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- March 2018
- Article
Financing the African Colonial State: The Revenue Imperative and Forced Labor
Although recent studies on African colonial tax systems have deepened our understanding of early fiscal capacity building efforts in the region, they have largely ignored the contributions from a widely used but invisible source of state revenue: that of labor... View Details
van Waijenburg, Marlous. "Financing the African Colonial State: The Revenue Imperative and Forced Labor." Journal of Economic History 78, no. 1 (March 2018): 40–80.
- October 2017
- Case
The Market for Justice: Burford Capital and the Litigation Finance Industry
By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and William Powley
Cohen, Lauren, Christopher Malloy, and William Powley. "The Market for Justice: Burford Capital and the Litigation Finance Industry." Harvard Business School Case 218-007, October 2017.
- June 2017
- Article
The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
This paper traces the career of Michael Jensen, a Chicago finance PhD turned Harvard Business School professor to reveal the intellectual and social conditions that enabled the emergence and institutionalization of what we call the “neoliberal common sense of capital,”... View Details
Keywords: Executive Pay; The Firm; Michael Jensen; Neo-Liberalism; Shareholder Value; Agency Theory; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Transformation
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital." History of Political Economy 49, no. 2 (June 2017): 347–381.
- February 2019 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Banorte and the Capital Call Facility: Infrastructure Finance in Mexico
By: John D. Macomber, Carla Larangeira and Fernanda Miguel
As a result of Mexico´s pension industry deregulation, pension funds were able to invest in energy and infrastructure projects through a variety of financial instruments, particularly through Capital Development Certificates (CKDs), an asset class that served as a... View Details
Keywords: Financial Products; Fund Management; Capital Call Facility; Pension Funds; Infrastructure; Energy; Finance; Decision Making; Investment Funds; Financial Instruments; North America; Mexico
Macomber, John D., Carla Larangeira, and Fernanda Miguel. "Banorte and the Capital Call Facility: Infrastructure Finance in Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 219-049, February 2019. (Revised March 2019.)
- September 2006
- Article
Political Relationships, Global Financing and Corporate Transparency: Evidence from Indonesia
By: Christian Leuz and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Leuz, Christian, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Political Relationships, Global Financing and Corporate Transparency: Evidence from Indonesia." Journal of Financial Economics 81, no. 3 (September 2006): 411–439.
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more information than ever before. This democratization of access... View Details
- July 1999
- Comment
Commentary: Finance Theory and Future Trends: The Shift to Integration
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Commentary: Finance Theory and Future Trends: The Shift to Integration." Risk (July 1999), 48–50.
- October 2011 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
inge watertechnologies, GmbH
By: Ramana Nanda, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Markus Mittermaier
Using the financing history and exit choices of a German clean-tech startup as a lens, this case explores the reasons why venture-backed entrepreneurship is much lower in Germany than the US, despite a robust SME sector and large-corporate innovation in Germany. It... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Finance; Venture Capital; Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Technology Industry; Germany
Nanda, Ramana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Markus Mittermaier. "inge watertechnologies, GmbH." Harvard Business School Case 812-002, October 2011. (Revised June 2014.)
- October 2019
- Article
Does Political Uncertainty Increase External Financing Costs? Measuring the Electoral Premium in Syndicated Lending
By: Olivia S. Kim
This article investigates the impact of political uncertainty on contractual lending terms using a large sample of syndicated loans and a within-firm estimation approach to achieve identification. Firms pay 7 basis points (bps) more on loans originated when their... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; Developing Countries and Economies
Kim, Olivia S. "Does Political Uncertainty Increase External Financing Costs? Measuring the Electoral Premium in Syndicated Lending." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 54, no. 5 (October 2019): 2141–2178.
- March 1981 (Revised February 1983)
- Background Note
Proposals to Finance Balance of Payments Deficits in the 1980s
Wellons, Philip A. "Proposals to Finance Balance of Payments Deficits in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Background Note 381-150, March 1981. (Revised February 1983.)
- July–August 2012
- Article
In the Hot Finance Jobs, Women Are Still Shut Out
Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "In the Hot Finance Jobs, Women Are Still Shut Out." Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2012).
- 2010
- Working Paper
Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis
We show that the value of corporate diversification increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms.... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Financial Crisis; Resource Allocation; Investment; Financing and Loans; Business Conglomerates; Capital Markets
Kuppuswamy, Venkat, and Belen Villalonga. "Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-101, May 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
- April 2002
- Article
Where Does State Street Lead? A First Look at Finance Patents, 1971-2000
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "Where Does State Street Lead? A First Look at Finance Patents, 1971-2000." Journal of Finance 57, no. 2 (April 2002). (Earlier versions distributed as HBS Working Paper No. 01-005 and NBER Working Paper No. 7918; Supplemental information on financial patents. Spreadsheet of financial patents, 1971-February 2000.)
- March 1993
- Article
Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance
Kashyap, Anil, Jeremy Stein, and David Wolcox. "Monetary Policy and Credit Conditions: Evidence from the Composition of External Finance." American Economic Review 83, no. 1 (March 1993): 78–98.
- 07 Feb 2015
- News
John C. Whitehead, a Leader in Finance and Government, Dies at 92
- September 15, 2020
- Article
Moving the Financing of Graduate Medical Education Into the 21st Century
By: Justin A. Grischkan, Ari B. Friedman and Amitabh Chandra
Grischkan, Justin A., Ari B. Friedman, and Amitabh Chandra. "Moving the Financing of Graduate Medical Education Into the 21st Century." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 324, no. 11 (September 15, 2020).
- 09 Aug 2023
- News
What the Finance Industry Tells Us About the Future of AI
Financing the African Colonial State: The Revenue Imperative and Forced Labor
Although recent studies on African colonial tax systems have deepened our understanding of early fiscal capacity building efforts in the region, they have largely... View Details