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- January 1999
- Case
Investment Management Corp.: David Johnson (A)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Angela Keros
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Angela Keros. "Investment Management Corp.: David Johnson (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-201, January 1999.
- January 2024
- Article
Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China
By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Bo Li and Ernest Liu
We study the demand for government participation in China’s venture capital and private equity market. We conduct a large-scale, non-deceptive field experiment in collaboration with the leading industry service provider, through which we survey both capital investors... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business and Government Relations; Entrepreneurship; China
Colonnelli, Emanuele, Bo Li, and Ernest Liu. "Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China." Journal of Political Economy 132, no. 1 (January 2024): 248–294.
- December 2024
- Supplement
Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good (B)
In 2017, Core Innovation Capital invested $725,000 in Hugo Insurance, a pay-as-you-drive auto insurance startup targeting the non-standard market. Core followed with $300,000 in 2019 during a Seed II round. By 2022, Hugo founder, David Bergendahl, sought $10 million in... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Insurance; Measurement and Metrics; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Kluender, Ray, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Roth, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 825-094, December 2024.
- 03 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Tax Policy and the Efficiency of US Direct Investment Abroad
- January 2024
- Technical Note
Hedging Currency Risk of Foreign Investments
By: Wenxin Du and Luis M. Viceira
Du, Wenxin, and Luis M. Viceira. "Hedging Currency Risk of Foreign Investments." Harvard Business School Technical Note 224-039, January 2024.
- 1992
- Working Paper
Securities Underwriting and Investment Banking Competition
By: Samuel Hayes and Andrew Regan
- 1983
- Book
Competition in the Investment Banking Industry
By: Samuel Hayes, A. Michael Spence and David Van Praag Marks
Hayes, Samuel, A. Michael Spence, and David Van Praag Marks. Competition in the Investment Banking Industry. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983.
- June 2004
- Teaching Note
Acme Investment Trust: January 2001 (TN)
By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note to (9-202-055). View Details
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
- July 2013
- Case
B. Zaitz & Sons Co. Farmland Investing
By: Andre F. Perold
In April 2013, Ben Zaitz was looking down at an expanse of agricultural land as his plane flew over the Midwest. He would soon arrive in northern Minnesota to meet with farmers regarding land he had recently purchased there. The vast tracts of row-crop acreage below... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Investment; Market Participation; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Minnesota; Latin America; Africa; United States; Europe
Perold, Andre F. "B. Zaitz & Sons Co. Farmland Investing." Harvard Business School Case 914-404, July 2013.
- Article
Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s
By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
Giacomin, Valeria, Geoffrey Jones, and Erica Salvaj. "Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s." Business History 63, no. 7 (September 2021): 1113–1143.
- Article
The Power of Strategic Mission Investing
By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah E. Cooch
Kramer, Mark R., and Sarah E. Cooch. "The Power of Strategic Mission Investing." Stanford Social Innovation Review 5, no. 4 (Fall 2007): 42–51.
- 1988
- Chapter
Investment Banking Competition: An Historical Sketch
By: Samuel Hayes, A. Michael Spence and David Van Praag Marks
- Article
Real Estate as a Corporate Investment
By: Samuel Hayes and Leonard M. Harlan
Hayes, Samuel, and Leonard M. Harlan. "Real Estate as a Corporate Investment." Harvard Business Review 45, no. 4 (July–August 1967): 144–160.
- September 2010
- Case
Merck: Investing in Science-Based Business (Abridged)
By: Ananth Raman and Inga Katharina Maurer
Ray Gilmartin faces a dilemma. His company's credibility has been damaged by the recent withdrawal of Vioxx, a multi-billion dollar drug. Moreover, the withdrawal of Vioxx would imply that Merck would fail to meet analysts' earnings expectations for 2005 unless... View Details
Raman, Ananth, and Inga Katharina Maurer. "Merck: Investing in Science-Based Business (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 611-027, September 2010.
- February 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Chengwei Ventures and the hdt* Investment
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Bo Feng, cofounder and principal in Chengwei Ventures, one of the first sovereign venture capital firms in China, is trying to decide on the proper business model for hdt, the product of a merger between two portfolio companies. This case discusses the best way for the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Relationship Management; Sovereign Finance; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Markets; Business Model; Financial Services Industry; China
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Chengwei Ventures and the hdt* Investment." Harvard Business School Case 802-089, February 2002. (Revised April 2002.)
- 2005
- Working Paper
Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Capital Structure with Risky Foreign Investment." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 12276, January 2005. (June).
Other Publications
Desai, Mihir. "Reform Alternatives for the Corporate Tax." Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. (Government testimony, May 9, 2006.)
- January 1995 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
Portfolio Planning at Ciba-Geigy and the Newport Investment Proposal
By: David J. Collis and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson
Covers the history of portfolio planning at CIBA-GEIGY, a leading Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical company, beginning with the introduction of the process in the mid-1980s. The discussion extends to the application of portfolio planning techniques to a specific... View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Corporate Strategy; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Chemicals; Chemical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland
Collis, David J., and Elizabeth Wynne Johnson. "Portfolio Planning at Ciba-Geigy and the Newport Investment Proposal." Harvard Business School Case 795-040, January 1995. (Revised November 2021.)
- 09 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries