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Financing Innovation

By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
We review the recent literature on the financing of innovation, inclusive of large companies and new startups. This research strand has been very active over the past five years, generating important new findings, questioning some long-held beliefs, and creating its... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Innovation and Invention
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Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Financing Innovation." Annual Review of Financial Economics 7 (2015): 445–462.
  • 11 May 2018
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Entrepreneurial Finance

By: William A. Sahlman
William A. Sahlman is examining the investment and financing decisions made at all stages in the development of entrepreneurial ventures. Related lines of inquiry concern the role of financial institutions in providing risk capital, and the role of government policy in... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2014
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Canada Names New Finance Minister

Keywords: Canada; finance minister; natural resources; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 13 Nov 2014
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Finance Conference Recap

On October 25th, 2014, the Finance Conference took place at Harvard Business School, with the theme of Finance in the New Era of Growth. This was the first year of a joint-hosting for the event between the... View Details
  • July 2019 (Revised April 2021)
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Salary Finance

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In April 2019, Asesh Sarkar, co-founder and chief executive of Salary Finance Limited, a London-based FinTech, faced tough choices. Sarkar had founded Salary Finance with Dan Cobley and Daniel Shakhani in 2015. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner... View Details
Keywords: Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry
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Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Salary Finance." Harvard Business School Case 720-355, July 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
  • 01 Dec 2014
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Financing Innovation

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda
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Finance I

By: Archie L. Jones

This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm, and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions themselves can create value.

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  • Basic analytical skills and principles of... View Details
  • Fall 2011
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A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance

By: Gunnar Trumbull and Peter Tufano
In this brief history of U.S. consumer finance since World War II, the sector is defined based on the functions delivered by firms in the form of payments, savings and investing, borrowing, managing risk, and providing advice. Evidence of major trends in consumption,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Finance; Consumer Credit; U.s. History; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Credit; Trends; History; United States
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Trumbull, Gunnar, and Peter Tufano. "A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance." Business History Review 85, no. 3 (Fall 2011): 461–498.
  • July 6, 2015
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Lessons From Greece as Controversial Finance Minister Exits

By: George Serafeim
Keywords: Europe; Eurozone; Finance; Sovereign Finance; Leadership; European Union; Greece
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Serafeim, George. "Lessons From Greece as Controversial Finance Minister Exits." Time.com (July 6, 2015). (Editorial.)
  • 2025
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With a Little Help from My Family: Informal Startup Financing

By: Brian K. Baik, Johan Ludvig S. Karlsen and Katja Kisseleva
Using Norwegian administrative data, we identify family equity investments in startups and examine their effects on investor returns and firm behavior. Informal investors earn lower returns than external individuals, and the firms they back are less likely to secure... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage Finance; Informal Investment; Household Finance; Risk Taking; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Personal Finance; Family and Family Relationships; Business Startups; Investment; Norway
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Baik, Brian K., Johan Ludvig S. Karlsen, and Katja Kisseleva. "With a Little Help from My Family: Informal Startup Financing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-053, April 2025.

    School Specialty Inc. (HBS Case #214084)

    (With Kristin Mugford) Set in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to... View Details

    • March 2022
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    Space Financing

    By: Matthew Weinzierl, Nicole Tempest Keller and Brendan L. Rosseau
    This note provides an update on the space financing state of play in 2021. View Details
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    Weinzierl, Matthew, Nicole Tempest Keller, and Brendan L. Rosseau. "Space Financing." Harvard Business School Technical Note 722-047, March 2022.
    • June 2014 (Revised July 2014)
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    An Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance—2014 Update

    By: Benjamin C. Esty, Carla Chavich and Aldo Sesia
    Provides an introduction to the fields of project finance and infrastructure finance, and gives a statistical overview of project-financed investments over the years from 2009 to 2013. Examples of project-financed investments include the Kashagan oil field development... View Details
    Keywords: Globalization; Capital Expenditures; International Finance; Data; Financial History; Economic Development; Corporate Governance; Contracts; Industry Analysis; Banking; Capital Investments; Municipal Finance; Project Finance; Infrastructure; Investment; Projects; Trends
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    Esty, Benjamin C., Carla Chavich, and Aldo Sesia. "An Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance—2014 Update." Harvard Business School Background Note 214-083, June 2014. (Revised July 2014.)
    • 01 Sep 2007
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    Former French Finance Minister Joins HBS Faculty

    Thierry Breton, former French finance minister, has joined the HBS faculty as a senior lecturer and will teach the first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability course this fall. Breton is well-known in France as former chairman of... View Details
    Keywords: finance minister; professorship; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Two Case Studies on the Financing of Forest Conservation

    By: Andrew Baxter, Connor Cash, Josh Lerner and Ratnika Prasad
    A variety of factors is leading to fresh approaches to the ownership and management of forestland, with an emphasis on the combination of conservation goals and private investments. But the barriers to successfully achieving attractive financial returns and desirable... View Details
    Keywords: Financing; Forestry; Environmental Management; Natural Resources; Financing and Loans
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    Baxter, Andrew, Connor Cash, Josh Lerner, and Ratnika Prasad. "Two Case Studies on the Financing of Forest Conservation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-137, June 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
    • 2003
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    Equity Financing

    By: Paul Gompers and Joshua Lerner
    Equity financing for entrepreneurial firms has attracted increasing attention in both the popular press and academic literature. The dramatic growth in the venture capital industry in the past two decades has been accompanied by new academic research that explores... View Details
    Keywords: Angel Investors; Financing and Loans; Equity; Venture Capital; Business Startups
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    Gompers, Paul, and Joshua Lerner. "Equity Financing." In Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction, by Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch, 267–298. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
    • April 2011
    • Module Note

    Financing International Trade

    By: C. Fritz Foley
    This module note summarizes the key insights covered in the Financing International Trade module of the International Financial Management course. It also provides a framework that guides decisions about which financing terms should be used in which situations. View Details
    Keywords: Trade; International Finance; Decisions; Situation or Environment; Framework; Globalization
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    Foley, C. Fritz. "Financing International Trade." Harvard Business School Module Note 211-089, April 2011.
    • March 2011
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    Financing New Ventures

    By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
    Aid in understanding of financing entrepreneurship. View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans
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    Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Financing New Ventures." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-093, March 2011.
    • 12 May 2015
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    Financing Payouts

    Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz
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