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- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
one, while passive maturity transformation strategies have CAPM betas near zero; and (4) portfolios of bank equities consistently underperform portfolios designed to passively mimic their economic exposures.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research
Financial Reporting ; Social Media ; Banks and Banking ; Financing and Loans ; Investment Portfolio ; Interest Rates ; Debt Securities ; Risk and Uncertainty ; Financial Statements ; Risk Management ;... View Details
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MBA Experience | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
HBS offers a rich portfolio of opportunities for MBA students to tailor their social enterprise engagement, including academics, careers, community, and paths for social entrepreneurship. Academics First-year students take courses that... View Details
- 10 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle
The classic advice to investors is to diversify—put wealth into a combination of assets. Perhaps some cash goes into mutual funds, some in blue chips, and a little in growth stocks, spreading out risk as well as opportunity. What if people thought about View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- March 2015
- Case
BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm
By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White
BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.
In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy
Sahlman, William A., and Robert F. White. "BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 815-702, March 2015.
- October 2022
- Case
Sustainable Finance at Itau BBA
By: George Serafeim, Maria Loumioti and Benjamin Maletta
As of August 2022, the Itau BBA had structured dozens of sustainability linked bonds, which made future interest payments a function of the borrower meeting a target for a sustainability metric, and had solidified its reputation as a pioneer of sustainable finance in... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Environmental Sustainability; Growth Strategy; Debt Contracting; Performance Metrics; Risk Assessment; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Financial Instruments; Risk Management; Debt Securities; Measurement and Metrics; Banking Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Latin America
Serafeim, George, Maria Loumioti, and Benjamin Maletta. "Sustainable Finance at Itau BBA." Harvard Business School Case 123-036, October 2022.
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
City–based startup, offering investors equity in individual CRE properties that its investment team had sourced and vetted. Traditional private equity (PE) funds required investors in CRE equity to accept an entire View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
the things that we talk about is that there's a there's a portfolio that the happiest people all maintain. It's an investment portfolio. You can teach it. Yeah. I teach at HBS. So, I can talk this way.... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
to building a portfolio of impact investments and was among the first family foundations to embrace ESG investing—despite the limited availability of robust metrics. McKnight recognized that sustainable... View Details
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
counterintuitive to us that a portfolio manager with a short investment horizon would be willing to devote time and energy to a task delivering long-term value. After all, there are no guarantees that the... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
McGeveran, Vice President of Investments at the McKnight Foundation, reflected on how to effectively advance the organization’s net-zero strategy. The foundation had committed 10% of its endowment to building a View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
Rethinking Volume
By: Philippe van der Beck, Lorenzo Bretscher and Zhiyu Julie Fu
Gross trading volumes in financial markets are large and far exceed return volatility. In contrast, “net volume”—trading from persistent portfolio reallocations—is substantially lower, as it excludes transitory round-trip trades. This observation reveals a fundamental... View Details
van der Beck, Philippe, Lorenzo Bretscher, and Zhiyu Julie Fu. "Rethinking Volume." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 26-003, July 2025.
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
components of the bank business model, Juliane and Erik shed light on the bank’s performance over the period 1960-2016. They argue that the very strong investment performance of passive maturity transformation strategies over this period... View Details
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About - Business & Environment
has led several successful finance projects that brought together the private and public sectors, large financial institutions, and multilateral organizations. In previous roles at HBS she wrote case studies on impact investing and... View Details
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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online
next level by learning how to maximize investment portfolio value with alternative investments, including private equity and real estate. 5 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Pay by August 7 $1,850 Certificate Sustainable... View Details
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Klarman Hall | About
the Name Beth & Seth Klarman Seth Klarman (MBA 1982) is the CEO and portfolio manager of the Boston-based Baupost Group, one of the most successful investment partnerships in the world. Beth Klarman is... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
and practice are discussed. Download the revised paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-080.pdf PublicationsShould You Invest in the Long Tail? Author:Anita Elberse Periodical:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Altos Ventures (A)
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In December 2012, Altos Ventures General Partners Han Kim, Anthony Lee, and Ho Nam met to discuss the future of the firm. Altos had already adjusted its strategy multiple times. It began as a U.S.-focused venture capital investor whose first two funds were backed by a... View Details
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Altos Ventures (A)." Harvard Business School Case 823-035, August 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
In the wake of the financial crisis, many once-esoteric investment terms have become a familiar part of our vocabulary. The role of structured finance securities such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), for example, and the part... View Details
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Finance - Faculty & Research
trading volumes in financial markets are large and far exceed return volatility. In contrast, “net volume”—trading from persistent portfolio reallocations—is substantially lower, as it excludes transitory round-trip trades. This... View Details