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- 2024
- Working Paper
FinTech & Financial Frictions: The Rise of Revenue-Based Financing
We use data from a major South African payment processor to study how digital payments mitigate asymmetric information challenges in small business “revenue-based financing” contracts, which tie repayment schedules to future revenue. Eight months post-financing,... View Details
Russel, Dominic, Claire Shi, and Rowan Clarke. "FinTech & Financial Frictions: The Rise of Revenue-Based Financing." SSRN Working Paper Series, July 2024.
- August 1992
- Article
Convertible Bonds as 'Back Door' Equity Financing
Stein, Jeremy. "Convertible Bonds as 'Back Door' Equity Financing." Journal of Financial Economics 32, no. 1 (August 1992): 3–21.
The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing
Today’s mega-cities have a footprint problem. They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao... View Details
- December 1978 (Revised February 1988)
- Background Note
Note on Financing the Working Capital Cycle
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Note on Financing the Working Capital Cycle." Harvard Business School Background Note 279-054, December 1978. (Revised February 1988.)
- May 2007
- Article
Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance
By: Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval and Jeremy Stein
We explore the consequences for corporate financial policy that arise when investors exhibit inertial behavior. One implication of investor inertia is that, all else equal, a firm pursuing a strategy of equity-financed growth will prefer a stock-for-stock merger to... View Details
Baker, Malcolm, Joshua Coval, and Jeremy Stein. "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance." Journal of Financial Economics 84, no. 2 (May 2007): 266–298.
- 2005
- Other Unpublished Work
Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance
By: Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval and Jeremy Stein
We explore the consequences for corporate financial policy that arise when investors exhibit inertial behavior. One implication of investor inertia is that, all else equal, a firm pursuing a strategy of equity-financed growth will prefer a stock-for-stock merger to... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Behavior; Stocks; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Investment; Financial Institutions; Equity; Corporate Finance
Baker, Malcolm, Joshua Coval, and Jeremy Stein. "Corporate Financing Decisions When Investors Take the Path of Least Resistance." NBER Working Paper Series, April 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
- 18 Oct 2021
- News
Alumnae-founded Fintech Startup Secures $29M in New Financing
Photo via Harvard Innovation Labs Lara O’Connor Hodgson (MBA 1998), cofounder of Now, recently spoke to Yahoo Finance Live to discuss its recent $29 million funding round. Hodgson cofounded Now in 2010 with former Georgia gubernatorial... View Details
- July – August 2008
- Article
The Finance Function in a Global Corporation
By: Mihir A. Desai
Desai, Mihir A. "The Finance Function in a Global Corporation." HBS Centennial Issue Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2008).
- 2007
- Book
Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance
By: Rawi Abdelal
Abdelal, Rawi. Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007.
- April 2006
- Case
Promise (B): Navigating an Entrepreneurial Consumer Finance Company in Japan's Financial Establishment
Supplements the Promise: Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan case. View Details
Kuemmerle, Walter. "Promise (B): Navigating an Entrepreneurial Consumer Finance Company in Japan's Financial Establishment." Harvard Business School Case 806-139, April 2006.
How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers
If you're not a numbers person, then balance sheets and financial jargon can be intimidating and easy to ignore. But if you want to advance in your career, it's crucial that you are able to make smart financial decisions and develop the confidence to... View Details
Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance
The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit... View Details
- July 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Société Internationale de Plantations et de Finance (SIPEF)
By: David Hawkins
Management of a company with extensive palm oil tree plantations questions the usefulness to management and investors of IAS41's requirement to value palm oil trees at their fair value. View Details
Keywords: Financial Accounting; International Financial Reporting Standards; International Accounting Standards; Biological Asset Accounting; IAS41; Historical Cost; Equity Valuation; Financial Ratios; Plant-Based Agribusiness; International Accounting; Valuation; Financial Reporting; Fair Value Accounting; Equity; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Hawkins, David. "Société Internationale de Plantations et de Finance (SIPEF)." Harvard Business School Case 113-027, July 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- June 2014 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Molycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just reported lower... View Details
Keywords: Convertible Debt; Uncertainty; Competition; Startup; China; Supply & Demand; Growth; Rare Earth Minerals; Discounted Cash Flows; Mining; Payoff Diagrams; Option Pricing; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Financial Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Vertical Integration; Valuation; Metals and Minerals; Mining Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Canada; California
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)." Harvard Business School Case 214-054, June 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
- 15 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices
- 09 Mar 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Impact Investing: A Theory of Financing Social Entrepreneurship
- 2013
- Working Paper
FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability
By: Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim and Gwen Yu
We study how the availability of domestic credit influences the contribution that financing activities make to a firm's return on equity (ROE). Using a sample of 51,866 firms from 69 countries, we find that financing activities contribute more to a firm's ROE in... View Details
Keywords: Domestic Credit; Return Of Equity; Corporate Performance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statements; Valuation; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Economic Growth
Lundholm, Russell, George Serafeim, and Gwen Yu. "FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-011, July 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
- January 2018 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Michael Belkin: Personal Financing Planning as an Entrepreneur
By: V.G. Narayanan and Shawn O'Brien
Narayanan, V.G., and Shawn O'Brien. "Michael Belkin: Personal Financing Planning as an Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 118-055, January 2018. (Revised February 2018.)
- March 2015 (Revised October 2015)
- Module Note
Experimentation and Real Options in Entrepreneurial Finance
By: Ramana Nanda
Nanda, Ramana. "Experimentation and Real Options in Entrepreneurial Finance." Harvard Business School Module Note 815-056, March 2015. (Revised October 2015.)
- October 2014
- Case
KGFS: A New Approach to Rural Finance
By: Rajiv Lal
Lal, Rajiv. "KGFS: A New Approach to Rural Finance." Harvard Business School Case 515-004, October 2014.