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    Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie

    Hakeem Belo-Osagie is an accomplished Nigerian professional and entrepreneur. He earned a degree in Political Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University as well as a law degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

    He is the... View Details

    • 24 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 24, 2008

    in academe has a nefarious effect on public research output is, at least in its simplest form, misplaced. The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Apr 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market

    managers who trade in foreign debt as well as for emerging market countries. "The cost of funds will go up," naysayers may cry. "We won't get any money; no one will invest in us." “If you... View Details
    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
    • 09 Nov 2020
    • Video

    Muhammad Musa

    Muhammad Musa, the Executive Director of the BRAC International since 2015, explains that the NGO does not make all its operations in one country financially self-sustaining as it considers outside funding can be a source of new knowledge. For the same reason BRAC... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: April 24, 2007

    Note on U.S. Public Education Finance (A): Revenues Harvard Business School Note 307-069 Describes the revenue structure of U.S. public education. Covers funding by federal, state, and local governments. Examines in detail two federal... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2008 (Revised July 2009)
    • Case

    Sovereign Wealth Funds: For Profits or Politics?

    By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
    On March 21, 2008, the U.S. government secured an agreement from two leading sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to adopt a new set of investment principles to govern the Funds' activities. SWFs, broadly defined as an investment fund owned by a national or a government, were... View Details
    Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; International Relations; State Ownership; United States
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    • 17 Sep 2024
    • Blog Post

    The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

    Zoe Sun (MBA 2024) is a recent graduate from China. Prior to HBS, she worked at an Asia-focused private equity fund in Hong Kong. At HBS, she was Co-Chief Admissions Ambassador and Social Chair for Greater China Club. She is a recipient... View Details
    • 27 Sep 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

    through their eyes. And we dined with one of my former students, who set up one of the pioneering private equity funds in Egypt and whose wife is bringing high-fashion retailing to a corner of the new Four Seasons Hotel. Q: What did you... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Jun 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: June 10

    between keeping one's distance and staying involved. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-114.pdf Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts By: Mollick, Ethan... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 May 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: May 1, 2007

      Working PapersGrowth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we distinguish different "qualities" of FDI to re-examine the relationship... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 05 Jun 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: June 5

    environment of scientific and industrial expansion. Venture funding occurred more widely in the United States than it ever had done before. While the roots of the American venture capital industry are long-standing and multifaceted, they... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    How Do Global Portfolio Investors Hedge Currency Risk?

    By: Robin Greenwood and Alex Cheema-Fox
    We use monthly portfolio data from one of the world’s largest custodian banks, with over $40 trillion assets under custody, to study how global portfolio investors hedge foreign exchange risk in their equity and fixed income portfolios over the past 25 years. The data... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Investment Funds; Currency; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Richard F. Meyer

      Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a... View Details
      • September 2017
      • Case

      Christine Lagarde

      By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat
      The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the government of France and as the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The case highlights the challenges and opportunities she faced... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change
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      Faculty & Advisors - MBA

      Partners, a fund that invests in underrepresented managers. Enke earned her PhD at Columbia University, and MBA at Harvard Business School where she was awarded the Kaplan Fellowship in life sciences. Marc Casper MBA ‘95, Harvard... View Details
      • November 2012
      • Case

      The World Bank in 2012: Choosing a Leader

      By: Lakshmi Iyer and Ian McKown Cornell
      In 2012, the World Bank faced important questions in terms of its future strategy and mission. Should the Bank continue to focus on micro-level development initiatives, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), or return to traditional macro-level financial... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Development; Millennium Development Goals; World Bank; International Institutions; Leadership; Development Economics; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry
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      • 15 Jun 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market

      Keywords: by Bo Becker & Victoria Ivashina
      • 20 Dec 2016
      • First Look

      December 20, 2016

      Non-Repatriation of Foreign Cash Negatively Affect U.S. Firms’ Operations? Evidence from Product Market Competitiveness By: Alhusaini, Badryah, Rick Laux, Henock Louis, and Anywhere Sikochi Abstract—Cash holdings provide the crucial... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • Web

      Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

      prices. The authors use arbitrage activity in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets to characterize the frictions and constraints facing intermediaries. They show that at least two types of segmentation drive arbitrage... View Details
      • 29 Jun 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: June 29

        Working PapersSurviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract We examine in this paper the differential response of establishments to the... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace