Filter Results:
(10,465)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(14,911)
- People (13)
- News (2,771)
- Research (10,465)
- Events (22)
- Multimedia (161)
- Faculty Publications (9,412)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(14,911)
- People (13)
- News (2,771)
- Research (10,465)
- Events (22)
- Multimedia (161)
- Faculty Publications (9,412)
Sort by
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
operating costs. And in turn, the bank gains some expertise about a risky industry. “This was a prime example of how to tailor a financing infrastructure to the local environment” "In my research I look... View Details
- March 1981 (Revised February 1983)
- Background Note
International Banks and Balance of Payments Finance in the Mid-1970s
Wellons, Philip A. "International Banks and Balance of Payments Finance in the Mid-1970s." Harvard Business School Background Note 381-141, March 1981. (Revised February 1983.)
- February 2025
- Case
Blue Owl Financing of Ping Identity
By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu
In the fall of 2022, Blue Owl Capital's investment committee evaluated a potential investment in the technology sector. The proposed transaction centered on Ping Identity Corporation (“Ping”), a fast-growing identity access management (IAM) software company that was... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Investment; Privatization; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry
Ivashina, Victoria, and Srimayi Mylavarapu. "Blue Owl Financing of Ping Identity." Harvard Business School Case 225-078, February 2025.
- 2009
- Simulation
Finance Simulation: Blackstone/Celanese (Facilitator's Guide)
By: Nabil N. El-Hage, Timothy A. Luehrman and Heide Diener Abelli
- September 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?
Harley-Davidson manufactures and sells motorcycles. It also provides financing for retail purchases and dealer stock. Although Harley's performance has been very strong, analysts and the press have questioned its use of a special-purpose entity to sell securities... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Financial Services Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Retail Industry
Miller, Gregory S., and Jacob Cohen. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?" Harvard Business School Case 105-027, September 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- 1994
- Chapter
The Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow: Corporate Finance and Takeovers
By: Michael Jensen
Jensen, Michael. "The Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow: Corporate Finance and Takeovers." In Management Buy-Outs, edited by Mike Wright and Keith Bradley, series editor, pp. 3–9. International Library of Management. England and Vermont: Dartmouth Publishing, 1994. (Also in AER, Vol. 76, No. 2 (May, 1986); abridged in Simon Management Rev, (Win, 1986); & forthcoming in Jensen, Management Revolution: The Legacy of the Market for Corporate Control, Harvard University Press.)
- February 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
eSurg (B): Second Round Financing
By: Jay O. Light and Anthony Massaro
An embryonic online medical supplies firm must negotiate a second-round funding. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Negotiation; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Internet; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Light, Jay O., and Anthony Massaro. "eSurg (B): Second Round Financing." Harvard Business School Case 201-051, February 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
good projects and good returns. Esty's interest in project finance evolved out of his doctoral thesis on risk-taking in the savings and loan... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- January – February 1969
- Article
Sophisticated Financing Tool: The Warrant
By: Henry B. Reiling and Samuel L. Hayes III
Reiling, Henry B., and Samuel L. Hayes III. "Sophisticated Financing Tool: The Warrant." Harvard Business Review 47, no. 1 (January–February 1969): 137–150. (Reprinted: Securities Law Review, 1969 (Sage Hill Publishers, Inc.))
- October 2023
- Teaching Note
Accounting for Loan Losses at JPMorgan Chase: Predicting Credit Costs
By: Jonas Heese and Jung Koo Kang
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-042. View Details
- 2004
- Casebook
Case Problems in Finance
- Teaching Interest
Economics of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
Designed for Harvard College sophomores.
Course Description: Why do so many individuals choose to pursue entrepreneurship despite substantial risks? How do these entrepreneurs raise money to finance their ventures? And what is the impact of... View Details
- 2009
- Simulation
Finance Simulation: M&A in Wine Country: No. 3289.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
In this simulation, students play the role of CEO at one of three publicly-traded wine producers: Starshine, Bel Vino, or International Beverage. Each player evaluates merger and/or acquisition opportunities among the three companies and then determines reservation... View Details
- 2014
- Working Paper
Finance and Social Responsibility in the Informal Economy: Institutional Voids, Globalization and Microfinance Institutions
By: Hao Liang, Christopher Marquis and Sunny Li Sun
We examine the heterogeneous effects of globalization on the interest rate setting by microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world. We consider MFIs as a mechanism to overcome the institutional void of credit for small entrepreneurs in developing and emerging... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Voids; Microfinance Institutions; Economic Globalization; Social Globalization; Microfinance; Globalization; Developing Countries and Economies
Liang, Hao, Christopher Marquis, and Sunny Li Sun. "Finance and Social Responsibility in the Informal Economy: Institutional Voids, Globalization and Microfinance Institutions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-029, October 2014.
- 22 Jan 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Financial Patent Quality: Finance Patents After State Street
- June 2017
- Article
The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
This paper traces the career of Michael Jensen, a Chicago finance PhD turned Harvard Business School professor to reveal the intellectual and social conditions that enabled the emergence and institutionalization of what we call the “neoliberal common sense of capital,”... View Details
Keywords: Executive Pay; The Firm; Michael Jensen; Neo-Liberalism; Shareholder Value; Agency Theory; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Transformation
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital." History of Political Economy 49, no. 2 (June 2017): 347–381.
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
Investment Banking and Security Market Development: Does Finance Follow Industry?
By: Bharat Anand and Alexander Galetovic
Anand, Bharat, and Alexander Galetovic. "Investment Banking and Security Market Development: Does Finance Follow Industry?" 2002.
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Myth of the Lead Arranger’s Share
By: Kristian Blickle, Quirin Fleckenstein, Sebastian Hillenbrand and Anthony Saunders
We make use of Shared National Credit Program (SNC) data to examine syndicated loans in which the lead arranger retains no stake. We find that the lead arranger sells its entire loan share for 27 percent of term loans and 48 percent of Term B loans, typically shortly... View Details
Blickle, Kristian, Quirin Fleckenstein, Sebastian Hillenbrand, and Anthony Saunders. "The Myth of the Lead Arranger’s Share." Working Paper, May 2020.
- September 1995 (Revised July 1998)
- Background Note
Entrepreneurial Finance Suggested Readings
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. "Entrepreneurial Finance Suggested Readings." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-040, September 1995. (Revised July 1998.)
- July 2024
- Teaching Plan
KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing
By: George Serafeim
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 124-022. View Details