of the school’s Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting club and helped it become one of the school’s most popular and well regarded clubs.” With an appreciation for the value of networking, she... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Other Financial Services; Services

October 2008
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TripIt: The Traveler's Agent

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Gabriele Piccoli and Kathryn Brohman

In July 2008, the co-founders of TripIt, a free online travel organizer that aggregated travelers' bookings from many top travel websites, had recently secured $5.1 million in new financing. While the co-founders believed that their company offered travelers a unique... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment; Profit; Revenue; Growth and Development Strategy; Competition; Internet; Travel Industry

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Brittany is a General Partner at Backstage, identifying and investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies for the fund and Accelerator. She has led investments in the fund, as well as the selection of 24 companies into Backstage Accelerator to receive investment and... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital;#30;#Fashion, Beauty, Apparel, & Retail;#31;#Finance;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#19;#Digital Health;#20;#Ecommerce

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