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Foreign direct investment: statistics

Step 3, expand the menu for Foreign payments , click on Financing to expand the menu and choose Inward direct investment and Outward direct investment data items. Click "Add." Choose the date range or All Years in Step 4... View Details

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American Business History Records | Baker Library

German-born financier Henry Villard (1835-1900) played key roles in the financing of the transcontinental railroad and development of the electrical industry. R.G. Dun & Co. Credit Report Volumes Credit reports created by America's first... View Details

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Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Photographs Henry Villard Business... View Details

25 Jun 2018
News

Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

one in every $10 of financing for innovative water businesses. “Imagine H20 is now global—about a quarter of the entries, which are, in number, about 100 a year, come from other countries. There are certain countries that are particularly... View Details

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Cabot Brown Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details

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Islamic Society | MBA

meetups Celebratory events for Ramadan and Eid Support of Islamic Finance Conference with Harvard University Muslim Alumni Association Social meetups with other schools Interfaith events with other religious clubs Talks on important... View Details

October 2003 (Revised December 2003)
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Managing a 401(k) Fund

By: Richard S. Ruback and Kathleen Luchs

Focuses on an individual's decision to participate in his firm's 401(k) plan and how to invest his contributions. Plan participants have a choice of 10 mutual funds with different investment strategies. Includes data from Morningstar on the composition and performance... View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment; Saving; Asset Management; Financial Management; Decision Making; Personal Finance; Financial Services Industry

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April 2005
Article

The Geography of Equity Analysis

By: Christopher J. Malloy

I provide evidence that geographically proximate analysts are more accurate than other analysts. Stock returns immediately surrounding forecast revisions suggest that local analysts impact prices more than other analysts. These effects are strongest for firms located... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Stocks; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Price; Performance; Equity; Information; Prejudice and Bias; Agency Theory

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June 2000 (Revised March 2002)
Teaching Note

Iridium LLC TN

By: Benjamin C. Esty

Teaching Note for (9-200-039). View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Technology; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Performance; Valuation; Forecasting and Prediction; Demand and Consumers; Communications Industry

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June 1986 (Revised May 1989)
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Biltwell Shears, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Piper

A senior loan officer is reviewing the recent performance of a company that has failed to repay its loan as scheduled. The failure results from a cyclical downturn in sales, coupled with a lag in cutting back production. Inventory risk is minimal. This case is an... View Details

Keywords: Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Corporate Finance; Manufacturing Industry

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01 Jun 2009
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Bright Future for Green Business

solve your water problem, but only if you have abundant energy. Nordan believes the current financing system for start-ups — angel to venture investors, followed by a public offering — doesn’t work well for green tech, which takes more... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

28 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

B2B Branding: Does it Work?

company's stakeholders. Efforts are focused on a single, global corporate brand rather than individual product brands. The payback on marketing expenditures is measured rigorously to the satisfaction of the hard-nosed engineers and View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products

Profile

Ben Steiner

paying Rwandans to grow trees. “I’m thinking of my career path in thirds,” says Ben. “The first third is about learning, which is what I’m doing now. The second will be about earning – perhaps in finance or something entrepreneurial. The... View Details

17 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

immense potential that sit at the intersection of life sciences and business. After studying Chemical Engineering and Finance at Penn, I worked at the healthcare investment banking group of BofA Merrill Lynch and then at a healthcare... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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A Growing Drumbeat

professor Bill Sahlman recalls that there were only 4 faculty members devoted to entrepreneurship when he introduced the elective Entrepreneurial Finance in 1985. “Now we have 35. The Entrepreneurial Manager became part of the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Contests

01 Mar 2008
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India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

poverty by the country’s growing economy, Palaniappan Chidambaram (MBA ’68), India’s finance minister, predicted in a speech at HBS in October. However, India remains a land of vexing contrasts and contradictions, with enormous inequities... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Shari P. Hubert

copresident of the African American Student Union (AASU), as a panel chair at the 1999 HBS Entrepreneurship Conference, and as a member of the Finance and Management Consulting clubs. She has also worked with the Admissions Office and the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2005
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Full Circle

hospital with a staff of forty) grows and demands a more sophisticated understanding of finance and managerial issues. “All of the things I turned away from to become skilled as a surgeon are becoming more important,” he observes. “As the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; veterinary; MBA applicable; Health, Social Assistance

03 Apr 2012
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Just Compensation

longer has a title is clearly a bad deal for shareholders.” Looking back to her HBS experience, Ferracone says, “I remember HBS professors as being second to none. I arrived at HBS with a marketing background and knew that I had to learn View Details

Keywords: executives; executive compensation; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

June 2024
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Caesars Entertainment: Governance on the Road to Bankruptcy

By: Kristin Mugford

Caesars Entertainment was a large casino operator in the United States that had been purchased in a 2008 leveraged buyout by Apollo and TPG. In January 2015, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC), its largest subsidiary, filed for Chapter 11. This set up a... View Details