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- May 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Background Note
Introduction to Cash Flow Valuation Methods
Provides an introduction to three cash flow valuation methods. The three methods differ in their measure of cash flows and the discount rate applied to those cash flows. The names for the three methods correspond to the type of cash flow that is used in the valuation:... View Details
Ruback, Richard S. "Introduction to Cash Flow Valuation Methods." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-155, May 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
- February 2014 (Revised August 2014)
- Course Overview Note
Introduction to International Macroeconomics
By: Laura Alfaro and Elizabeth A. Meyer
- March 2012 (Revised March 2012)
- Background Note
Introduction to Short Selling
By: Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy
Cohen, Lauren, and Christopher Malloy. "Introduction to Short Selling." Harvard Business School Background Note 212-079, March 2012. (Revised March 2012.)
- October 1980 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Introduction to Decision Analysis
By: Paul A. Vatter
Vatter, Paul A. "Introduction to Decision Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 181-046, October 1980. (Revised June 1993.)
- August 2019
- Case
Creating Accountability in Afghanistan
By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, Eugene F. Soltes and Grace Liu
By early 2019, the United States had contributed $132 billion to the Afghan reconstruction. John Sopko, in his role as the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), was in charge of providing accountability for U.S. aid funding. Sopko’s oversight... View Details
Keywords: Auditing; Fraud; Accountability; Crime and Corruption; Law Enforcement; Governance; Infrastructure; Information; Networks; Strategy; Afghanistan
Heese, Jonas, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, Eugene F. Soltes, and Grace Liu. "Creating Accountability in Afghanistan." Harvard Business School Case 120-024, August 2019.
- 1995
- Chapter
Introduction to Experimental Economics
By: A. E. Roth
Keywords: Economics
Roth, A. E. "Introduction to Experimental Economics." In Handbook of Experimental Economics, edited by John Kagel and Alvin E. Roth, 3–109. Princeton University Press, 1995.
- 1996
- Book
An Introduction to Retailing
By: D. E. Bell and W. J. Salmon
Keywords: Retail Industry
Bell, D. E., and W. J. Salmon. An Introduction to Retailing. Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing, 1996.
- July 1975
- Background Note
Introduction to the Case Method
Guidelines to aid the student in analyzing a case situation by casting himself or herself in the role of protagonist, developing criteria for alternative decisions, and generalizing to other situations. View Details
Keywords: Cases
Shapiro, Benson P. "Introduction to the Case Method." Harvard Business School Background Note 576-031, July 1975.
- March 2004
- Background Note
An Introduction to Work-Life Balance
An overview of issues relating to and factors affecting the concept of balance between work and personal life including the history of work-life balance and employer/employee perspectives. View Details
Keywords: Work-Life Balance
Higgins, Monica C., Michelle Hicks, Katherine Kaufmann, and Mia Rondinella. "An Introduction to Work-Life Balance." Harvard Business School Background Note 404-022, March 2004.
- 2014
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Strategy Reading: Introduction to Strategy
"Introduction to Strategy" provides a comprehensive overview of the strategy discipline and introduces the building blocks of strategy by providing overviews of fundamental conceptual frameworks. Students will learn how firms decide where to compete by exploring the... View Details
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Strategy Reading: Introduction to Strategy." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8097, 2014.
- November 1997 (Revised May 2001)
- Background Note
Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance
By: Paul A. Gompers
Presents an overview of the issues covered in Entrepreneurial Finance. The frameworks of analysis as well as themes of the course are covered. Additionally, provides references on entrepreneurial finance from both academics and the popular press. View Details
Gompers, Paul A. "Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-061, November 1997. (Revised May 2001.)
- Article
Accounting for Climate Change
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Corporations are facing growing pressure—from investors, advocacy groups, politicians, and even business leaders themselves—to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P... View Details
Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Social Accounting; E-liabilities; Business And The Environment; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "Accounting for Climate Change." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 6 (November–December 2021): 120–131.
- May 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Introduction to Interest Rate Options
Introduces interest rate derivatives, covering floors, caps, and swaptions. Introduces floors, caps, and swaps by analogy to equity puts, calls, and stocks. As with calls and puts on equity, a put-call parity relationship is shown to exist between caps, floors, and... View Details
Keywords: Interest Rates
Chacko, George C., and Anders Sjoman. "Introduction to Interest Rate Options." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-112, May 2005. (Revised February 2006.)
- July 2024
- Technical Note
Introduction to SQL in Python
By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery
This note walks through the basics of SQL and how to use this language in Python via the SQLite package. View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science
Parzen, Michael, and Jo Ellery. "Introduction to SQL in Python." Harvard Business School Technical Note 625-024, July 2024.
- August 2012
- Course Overview Note
Introduction to Private Equity Finance
By: Paul A. Gompers and Paul A. Gompers
This note will aid in introducing students to the Private Equity Finance course. View Details
Gompers, Paul A. "Introduction to Private Equity Finance." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 213-033, August 2012.
- Winter 2021
- Editorial
Introduction
This issue of Negotiation Journal is dedicated to the theme of artificial intelligence, technology, and negotiation. It arose from a Program on Negotiation (PON) working conference on that important topic held virtually on May 17–18. The conference was not the... View Details
Wheeler, Michael A. "Introduction." Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Negotiation. Negotiation Journal 37, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 5–12.
- December 1996 (Revised December 2006)
- Background Note
Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering
By: Peter Tufano
Describes the content of the Corporate Financial Engineering (CFE) course at HBS. Used on the first day of class to let students know what the course will cover and the main ideas to be developed in CFE. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Finance
Tufano, Peter. "Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering." Harvard Business School Background Note 297-053, December 1996. (Revised December 2006.)
- January 2022
- Technical Note
Introduction to Capital Structure Analytics
By: Samuel Antill and Ted Berk
This technical note provides an overview of key analytical approaches that are useful in assessing the appropriateness of a firm’s capital structure and funding plan. This note introduces basic quantitative tools and metrics that are commonly used as inputs to this... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Business Plan; Forecasting and Prediction; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Financing and Loans
Antill, Samuel, and Ted Berk. "Introduction to Capital Structure Analytics." Harvard Business School Technical Note 222-061, January 2022.
- November 2006 (Revised November 2008)
- Course Overview Note
Introduction to the RC Strategy Course
By: Jan W. Rivkin
Introduces the Required Curriculum Strategy course to students at Harvard Business School. View Details
Rivkin, Jan W. "Introduction to the RC Strategy Course." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 707-492, November 2006. (Revised November 2008.)