Publications

01 Jan 2001
Conference Presentation

Attracting Foreign Investment to Saudi Arabia

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Saudi Arabia

May 2022 (Revised June 2022)
Case

Proposing to Redesign a Global Investment Bank

By: David G. Fubini

A major, NYC-based, global investment bank is looking to rethink its Systems strategy amid a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Your firm has served the client across most of its major geographies on a range of substantial Systems and IT efforts, but is facing... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Professional Services; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Digital Strategy; Presentations; Competitive Strategy; Consulting Industry; New York (city, NY)

December 2024
Case

Core Innovation Capital: Investing in Fintech for Good

By: Ray Kluender, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin Roth and Nicole Tempest Keller

In 2017, Arjan Schütte, founder of Core Innovation Capital, faced a decision on whether to invest in Hugo Insurance, an auto insurance startup. Core, an early-stage social impact VC firm, focused on “fintech for good,” by investing in financial services for low- to... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Insurance; Measurement and Metrics; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Product Positioning; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Insurance Industry; United States

04 Dec 2012
News

Vast Pools of Money Still Ignore Sustainable Investing

04 Mar 2020

Uncovering and Pricing Climate Risk in Long-Term Investments

March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Supplement

Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers and Amram Migdal

26 Apr 2018
News

Why JPMorgan Chase is Investing Millions in Detroit

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

supply chain are the unseen farm laborers—most of them women—who tend the coffee trees each day on the hillsides of rural Kenya. Margaret Nyamumbo (MBA 2016) founded Kahawa 1893 in 2017 to shorten the distance between these Kenyan farmers and American coffee drinkers... View Details

02 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories

afford to buy a $20,000 (and up) watch choose to do otherwise? "Marketers can convince consumers that buying their product is actually a farsighted behavior," Keinan says. "In that sense, consumers are investing in future... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

06 Jul 2020
Blog Post

A Letter from the Women in Investing Club

To our Women in Investing Community and Supporters, When we initially outlined our commitments for 2019-2020 as Women in Investing (WII) Co-Presidents, we centered the upcoming year around three key ideas:... View Details

31 Mar 2017
News

Studies links institutional investing to corporate tax avoidance

August 2021
Case

BYJU’S: EdTech Giant Investing in Brick and Mortar

By: John J-H Kim and Rachna Tahilyani

The founder and CEO of BYJU’S, India’s largest edtech firm and one of the world’s most valuable edtech companies, is considering acquiring Aakash Educational Services (Aakash), one of India’s largest brick-and-mortar test-prep firms, for $1 billion. Is this a good... View Details

Keywords: Edtech; Business Strategy; Diversification; Investment; Acquisition; Education Industry; Asia; India; United States

1993
Chapter

Marketing Strategies to Attract Foreign Investment

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Economies and Regions; Trade

September 2024
Article

Comprehensive Measurement of Biopharmaceutical R&D Investment

By: Amitabh Chandra, John Drum, Michael Daly, Henry Mirsberger, Samuel Spare, Ulrich Neumann, Silas Martin and Noam Kirson

Keywords: Research and Development; Investment; Pharmaceutical Industry

Social Impact Investment is a rapidly expanding field, but terminology in the field is poorly defined and imprecise. This note suggests frameworks that help to clarify important dimensions of SII projects, distinguishing and clarifying key differences in approaches... View Details

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

on my own journey this year with the Black Investment Club and reminded me why I was so determined to get this initiative off the ground before leaving HBS. BIRTH OF AN IDEA In the fall of 2019, during my second year of business school, I... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

September–October 1995
Article

Is Foreign Infrastructure Investment Still Risky?

By: L. T. Wells Jr. and E. S. Gleason

Keywords: Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Global Range

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2010
Working Paper

Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda

We examine the extent to which venture capital is adequately positioned for the rapid commercialization of clean energy technologies in the United States. While there are several startups in clean energy that are well-suited to the traditional venture capital... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Energy Generation; Venture Capital; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technological Innovation; Competition; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States