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- 2014
- Working Paper
Corporate Financial Policies in Misvalued Credit Markets
By: Jarrad Harford, Marc Martos-Vila and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
We theoretically and empirically investigate the repercussions of credit market misvaluation for a firm's borrowing and investment decisions. Using an ex-post measure of the accuracy of credit ratings to capture debt market misvaluation, we find evidence that firms... View Details
Harford, Jarrad, Marc Martos-Vila, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Corporate Financial Policies in Misvalued Credit Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-097, April 2014.
- Research Summary
Current Research Interests
- June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund
By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Capital; Investment Banking; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Wealth; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Xiaoyu Gu. "Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund." Harvard Business School Case 311-137, June 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets Authors:Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner, and David Scharfstein Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming). (Earlier... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
Leveraged Loans 2007
By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following many years of low realized volatility (less than 4% per annum), an index of leveraged loans had fallen over 5% in the month of July. A sudden drop in capital market prices for an asset class... View Details
Keywords: History; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Financial Crisis; Market Transactions; Disruption; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Erik Stafford. "Leveraged Loans 2007." Harvard Business School Case 208-145, April 2008. (Revised December 2008.)
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
faculty, Toby Stuart studies networks and how they enable or impede certain organizational and entrepreneurial behaviors. In a working paper, "The Evolution of Venture Capital Investment Networks,"... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
so-called impact funds, or funds that hope to create positive social or environmental impact. In Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds, the authors describe anchors as “generally the first... View Details
- 2019
- Book
VC: An American History
By: Tom Nicholas
An exploration of venture financing in America, from its origins in the whaling industry to the rise of Silicon Valley, that shows how venture capital (VC) created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. The VC industry arose from the United States’... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; History; United States
Nicholas, Tom. VC: An American History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2019. (Chinese Edition: 风投 看懂巨头的投资倾向 汤姆·尼古拉斯 著 中信出版社, Beijing: CITIC Press, 2020; Japanese Edition: ベンチャーキャピタル全史 トム・ニコラス, Shinchosha Publishing, 2022.)
- October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa
By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin
In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important... View Details
Keywords: Water; Pricing; Nonprofit Organizations; Projects; Price; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; Equity; Green Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Africa; Dubai
Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha, and Esel Çekin. "Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa." Harvard Business School Case 522-043, October 2021. (Revised May 2023.)
- April 2024
- Article
Model-based Financial Regulations Impair the Transition to Net-zero Carbon Emissions
By: Matteo Gasparini, Matthew C. Ives, Ben Carr, Sophie Fry and Eric Beinhocker
Investments via the financial system are essential for fostering the green transition. However, the role of existing financial regulations in influencing investment decisions is understudied. Here we analyse data from the European Banking Authority to show that... View Details
Gasparini, Matteo, Matthew C. Ives, Ben Carr, Sophie Fry, and Eric Beinhocker. "Model-based Financial Regulations Impair the Transition to Net-zero Carbon Emissions." Nature Climate Change 14, no. 5 (April 2024): 434–435.
- Article
The Effect of Dividends on Consumption
By: Malcolm Baker, Stefan Nagel and Jeffrey Wurgler
Classical models predict that the division of stock returns into dividends and capital appreciation does not affect investor consumption patterns, while mental accounting and other economic frictions predict that investors have a higher propensity to consume from... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Investment Return; Economics; Stocks; Capital; Business Earnings; Investment Portfolio; Investment Funds; Cost; Saving
Baker, Malcolm, Stefan Nagel, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "The Effect of Dividends on Consumption." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 1 (2007): 277–291.
- July 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Advanced Micro Devices: Competing in the Shadow of a Giant (A)
By: Willy C. Shih and Andrew A. King
As the only significant competitor to Intel Corporation in PC microprocessors, Advanced Micro Devices faced daunting investment choices. Not only did it have to fund microprocessor design teams, it also had to fund silicon process R&D, and it faced huge capital... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Operations; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry
Shih, Willy C., and Andrew A. King. "Advanced Micro Devices: Competing in the Shadow of a Giant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-002, July 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- Article
Best Practices in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis
By: Robert Bruner, Kenneth M. Eades, Robert S. Harris and Robert F. Higgins
This paper presents the results of a cost-of-capital survey of 27 highly regarded corporations, ten leading financial advisers, and seven best selling textbooks and trade books. The results show close alignment among all these groups on the use of common theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Cost of Capital
Bruner, Robert, Kenneth M. Eades, Robert S. Harris, and Robert F. Higgins. "Best Practices in Estimating the Cost of Capital: Survey and Synthesis." Financial Practice and Education 8, no. 1 (Spring–Summer 1998): 13–28.
- 2020
- Working Paper
The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting
By: Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun and Quoc H. Nguyen
No firm or sector of the global economy is untouched by innovation. In equilibrium, innovators will flock to (and innovation will occur where) the returns to innovative capital are the highest. In this paper, we document a strong empirical pattern in green patent... View Details
Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment; Decision Making; Policy; Energy; Green Technology; Technological Innovation; Patents
Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Quoc H. Nguyen. "The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27990, October 2020. (Winner of the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business – PVH Corp. Global Thought Leadership Grant on Corporate Social Responsibility, 2020.)
- August 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Partners Healthcare
By: Joshua D. Coval
Focuses on the portfolio allocation decision of a passive fund manager. Provides a setting to study portfolio theory, including mean-variance analysis, the capital market line, and the efficient frontier. View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Capital Markets; Business or Company Management; Decisions; Health Industry
Coval, Joshua D. "Partners Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 206-005, August 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
- August 2012 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Preem (A)
By: Bo Becker, Annelena Lobb and Aldo Sesia
High yield bond fund Proventus Capital Partners (PCP) has invested in underwater bonds issued by Preem, a large oil refinery. As maturity approaches, in the midst of financial crisis, Preem appear unlikely to be able to refinance. Meanwhile, Prreem has a complicated... View Details
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Restructuring; Courts and Trials; Negotiation; Bonds; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; Europe
Becker, Bo, Annelena Lobb, and Aldo Sesia. "Preem (A)." Harvard Business School Case 213-008, August 2012. (Revised March 2013.)
- November 2001 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Smartix (A): Dancing with Elephants
By: Donald N. Sull, James K. Sebenius and Noam Wasserman
This case describes issues facing the founder-CEO of a high-tech start-up in Boston, as he negotiates with multiple large potential partners and investors. The negotiations include a potential business partnership with FleetCenter and Madison Square Garden, and a... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Venture Capital; Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Power and Influence; Technology Industry; Boston
Sull, Donald N., James K. Sebenius, and Noam Wasserman. "Smartix (A): Dancing with Elephants." Harvard Business School Case 902-156, November 2001. (Revised October 2006.)
- January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Gobi Partners and DMG
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Thomas G. Tsao, founding general partner of Gobi Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in China, must decide how to manage his firm's largest investment after the departure of the CEO. Tom has temporarily stepped in as CEO, but finding a replacement with the... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Competency and Skills; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; China
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Gobi Partners and DMG." Harvard Business School Case 810-095, January 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
- March 2021
- Article
The Variation in Capacity Remuneration Requirements in European Electricity Markets
By: Conor Hickey, Derek Bunn, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
This paper provides the first EU wide analysis of the variation in Capacity Remuneration Requirements throughout Europe which aim to resolve the “missing money” problems in various member states. The findings of this analysis point to an asymmetric investment case for... View Details
Hickey, Conor, Derek Bunn, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney, and Brian O' Gallachoir. "The Variation in Capacity Remuneration Requirements in European Electricity Markets." Energy Journal 42, no. 2 (March 2021): 135–164.
- October 1997
- Case
Polaroid Corporation: Digital Imaging Technology in 1997
Focuses on strategic decisions regarding investment in digital imaging technology facing Polaroid Corp., a worldwide leader in the traditional imaging marketplace, in July 1997. New Polaroid CEO Gary DiCamillo must decide how much emphasis to place on digital vs.... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
Rosenbloom, Richard S., and Ellen Pruyne. "Polaroid Corporation: Digital Imaging Technology in 1997." Harvard Business School Case 798-013, October 1997.