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- March 2014 (Revised May 2016)
- Technical Note
Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding
By: Lynda Applegate, Vincent Dessain, Emilie Billaud and Daniela Beyersdorfer
This technical note provides information on the evolution and current state of angel investing in Europe. The note first describes the role and types of angel investors, focusing on their investment preferences and practices. It then details the new trends in the... View Details
Keywords: Angel Investors; Crowdfunding; Financing and Loans; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Europe
Applegate, Lynda, Vincent Dessain, Emilie Billaud, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Angel Investments in Europe and Recent Developments in Crowdfunding." Harvard Business School Technical Note 814-047, March 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- 2023
- Article
Green Bargains: Leveraging Public Investment to Advance Climate Regulation
By: Jonas Meckling and Jesse Strecker
Climate policy has entered a new era as public investment is increasingly moving to center stage, including recovery spending and long-term climate investment plans. While essential for decarbonization, public investment is not enough – the carrots of investment need... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; Environmental Regulation; Climate Change; Policy; Motivation and Incentives
Meckling, Jonas, and Jesse Strecker. "Green Bargains: Leveraging Public Investment to Advance Climate Regulation." Climate Policy 23, no. 4 (2023): 418–429.
- 18 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment
- July 1994
- Teaching Note
ARCO Investment Management Company TN
By: Jay O. Light and James O. Sailer
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- August 2024
- Supplement
Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing
By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz
- March 1985
- Exercise
Introduction to Investment Evaluation Techniques
Glauber, Robert R. "Introduction to Investment Evaluation Techniques." Harvard Business School Exercise 285-115, March 1985.
- March 2014
- Module Note
Fundamental Analysis for Active Investing
By: Suraj Srinivasan
Srinivasan, Suraj. "Fundamental Analysis for Active Investing." Harvard Business School Module Note 114-079, March 2014.
- January 1988
- Background Note
Costs of Capital Investment Proposals
Hertenstein, Julie H. "Costs of Capital Investment Proposals." Harvard Business School Background Note 188-060, January 1988.
- August 2000 (Revised July 2002)
- Background Note
Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
A technical note that defines return on invested capital (ROIC). View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Fundamental Enterprise Valuation: Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-125, August 2000. (Revised July 2002.)
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental... View Details
- April 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Dr. Iqbal Survé at Sekunjalo Investment Group (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
Dr. Iqbal Surve, a self-described "medical doctor, philanthropist, and social entrepreneur," was born in 1963 and grew up in poverty, like virtually all non-white South Africans during apartheid. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in leadership positions in the ANC,... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships; South Africa
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Dr. Iqbal Survé at Sekunjalo Investment Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-019, April 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
Disney, and Iridium, and Boston's Central Artery Project (the "Big Dig") in the public sector, are examples of some recent efforts that went bankrupt or had to be restructured. The managerial challenge is to figure out how to make sure that $150 billion or so... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- June 2021
- Teaching Note
Growth Investing at Totem Point
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Charles C.Y. Wang
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 119-091. View Details
- Article
The Transformation of Investment Banking
By: Samuel Hayes
Hayes, Samuel. "The Transformation of Investment Banking." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 1 (January–February 1979): 153–170.
- July 1981 (Revised August 1982)
- Background Note
Financial Evaluation of Proposed Investments
By: Robert H. Hayes
Hayes, Robert H. "Financial Evaluation of Proposed Investments." Harvard Business School Background Note 682-002, July 1981. (Revised August 1982.)
- 1993
- Chapter
Foreign Direct Investment in Semiconductors
By: D. B. Yoffie
Yoffie, D. B. "Foreign Direct Investment in Semiconductors." In Foreign Direct Investment, edited by K. Froot, 197–230. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
- September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Supplement
Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Social Enterprise; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 310-017, September 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance
By: Daniel B. Bergstresser and Jeffrey Pontiff
Taxes have a first-order impact on portfolio returns. Most research mistakenly assumes that portfolios command similar tax burdens, or that tax burdens are proportional to dividend yields. Portfolio strategies differ in the pace of capital gains realization. We use the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Taxation; Performance Evaluation
Bergstresser, Daniel B., and Jeffrey Pontiff. "Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-084, March 2010.
- August 2019 (Revised November 2019)
- Case
Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Private Bank
By: Sara Fleiss and Luis Viceira
This case features Monica Issar, then Global Head of J.P. Morgan Endowments & Foundations Group in the Private Bank. In just five years, she and J.P. Morgan have grown the Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) business from $5 billion in AUM from primarily family... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Investment; Management; Strategy; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Banking Industry
Fleiss, Sara, and Luis Viceira. "Sustainable Investing at J.P. Morgan Private Bank." Harvard Business School Case 220-016, August 2019. (Revised November 2019.)