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Screening: Multinational Companies

How do I screen for companies headquartered in one country or region with revenue or offices in another country or region? Capital IQ Hover over the Screening tab menu and select Companies. Under Company... View Details

08 Apr 2021
Blog Post

HBS Entrepreneurship Immersion - Four Highlights

of entrepreneurship! Here is an example of a venture capital event where the VCPE Club, Tech Club, and Women in Investing hosted together. I was joined by Zeya Yang (MBA 2019 and now a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz) and Madeline Keulen... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Our Students for a Changing World

go-to-market projects in sectors ranging from social impact venture capital to artificial intelligence. “Having the chance to deepen my learning in such a hotbed of technological innovation, all while engaging with a dynamic country and... View Details

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

of capital markets in fostering such convergence through, for example, cross-border listings and global institutional investor activism. The software industry offers a unique setting to test the role of global product and labor markets... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

24 Sep 2024
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Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

and national security issues worsened in part by migration out of newly unlivable situations. How can investors, businesses, and global society face these issues? Governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) clearly don’t have the View Details

10 Jul 2018
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Successful Internship Matchmaking: “With Citadel, I could be myself.”

She wasn’t just seeking potential companies, but promising visions and missions. “I was thinking of human capital in terms of people, talent and culture,” Sarah explains. “I needed to find organizations that already got it and saw people... View Details

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Distressed companies

How can I identify companies in distress? Capital IQ: Screen for companies based on debt service coverage and credit rating Go to Screening and click Idea Generation Type distress into the search bar Select the screening named... View Details

Francisco A. Lorenzo

Lorenzo took over the fledgling Texas International Airways in 1972 and through major acquisitions including Continental Airlines, he built it into one of the country’s largest airline carriers. Lorenzo was skillful at managing government relationships which enabled... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

26 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 26

stocking decision, our model is generalizable to other types of capacity investment decisions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-105.pdf Heterogeneity and Optimal Capital Income Taxation Authors:Mikhail Golosov, Maxim... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

rising sea levels. Physical risks reflect “the potential for losses as climate-related changes disrupt business operations, destroy capital and interrupt economic activity,” according to Kevin Stiroh, executive vice president of the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

01 Apr 2000
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Books

The Venture Capital Cycle by Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner (MIT Press) U.S. venture capital firms have grown dramatically over the last two decades, nurturing a host of start-ups -- including Apple... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

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Financial databases: certification and training | Baker Library

Help Center Financial databases: certification and training Where can I find out about certification for Bloomberg, Capital IQ, and LSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv), and Datastream? Bloomberg Certification : Bloomberg offers 3 modules... View Details

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

framework—that lets executives map the institutional contexts of any country. Economics 101 tells us that companies buy inputs in the product, labor, and capital markets and sell their outputs in the products (raw materials and finished... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n 1960, ARD invested $3.6 million in 18 companies and, by 1961, the firm became the first venture capital firm with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In the article "Scientific... View Details

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Special purpose acquisition companies

Business Review article: SPACs: what you need to know. Additionally, LSEG Workspace, Pitchbook, Bloomberg, and and Capital IQ provide data on SPACs: In LSEG... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

define corporate transparency as the quantity and quality of information a company provides its various constituents including shareholders and other capital providers, suppliers, customers, employees, etc. In this paper, we measure this... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Jun 2016
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Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

opportunity to learn how to raise institutional capital for their businesses. In two inaugural cohorts that summer— one in San Francisco, the other in New York City —18 female entrepreneurs participated in 12 workshop sessions organized... View Details

09 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: Robert S. Kaplan, HBS Faculty Speakers: James Colica, Senior Vice... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan

01 Dec 2022
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Business as a Force for Good in Society

Illustration by Dana Smith In a world facing myriad complex challenges, Harvard Business School is actively exploring how capitalism is working, what leadership role business can and should play in making it work better, and how business... View Details

William M. Wood

After successfully managing a mill for his father in-law, Frederick Ayer, Wood organized the American Woolen Mills Company in 1899, combining the enterprises of Ayer and several other businessmen. Capitalized at $60 million, American... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

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