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2023
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Green Bargains: Leveraging Public Investment to Advance Climate Regulation

By: Jonas Meckling and Jesse Strecker

Climate policy has entered a new era as public investment is increasingly moving to center stage, including recovery spending and long-term climate investment plans. While essential for decarbonization, public investment is not enough – the carrots of investment need... View Details

Keywords: Government and Politics; Environmental Regulation; Climate Change; Policy; Motivation and Incentives

May 2023
Teaching Note

TikTok and National Security: Investment in an Age of Data Sovereignty?

By: Jeremy Friedman

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-020. View Details

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Investment Strategies Course Number 1425 Senior Lecturer William Vrattos Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 Sessions Exam Career Focus Global capital markets are vast and dynamic, with over $100... View Details

Going Out or Opting Out? Capital, Political Vulnerability, and the State in China's Outward Investments

This article, in Comparative Politics (April 2022), explains patterns of China's outward investments in political terms. The Chinese party-state does not direct all Chinese companies in their outward investments, but rather pushes global investment through campaigns it... View Details

23 Aug 2019
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Can capitalism be saved by a concept born in Boston?

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Saving Plots & Images in R - Research Computing Services

Technical How-To’s & Notes Technical How-To’s & Notes Saving Plots & Images in R Process If you generate a plot in R and want to save it, then you would typically use the... View Details

The Business Case for Saving Democracy, HBR, March 10, 2020

Democracy is under attack. Business has both a strong economic case and a strong moral case for coming to its rescue. View Details

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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Serum Institute of India (SII): Racing to Save Lives During a Pandemic

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla

The CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), a $12.8 billion Indian Family business is faced with a risky choice between principles and profit. SII is the largest manufacturer of vaccines in the world and Adar Poonawalla, the CEO and son of the founder has to decide how... View Details

Keywords: Business Ethics; Healthcare; COVID-19; Vaccines; Family Business; Ethics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Fairness; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; India; South Asia

Educators

2018
Working Paper

Breaking from Tradition: Women's Labor Force Participation and Investments in Females

By: Alexandra C. Feldberg and Kathleen L. McGinn

30 Jun 2021

Women in Industry Series: Investing

Please join faculty member Kristin Mugford as she as she moderates a panel of HBS women making a difference in the investing space. Learn about their experiences and how HBS has played a role in their... View Details

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Losing to Win: U.S. Steel's Pricing, Investment Decisions, and Market Share, 1901-1938

By: F. L. Reinhardt and T. K. McCraw

Keywords: Price; Investment; Revenue; Steel Industry

01 Mar 2013
News

We Invest in HBS Because...

Suzan and Terry Kramer (MBA 1986). Terry is a former Vodafone executive and US Ambassador to the World Conference on International Telecommunications. "We invest in HBS because... View Details

02 Jun 2021
News

Demonizing "Vulture Capitalists" Will Not Save the Dying Stock Market

16 Apr 2015
News

Why Larry Summers Thinks Alternative Lending Will Save the World

April 2009
Case

Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details

Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks

October 2016 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Misaki Capital and Sangetsu Corporation

By: Ian Gow, Charles C.Y. Wang, Naoko Jinjo and Nobuo Sato

Japan’s corporate culture has traditionally prioritized the interests of stakeholders such as customers, employees, and suppliers over those of shareholders. After a decades-long economic slump, Japan’s government has revitalized efforts to improve corporate governance... View Details

Keywords: Activist Investing; Constructivist Investing; Japan; Valuation; Stock Screens; Return On Equity; Investment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Financial Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Japan

Educators

January 2008
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Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets

By: Paul Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David Scharfstein

It is well documented that the venture capital industry is highly volatile and that much of this volatility is associated with shifting valuations and activity in public equity markets. This paper examines how changes in public market signals affected venture capital... View Details

Keywords: Market Cycles; Venture Capital; Investment; Experience and Expertise; Public Equity; Volatility; Financial Services Industry