Development Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2010
Teaching Note

Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center: Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

Teaching Note for [710425]. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Strategy; Service Delivery; Quality; Performance; Insurance; Growth and Development; Health Industry; Taiwan

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January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Martin Smith: May 2002

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Martin Smith, a recent HBS graduate, has just begun working with a leveraged buyout firm. His first assignment is to evaluate three different deals and make recommendations to the partners. As he studies the deals, he realizes that each has different merits and... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Personal Development and Career; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships

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03 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Springing Forward on Social Enterprise Career Paths

Enterprise Summer Fellowship Committee met to review the final round of applications. Throughout the fall and winter, students have been seeking opportunities with social enterprises where they can both apply and develop their skills and... View Details

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The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog

the face of great uncertainty and massively imperfect information. How does one, often with relatively little experience, develop and exercise the judgement to make these decisions? This course will lead a discussion around The Founder... View Details

05 Jul 2016
Blog Post

The Softer Side of Business at HBS

decision began to hinge not on which school could teach me finance better or give me a better network (those were table stakes), but rather on which school could help me become a more thoughtful leader – one who would be more in-tune with... View Details

18 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale

consider what you stand to gain instead of what you risk losing. She recognized that while financing can be complicated because of the risks associated with climate investments, it is far riskier to turn away from this problem. Following... View Details

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Henry Villard Business Papers | Baker Library

Henry Villard Business Papers German-born financier Henry Villard (1835-1900) was an important figure in American and international business during the second half of the nineteenth century. Villard played key roles in the financing of... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

What’s the Big Idea?

earlier research: Star performers flame out when they change firms. “This goes against the popular belief that we control our own destiny,” says Groysberg, who credits Dean Nitin Nohria and HLS professor Ashish Nanda (PhDBE 1993) as “intellectual partners” in View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

would not participate in the $5 million bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery. Lerner's call could not have come at a worse time. Fast Ion was running out of cash and needed another round of financing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 1983
Case

Brazil and the World Economy

By: Dennis J. Encarnation III and Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Development Economics; Business and Government Relations; Banks and Banking; Brazil

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October 2022
Case

Pricing at Echosec Systems

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Annelena Lobb and Alexis Lefort

This case follows the evolution of pricing strategy at Echosec Systems, a Canadian open source intelligence firm. The case provides information on pricing as the company grows and diversifies its product offerings. View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Price; Product Development; Information Industry; Canada; United States

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01 Apr 2002
News

Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives

During the bull market of the 1990s, stock grants and options formed increasingly large components of executive compensation. Now, however, with many options "underwater" as share values have declined well below the strike price, boards of directors are perplexed. Can... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Muelbroek; Li Jin; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

have to be, say, United Airlines to take advantage of these tools. Managers can now purchase off-the-shelf products that can mine Twitter or Yelp and develop a detailed analysis of how sentiment is changing in real time. “It has basically... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

undergraduate or graduate level of education for leadership, such efforts should strive to provide a context in which individuals can draw their own conclusions regarding such topics of vital importance for future leaders. Further, courses in functional subjects such... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he looked not only to the works of great thinkers but also to their reception and use amid revolution and interstate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

project,” says Oakes, who brings experience in finance and development to the table, plus a degree in architecture and the ability to flowchart anything. “It takes figuring out where there might be... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

September 2024
Case

Xendit: Hiring for Growth

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Steve Castano, Quoc Anh Nguyen and Claire Wu

In 2019, Xendit, a growth-stage Southeast Asia (SEA) fintech venture based in Jakarta, was looking to hire a Head of Sales and Head of Product to lead its next phase of growth. Founded by Moses Lo and Tessa Wijaya, Xendit provided payment infrastructure, modeling... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Financing and Loans; Entrepreneurship; Jobs and Positions; Sales; Product; Growth and Development; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Philippines

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September 2011
Teaching Note

Salud Digna: Successfully Competing with For-Profit Organizations (TN)

By: Allen S. Grossman

Teaching Note for 311-051. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Profit; Capital; Mission and Purpose; Growth Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Mexico

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2011
Chapter

How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

We use an experiment to estimate the effect of the SEC's Summary Prospectus, which simplifies mutual fund disclosure. Our subjects chose an equity portfolio and a bond portfolio. Subjects received either statutory prospectuses or Summary Prospectuses. We find no... View Details

Keywords: Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Retirement; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics

June 2000 (Revised September 2000)
Case

Amazon.com: Exploiting the Value of Digital Business Infrastructure

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura

Enables a thorough analysis of Amazon.com and the company's value proposition, in terms of its business concept, digital business capabilities, and community and shareholder value. Examines the company's complex set of business models and web of business relationships,... View Details