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Events - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Events Events Conferences Workshop on Belief Formation and Prediction APR 2017 The Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project at Harvard Business School hosted an interdisciplinary conference to explore how understanding... View Details
- July 2005 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Bridget Gurtler
Jesse Holman Jones is regarded as one of the most influential men in reviving the American economy from the Great Depression. With only an 8th grade education, he rose to the top of the banking, real estate, and lumber industries, as well as the upper echelons of... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Business History; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence
Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Bridget Gurtler. "Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 406-029, July 2005. (Revised August 2011.)
- 27 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
A Brief Postwar History of US Consumer Finance
- 2009
- Working Paper
Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
We examine the effect of US branch banking deregulations on the entry size of new firms using micro-data from the US Census Bureau. We find that the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, among firms that survived at least... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Market Entry and Exit; Banking Industry; United States
Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-010, July 2009. (Invited submission to Journal of European Economic Association, Revised October 2009.)
- 2003
- Chapter
Financing Entrepreneurship: Is Gender an Issue?
By: Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
Carter, Nancy M., Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart. "Financing Entrepreneurship: Is Gender an Issue?" In Critical Junctures in Women's Economic Lives: A Collection of Symposium Papers, 45–51. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Economic Progress, 2003.
- 08 Aug 2016
- News
Harvard B-School’s New Online Finance Course
- Mar 25 2015
- Interview
What Every Executive Should Know About Finance
- September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
Impact Investment, Catalytic Capital and Blended Finance
Khanna, Tarun, Ramana Nanda, Benjamin N. Roth, and Brian Trelstad. "Impact Investment, Catalytic Capital and Blended Finance." Harvard Business School Technical Note 321-078, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- August 2005
- Teaching Note
Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios (TN)
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel L. Loeb, Mark Veblen and Kathleen Luchs
- Research Summary
Entrepreneurial Finance and International R&D Management
Walter Kuemmerle's research and teaching interests fall within the domain of knowledge and capital management in a global economy. His research focuses on international entrepreneurship and venture capital. He studies venture capital systems and entrepreneurship in... View Details
- April 1995
- Teaching Note
Genzyme Corporation: A Financing History (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-294-005). View Details
Keywords: Biotechnology Industry
- Article
Budget Displacement Effects of Inflationary Finance
By: Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
Green, Jerry R., and Eytan Sheshinski. "Budget Displacement Effects of Inflationary Finance." American Economic Review 67, no. 4 (September 1977): 671–682.
- January 1994
- Case
Evolving Finance Function: Judy C. Lewent at Merck & Co., Inc.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case examines the career path of Merck's CFO, Judy C. Lewent, as a way of tracing changes over time in Merck's finance function. It describes the adoption of innovative quantitative analytical models, changes in job definitions and in the organization of the... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Mathematical Methods; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Evolving Finance Function: Judy C. Lewent at Merck & Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 294-014, January 1994.
- 04 Mar 2016
- News
Bridging the Gap Between Faith and Finance
John Cortines John Cortines John Cortines and Greg Baumer (both MBA 2015) are lifelong member of evangelical Christian churches. At HBS, they began to consider what their religion teaches about money and how to bridge the perceived divide between, as the Deseret News... View Details
- Feb 2014
- Case
Finding the Money: An Overview of Infrastructure Finance Challenges and Opportunities
This overview describes how the United States funds and finances infrastructure investment to maintain its economic competitiveness. It considers the roles of taxpayers, users, government allocators and lenders, and private investors in... View Details
- March 2005
- Case
Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia
In 2003, a Namibian entrepreneur was deciding how to finance and manage the risks of an ecotourism, nature reserve, venture project. Explores the challenges facing an entrepreneur operating in an emerging market with imperfect local financial and legal institutions. View Details
Hecht, Peter A., Brooke Parry Hecht, and Kavita Kapur Macleod. "Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia." Harvard Business School Case 205-066, March 2005.
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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
in real time, perhaps policy makers can anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent crises. Harvard faculty have originated measures of investor sentiment in the equity, credit, and sovereign debt markets. The Behavioral View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Finance Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2025 Samuel B. Antill : Winner of the 2025 Rising Scholar Award from The Review of Financial Studies for "Are Bankruptcy Professional Fees... View Details
- April – May 2010
- Article
Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
We examine the effect of US branch banking deregulations on the entry size of new firms using micro-data from the US Census Bureau. We find that the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, among firms that survived at least... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Market Entry and Exit; Banking Industry; United States
Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size." Journal of the European Economic Association 8, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2010): 582–593.