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- 06 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability
- 2013
- Working Paper
FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability
By: Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim and Gwen Yu
We study how the availability of domestic credit influences the contribution that financing activities make to a firm's return on equity (ROE). Using a sample of 51,866 firms from 69 countries, we find that financing activities contribute more to a firm's ROE in... View Details
Keywords: Domestic Credit; Return Of Equity; Corporate Performance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statements; Valuation; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Economic Growth
Lundholm, Russell, George Serafeim, and Gwen Yu. "FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-011, July 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
- Article
Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter?: Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances
By: Josh Lerner, Hilary Shane and Alexander Tsai
Lerner, Josh, Hilary Shane, and Alexander Tsai. "Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter?: Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances." Journal of Financial Economics 67, no. 3 (March 2003): 411–446. (Earlier versions distributed as HBS Working Paper No. 00-038 and NBER Working Paper No. 7464.)
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
This fall, Harvard Business School launched its first Impact Investment Fund Course after a successful pilot in the Spring of 2021. The fund expands access to affordable, flexible financing for Black, Brown, View Details
- March 1998
- Article
Internal Financing of Multinational Subsidiaries: Debt vs. Equity
By: Bhagwan Chowdhry and Joshua D. Coval
Chowdhry, Bhagwan, and Joshua D. Coval. "Internal Financing of Multinational Subsidiaries: Debt vs. Equity." Journal of Corporate Finance 4, no. 1 (March 1998).
- 18 Oct 2021
- News
Alumnae-founded Fintech Startup Secures $29M in New Financing
Photo via Harvard Innovation Labs Lara O’Connor Hodgson (MBA 1998), cofounder of Now, recently spoke to Yahoo Finance Live to discuss its recent $29 million funding round. Hodgson cofounded Now in 2010 with former Georgia gubernatorial... View Details
- 2007
- Book
Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance
By: Rawi Abdelal
Abdelal, Rawi. Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007.
- 2009
- Simulation
Finance Simulation: M&A in Wine Country (Facilitator's Guide)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman, W. Carl Kester and Heide Diener Abelli
- 1982
- Other Unpublished Work
Financing the Cleanup of Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites
By: Dutch Leonard, Henry Lee and Susan Bender
- Teaching Interest
Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks
By: John D. Macomber
This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.
The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details
- November 1978
- Supplement
British Petroleum Co. Ltd.: Financing Alternatives in 1971, Additional Information
By: Thomas R. Piper
Piper, Thomas R. "British Petroleum Co. Ltd.: Financing Alternatives in 1971, Additional Information." Harvard Business School Supplement 279-031, November 1978.
- January 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Background Note
Key Challenges of Applying IFRS to Islamic Finance
By: David F. Hawkins and Lee Hodder
- Web
New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links New Levels of Capitalism: Finance The rapidly growing industry required an extraordinary amount of capital... View Details
- 1985
- Chapter
The Role of Contingent Claims Analysis in Corporate Finance
By: Scott P. Mason and Robert C. Merton
- January 2008
- Article
On the Pricing of Intermediated Risks: Theory and Application to Catastrophe Reinsurance
By: K. A. Froot and P. O'Connell
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A., and P. O'Connell. "On the Pricing of Intermediated Risks: Theory and Application to Catastrophe Reinsurance." Special Issue on Dynamics of Insurance Markets: Structure, Conduct, and Performance in the 21st Century Journal of Banking & Finance 32, no. 1 (January 2008): 69–85. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 6011, April 1997, Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 98-024, 1997.)
- 16 Jun 2020
- Podcast
55. Financing Your Education (and yours and yours and yours): A Conversation with LeverEdge Co-Founders Nikhil Agarwal and Chris Abkarians
When Nikhil Agarwal and Chris Abkarians were admitted to the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2020, neither of them could have guessed that their efforts to negotiate on the price of their student loans would be transformed into a viable new venture. However,... View Details