Publications

April 1996 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Background and Agreements on Foreign Direct Investment

By: Louis T. Wells Jr. and Courtenay Sprague

A brief history of foreign direct investment (FDI) is explored, emphasizing conflicts, developments in the legal framework governing FDI, and international agreements and nonbinding principles formulated to resolve disputes brought in by FDI. Propositions provide a... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Agreements and Arrangements; Conflict Management

Educators

Fast Answer

Bloomberg: Investment Management course tips

Which Bloomberg tips are for the HBS Investment Management course? These Bloomberg tips below were created for students enrolled in the HBS Investment Management course. For more... View Details

Fast Answer

REITs (real estate investment trusts)

Where do I find information on real estate investment trusts (REITs)? General Background: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts: Produces the global... View Details

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

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

Web

Impact Investing Club | MBA

Impact Investing Club All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open to all matriculated HBS students... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

An investment in meaningful results

nearly $1.5 billion in grants to the city's neediest residents since 1988. Robin Hood is New York City's largest funder of emergency food programs and largest private funder of job training and housing programs. It serves nearly half a million struggling New Yorkers,... View Details

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

January 1983 (Revised November 1985)
Background Note

Note on Investment and Savings

October 1969 (Revised January 1978)
Background Note

Capital Investment Analysis: Chapter 13

January 2023
Teaching Note

Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan and Rachel Tropp

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 419-041. View Details

October 2019
Teaching Note

Blackstone's GSO Capital: Crosstex Investment

By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar

Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-008. View Details

September 2017
Teaching Note

John Rogers and Ariel Investments

By: Steven Rogers and Greg White

December 2016
Case

Blue Sky: Investing in Water

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Dawn H. Lau

Keywords: Australia

Educators

February 2016
Teaching Note

Hon Hai's Investment in Sharp

By: Mihir A. Desai, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Zachary D. Markovich

1981
Working Paper

Competitive Structure in Investment Banking

By: S. L. Hayes III, Michael A. Spence and David van P. Marks

May 2004
Teaching Note

Valuing Capital Investment Projects (TN)

By: W. Carl Kester

Teaching Note to (9-298-092). View Details