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Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)

By: Shawn A. Cole, John Masko and T. Robert Zochowski

In 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promote economic... View Details

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21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Michael Milken: The Junk Bond King Michael Milken, an investment banker who dominated the junk bond market in the 1980s, was sentenced to jail in 1990 after pleading guilty to a number of securities and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

high-end brand cachet? A related question is whether VOSS should begin expanding its portfolio by offering, for example, flavored water for the rapidly evolving U.S. bottled water market. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Nov 2018
Blog Post

The HBS Community - Student Initiatives

more poignant than anyone could have imagined. It’s hard to believe our HBS experience will be coming to a close in only a few months. The bonds we have built among the community here will last a lifetime, and the perspective we’ve... View Details

30 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Reflecting on AASU50: Advancing African American Business Leadership

Frederick Douglass. “In line with AASU’s mission, our personal vision for the 2017-2018 academic year has been driven by the goal of strengthening the bonds within the community by investing further in the connections among AASU members,... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Rowing Upstream

their task but also energize team members through the bonding that comes with striving toward a common goal. It’s important to remember, however, that poorly designed teams can waste resources and time. Teams should always be used... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
News

Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource

of school spirit and pride," states Ellerin. Positive new experiences combined with fond memories have strengthened support for the School and created new bonds between alumni and current students. Informing students of job opportunities... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

General Motors was moving toward its vision of zero emissions and zero accidents by investing in electrified, shared, and autonomous vehicles. And while Wells Fargo was creating fraudulent accounts, Bank of America Merrill Lynch became a leader in underwriting green... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters, has seen its stock price fall from 230 pence to a low of 8.8 pence in the past two years, and had seen its View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

of kind of chemically bonding hydrogen and moving hydrogen in a safer and much more affordable way than moving hydrogen around as an explosive compressed gas, and therefore kind of enable green hydrogen as a fuel and as a feedstock for... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Alumni Books Dual Momentum Investing: An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk by Gary Antonacci (MBA 1978) (McGraw-Hill) Antonacci explains his investing method, which combines U.S. stock, non-U.S. stock, and aggregate View Details

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

current account trade deficit for the US followed, with the resulting funds invested by the Chinese government in US Treasury bonds instead of going into increased consumption by Chinese consumers. This depressed global interest rates and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

OpenSecrets.org. Direct stock or bond holdings were straightforward to categorize as risky or not. For mutual funds Minor tapped investment industry experts to help him devise an algorithm to categorize the 10,000-plus funds as more... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14

(defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Dec 2022
News

LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway

they don't want to gloat or because they're afraid the great things won't last. We aim to get participants to stay in the five percent on either end of the curve, because when you do that, you develop really strong bonds and you have the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

debt. We propose that monetary policy credibility explains the currency composition of sovereign debt and nominal bond risks in the presence of risk-averse investors. In our model, low credibility governments inflate during recessions,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

fund them in advance, there's trouble ahead. They will soon pay higher interest rates on their municipal bonds and ultimately may face a financial crisis like the current one in Detroit. That's not what the doctor ordered. The Long View... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

should get paid?" or say, "I'm having a rough struggle with this and that." There is not the same kind of emotional bond across gender. It's obviously difficult to have tight emotional bonds... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

all of us to meet peers outside our sections or classes and partners! There is something about deeper bonds you can create by performing together. But we also have non-musical social events throughout the year to get to know one another... View Details

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Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Disney Channels, Freeform, Hulu, and A&E Networks, among other assets. “TV has had a special role in my life,” Shilla says. “I had gone to terrific private schools where I didn’t have the same resources as others around me. But with TV, I could View Details

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