Financing and Loans - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1998
News

Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

"When, for instance, a professor asked how a manager in a case should deal with the issue of a defective product, I had absolutely no clue. The only way I got through the program was to prioritize and really try to shine in the subjects I... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

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Events - Private Capital Project

Adalberth (Norrsken Foundation), Thomas Hellmann (University of Oxford), Nenad Marovac (DN Capital), and Diane Mulcahy (Kauffman Foundation), with empirical evidence presented by Josh Lerner (HBS), moderated by Reiner Braun... View Details

05 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience

Video directed and produced by Joanie Tobin Conventional wisdom says that money can't buy happiness. Behavioral science begs to differ. In fact, research shows that money can make us happier—but only if we spend it in particular ways. In... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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History - Entrepreneurship

intricacies of finance to the art of leadership, and I am delighted to be able to support those efforts both now and for the future." Historically, approximately 50% of HBS... View Details

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Career Support - Business & Environment

PACE Capital, a California–based financing firm focused on empowering commercial property owners to reduce the carbon footprint of their buildings. After studying economics and environmental science at... View Details

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

billion to upgrade, rehabilitate, and widen the country’s major highways to international standards. The GQ, as the fifth-longest highway in the world, links four of India’s largest cities and many districts... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

02 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

as well. What kind of “life” will experimentation have outside high tech? What do you think? Original Post “Test, then invest” is an increasingly common saying among entrepreneurs and those who finance their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

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Richard P. Melnick | About

Planning and Analysis. Rick helps to monitor and manage the finances and compliance issues for the School’s global offices. He is on the audit... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business

Kiddles founder and CEO Andrea Kimmel (MBA 2003) presents this case study query to HBS alumni and faculty: “The team has an aggressive growth timeline, but financing that... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

02 Mar 2012
HBS Seminar

Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University

02 Dec 2019
News

Championing the HBS Fund

Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997) and Christy Dosiou Andreas Stavropoulos and Chrysoula “Christy” Dosiou are steadfast advocates for the HBS Fund. The couple, who were high school sweethearts in their native... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

25 Feb 2020
News

Task Force

eyeglasses. They took a selfie. But it wasn’t until the second-year MBA course Entrepreneurial Finance that they discovered another similarity: Each was passionate about starting a business. “We got coffee in Spangler Grille one day after... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

Summing Up Future Corporate Governance: Different, But More Effective? Shann Turnbull suggests that the world of corporate governance will benefit from the establishment of "a new type of corporate information and control... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Dec 2016
Op-Ed

The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

working on as the head of the SBA and what I continue to write about today—access to capital. SBA’s flagship loan programs are made through more than 3,000 banks, where the private sector picks “winners... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

right thing. Mayank Dubey Manager, Marketing Communications Sustainable Business Strategy The course content is well designed and helps investors get a basic understanding of what sustainable finance is, its... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

The Exchange: Micro Management

convincing story about the sector’s success, but to what extent have the loans meaningfully improved livelihoods? That question has been more difficult to track, say Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth. Both... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

October 2014 (Revised December 2014)
Case

Gentera: Beyond Microcredit

By: Rajiv Lal and Lisa Mazzanti

Gentera, whose largest subsidiary is Compartamos Banco, has been a fantastically successful endeavor since it started in the 1990s. But in 2014, Gentera faces challenges in expanding beyond group-lending and micro-credit into microfinance and beyond in order to fulfill... View Details

Keywords: Financial Inclusion; Compartamos; Gentera; Micro-lending; Microfinance; Insurance; Banking Industry; Insurance Industry; Mexico City

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November 2005 (Revised December 2007)
Case

Motion Computing, Inc. -- 2004

By: William A. Sahlman and Caroline Perkins

Scott Eckert, the co-founder and CEO of Motion Computing, must decide whether to raise additional capital to support growth. Motion manufactures and distributes Tablet PCs. If the company opts to raise money, it must decide on the source and terms of the financing. View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Computer Industry; United States