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Bank Regulation's Capital Mistake
By: Amar Bhidé
Bhidé, Amar. "Bank Regulation's Capital Mistake." Project Syndicate (July 4, 2011).
- January 2013 (Revised April 2015)
- Background Note
Cost of Capital Problems
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "Cost of Capital Problems." Harvard Business School Background Note 813-152, January 2013. (Revised April 2015.)
- September 2012
- Supplement
United Capital Partners (B)
By: Paul A. Gompers, J. Daniel Kim and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
This case continues the discussion started in the (A) case about a proposed growth equity investor in a Russian fashion retail chain. View Details
- 27 Jul 2021
- Video
Venture Capital Industry Spotlight
- 27 Jun 2017
- HBS Conference
Capitalism and the Senses
- 02 Feb 2017
- HBS Conference
U.S. Impact Capital Convening
Making Sense of Capitalism
Being a Newcomen Fellow was an eye-opening experience. As an historian by training, the business school provided me with tremendous resources and opportunities to meet scholars from diverse backgrounds, engage with new questions, and expand and refine the intellectual... View Details
- June 2007 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Leslie Brinkman at Versutia Capital
By: Julie Battilana and Robert Steven Kaplan
Leslie Brinkman is the founder and CEO of a hedge fund, Genuity Capital. Leslie spent late 2002 and early 2003 assembling her team and launched the fund in early 2003. While the firm performed well during 2003 and 2004 (both in terms of returns and new assets), in 2005... View Details
Battilana, Julie, and Robert Steven Kaplan. "Leslie Brinkman at Versutia Capital." Harvard Business School Case 407-089, June 2007. (Revised July 2007.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
Integrated Reporting for a Re-Imagined Capitalism
By: Robert G. Eccles and Birgit Spiesshofer
An essential element of capitalism is corporate reporting. Today's capitalism is supported by financial reporting. Critics of today's capitalism argue that it is too short-term oriented and rewards companies for creating negative externalities. Integrated reporting can... View Details
Keywords: Integrated Reporting; Materiality; Securities And Exchange Commission; European Union; Information And Transformation Function; Integrated Corporate Reporting; United States; European Union
Eccles, Robert G., and Birgit Spiesshofer. "Integrated Reporting for a Re-Imagined Capitalism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-032, September 2015.
- Summer 1998
- Article
A New Approach to Capital Budgeting for Financial Institutions
By: K. A. Froot and J. Stein
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A., and J. Stein. "A New Approach to Capital Budgeting for Financial Institutions." Bank of America Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 11, no. 2 (Summer 1998): 59–69.
- Web
Research - Private Capital Project
Research Research June 2025 Teaching Material Blackstone Credit and Delaware Basin Resources By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu Teaching note for case 224035 2025 Working Paper Performance Capital Flows in DC Pensions By: Bryan... View Details
- 2010
- Simulation
Finance Simulation: Capital Budgeting: Product No. 3357.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
In this single-player simulation, students act as members of the Capital Committee of New Heritage Doll Company, tasked with selecting and allocating capital across the company's three divisions. Students evaluate a diverse set of competing investment proposals and... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
Performance Capital Flows in DC Pensions
By: Bryan Gutierrez Cortez, Victoria Ivashina and Juliana Salomao
Are defined contribution (DC) pension funds' capital flows sensitive to performance? We examine pressures from individual account holders who can switch their pension managers. Using novel data on retirement accounts for nearly 10 million individuals, we analyze... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Retirement; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Management; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry
Gutierrez Cortez, Bryan, Victoria Ivashina, and Juliana Salomao. "Performance Capital Flows in DC Pensions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33693, April 2025.
- August 2004
- Article
Capital Controls, Risk and Liberalization Cycles
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
The paper presents an overlapping-generations model where agents vote on whether to open or close the economy to international capital flows. Political decisions are shaped by the risk over capital and labor returns. In an open economy, the capitalists (old) completely... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Voting; Risk and Uncertainty; Cash Flow; Saving; Investment; Economy; Wages
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Capital Controls, Risk and Liberalization Cycles." Review of International Economics 12, no. 3 (August 2004): 412–434.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Capitalism and Global Governance in Business History: A Roundtable Discussion
By: Sabine Pitteloud, Grace Ballor, Patricia Clavin, Nicolás M. Perrone, Neil Rollings and Quinn Slobodian
This working paper brings together a diverse group of scholars to discuss the historiography of capitalism, business history and global governance and lay the foundations for further research in this area. Grace Ballor and Sabine Pitteloud open the discussion with a... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Business History; Multinational Corporation; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Business And The Environment; International Relations; Regulation; Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Private Governance; State-business Relations; Political Risk; Neo-Liberalism; Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics
Pitteloud, Sabine, Grace Ballor, Patricia Clavin, Nicolás M. Perrone, Neil Rollings, and Quinn Slobodian. "Capitalism and Global Governance in Business History: A Roundtable Discussion." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-081, June 2022.
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
engineering consulting company, and his mother started four businesses, ranging from a video game store to a bakery—Kehinde was exposed early on to the pains of capital constraints. “I grew up seeing how difficult it is,” he says. Working... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- December 2008 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Paul Capital Partners: Secondary Limited Partnership Investing
This case examines the proposed purchase by Paul Capital Partners of a limited partnership (LP) interest in a private equity fund. Paul Capital has a fund dedicated to buying these "secondary" LP interests. The case is intended as a vehicle for discussing the secondary... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Investment; Private Equity; Valuation; Partners and Partnerships; Interests; Markets; Debates; Financial Services Industry
Scharfstein, David S. "Paul Capital Partners: Secondary Limited Partnership Investing." Harvard Business School Case 209-089, December 2008. (Revised October 2010.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- News
Startup America: A Venture Capital Bailout?
- Article
The Venture Capital Revolution
By: Paul A. Gompers and J. Lerner
Keywords: Venture Capital
Gompers, Paul A., and J. Lerner. "The Venture Capital Revolution." Journal of Economic Perspectives 15, no. 2 (Spring 2001): 145–168.
- February 2018
- Case
Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier
By: Shawn Cole and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
In 2015 Root Capital, a pioneer in the impact investing space, began to explore how to more systematically integrate impact and financial management. After much deliberation, Root Capital landed on ex-ante rating system for any potential investment that produced a... View Details
Cole, Shawn, and Caitlin Reimers Brumme. "Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier." Harvard Business School Case 218-084, February 2018.