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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and corporate tax rates cut Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 19 The New Deal Commercial and investment banking separated Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat... View Details
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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research

builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions: How to evaluate complex investments. How to set and execute financial policies within a firm. How to integrate the many financial decisions... View Details
  • July 2010 (Revised March 2012)
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China 'Unbalanced'

By: Diego A. Comin and Richard H.K. Vietor
In 2010, Wen Jiabao looked back at the financial crisis with some satisfaction. Using aggressive fiscal and monetary policy, China had weathered the crisis successfully, growing 8.7% annually in 2010. Most of the unemployed workers had returned to work, often... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Trade; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Local Range; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; China
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  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

reasons—and revisits the associated implications for investing and corporate finance, examining asset allocation, high leverage in financial firms, low leverage in industrial firms, private equity, venture capital, and bank capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

to shareholders $7 trillion via buybacks and dividends, over 96% of their aggregate net income, prompting claims that "short-termism" is impairing firms' ability to invest and innovate. We show that, when taking into account both direct... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Political Risk, Foreign Intervention and International Arbitration

The Empire Trap:  America's Attempts to Protect Property Rights Overseas, 1898-2008, is a history of the U.S. government's attempts to protect the property rights of American investors when they venture outside the boundaries of the United... View Details

  • 19 Sep 2023
  • HBS Case

How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?

given the risks of this technology. But it's going to be very difficult for regulators to come up with a comprehensive policy that controls things in the way that they would aspire to control them. That comes down to one principal factor,... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • March 2011
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What Do Dividends Tell Us About Earnings Quality

By: Douglas Skinner and Eugene F. Soltes
Over the past 30 years, there have been significant changes in the distribution of earnings (cross-sectional variation has increased, with increasing left skewness) as well as in corporate payout policy, with many fewer firms paying dividends and the emergence of stock... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Business Earnings; Change; Policy; Stocks; Investment Return; Performance Consistency; Quality
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    The Venture Capital Cycle

    In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen... View Details

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    South Asia - Global

    South Asia Mumbai For the past decade the HBS community has demonstrated a strong interest in research related to South Asia. The India Research Center (IRC) was established in 2006 and is based in Mumbai. Following significant economic View Details
    • 2021
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    Venture Capital Booms and Startup Financing

    By: William Janeway, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
    We review the growing literature on the relationship between venture capital booms and startup financing, focusing on three broad areas: First, we discuss the drivers of large inflows into the venture capital asset class, particularly in recent years—which are related... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Policy
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    • 25 Sep 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

    recall leads to a one-month reduction in time to major innovation. Our results suggest that product failures influence subsequent innovation but that their impact is dependent upon recall source, proximity, and severity. The strategic and public View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • April 2025
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    Crisis Interventions in Corporate Insolvency

    By: Samuel Antill and Christopher Clayton
    We model the optimal resolution of insolvent firms in general equilibrium. Collateral-constrained banks lend to (i) solvent firms to finance investments and (ii) distressed firms to avoid liquidation. Liquidations create negative fire-sale externalities. Liquidations... View Details
    Keywords: Insolvent Firms; Government Intervention; Liquidation; Econometric Models; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Policy
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    • 26 Mar 2013
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    First Look: March 26

    through its development bank (BNDES), we find a positive effect of those stakes on firms' return on assets and on the capital expenditures of financially constrained firms with investment opportunities. However, these positive effects are... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

    Esham Macauley emacauley@mba2026.hbs.edu Black Investment Club Co-Presidents Dion Boyd dboyd@mba2026.hbs.edu Dawit Wondimagegn dwondimagegn@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email blackinvestment@studentclubs.hbs.edu Brazilian-Portuguese Cultural Club... View Details
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    Finance - Faculty & Research

    together: a) to produce a broad range of finance-related research that is published in top-tier scientific and practitioner journals, and that addresses issues of present and future importance to managers (including regulators and policy... View Details
    • March 2004 (Revised May 2005)
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    Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors

    By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
    How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional, translational, and competitive exposures. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging policies, its risk management structure, and how accounting rules impact hedging decisions.... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Financial Markets; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Argentina; Japan; Canada; United States
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    • 07 May 2013
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    First Look: May 7

      Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 08 Sep 2010
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    First Look: September 8, 2010

    determinant of choices than fairness, and iii) agents display a marked propensity to work for principals with similar distributional concerns.   Working PapersReport on the State of Available Data for the Study of International Trade and Foreign Direct View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Apr 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

    Historically, the idea was that multinational firms were looking at after-tax rates of return around the world and choosing to invest their capital eitherat home or abroad up to the point that those returns were equalized. If you believe... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne