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Events - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Events Events Conferences Workshop on Belief Formation and Prediction APR 2017 The Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project at Harvard Business School hosted an... View Details
- March 2015
- Case
Discover Capital
By: William Sahlman, Robert White and Stephanie Puzio
"Discover Capital" provides an in-depth look at a first time search fund run by the tenacious Kelly Quann Bianucci. It provides background information about search funds and follows Kelly as she successfully raises her over-subscribed fund and begins the search... View Details
Sahlman, William, Robert White, and Stephanie Puzio. "Discover Capital." Harvard Business School Case 815-097, March 2015.
Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble
In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world's largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving... View Details
- 2003
- Chapter
Financing Entrepreneurship: Is Gender an Issue?
By: Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
Carter, Nancy M., Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart. "Financing Entrepreneurship: Is Gender an Issue?" In Critical Junctures in Women's Economic Lives: A Collection of Symposium Papers, 45–51. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Economic Progress, 2003.
- June 2007
- Article
Law and Finance in Historical Perspective: Politics, Bankruptcy Law, and Corporate Governance in Brazil, 1850-2002
By: Aldo Musacchio
Keywords: Law; Finance; History; Perspective; Government and Politics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. "Law and Finance in Historical Perspective: Politics, Bankruptcy Law, and Corporate Governance in Brazil, 1850-2002." Journal of Economic History 67, no. 2 (June 2007): 502–506. (Dissertation summary.)
- June 1994
- Article
Influence of Mathematical Models in Finance on Practice: Past, Present and Future
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Influence of Mathematical Models in Finance on Practice: Past, Present and Future." Series A. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A, Physical Sciences and Engineering 347 (June 1994): 451–463. (Reprinted in Financial Practice and Education, spring 1995.)
- 27 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
A Brief Postwar History of US Consumer Finance
- Article
Budget Displacement Effects of Inflationary Finance
By: Jerry R. Green and Eytan Sheshinski
Green, Jerry R., and Eytan Sheshinski. "Budget Displacement Effects of Inflationary Finance." American Economic Review 67, no. 4 (September 1977): 671–682.
- 27 Mar 2017
- News
Lauren Cohen: Harvard’s Powerlifting Finance Prof
- August 2003 (Revised September 2008)
- Background Note
Note on Financing of the U.S. Health Care Sector
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jeff Grahling
This course describes the public and private sources of financing of the U.S. health-care sector,and identifies the characteristics of insurance policies, their costs, the structure of the insurance industry, and the role of consultants and brokers. The insurance... View Details
Keywords: Economic Sectors; Financing and Loans; Insurance; Industry Structures; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Jeff Grahling. "Note on Financing of the U.S. Health Care Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-039, August 2003. (Revised September 2008.)
- August 2005
- Teaching Note
Tax-Motivated Film Financing at Rexford Studios (TN)
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel L. Loeb, Mark Veblen and Kathleen Luchs
- January 1994
- Case
Evolving Finance Function: Judy C. Lewent at Merck & Co., Inc.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case examines the career path of Merck's CFO, Judy C. Lewent, as a way of tracing changes over time in Merck's finance function. It describes the adoption of innovative quantitative analytical models, changes in job definitions and in the organization of the... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Mathematical Methods; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Evolving Finance Function: Judy C. Lewent at Merck & Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 294-014, January 1994.
- 2010
- Book
A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy
By: Amar Bhide
Our prosperity requires the enterprise of innumerable individuals and businesses who exercise their imagination and judgment—and bear responsibility for outcomes. And it is through dialogue and relationships that widespread enterprise is fostered, not merely prices in... View Details
Keywords: Recession; Banking; Banks; Finance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
Bhide, Amar. A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- January 2001 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Following the BP/Amoco merger in December 1998, CFO David Watson asked Bill Young to recommend when and under what circumstances the firm should use external project finance instead of internal corporate funds to finance new capital investments. As part of this... View Details
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance." Harvard Business School Case 201-054, January 2001. (Revised May 2010.)
- August 2015
- Article
Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices
By: Pol Antràs and C. Fritz Foley
This paper analyzes the financing terms that support international trade and sheds light on how these terms shape the impact of economic shocks on trade. Analysis of transaction-level data from a U.S.-based exporter of frozen and refrigerated food products, primarily... View Details
Antràs, Pol, and C. Fritz Foley. "Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices." Journal of Political Economy 123, no. 4 (August 2015): 853–901. (Revised May 2014. Online Appendix.)
- March 1991 (Revised July 1996)
- Background Note
Sources of Financing for New Nonprofit Ventures
Designed to help nonprofit entrepreneurs design fund-raising strategies that are appropriate for their specific organizations. Discusses the major fund-raising alternatives, including foundations, corporations, government sources, wealthy individuals, and the public,... View Details
Dees, J. Gregory. "Sources of Financing for New Nonprofit Ventures." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-097, March 1991. (Revised July 1996.)
- June 1977
- Article
An Analytic Derivation of the Cost of Deposit Insurance and Loan Guarantees : An Application of Modern Option Pricing Theory
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "An Analytic Derivation of the Cost of Deposit Insurance and Loan Guarantees : An Application of Modern Option Pricing Theory." Journal of Banking & Finance 1 (June 1977): 3–11.
- 10 Jun 2014
- News