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  • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

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
Keywords: Impact Investing; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Equity; Bonds; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; Emerging Markets; Non-Governmental Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry; Zambia
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  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

a relatively young, upstart company. The case is framed from the perspective of an emerging markets financial analyst presented with the financial statements and operational data for both companies. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program By: Amano, Tomomichi, and Hiroshi Ohashi Abstract—In differentiated goods markets with societal implications,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2013
  • Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

and new construction. On the other hand, well-managed public-private partnerships, where the private sector funds, builds, and operates key public infrastructure, can shift the capital requirement from municipalities to the View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
  • 19 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 19

tightly linked to changes in firm diversification and IT investments. These relationships depend crucially on the function involved: those closer to the product ("product" functions, e.g., marketing / R&D) behave differently... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

bearers of bad news is mitigated when recipients are made aware of the benevolence of the messenger’s motives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55611 March 2019 Enterprise & Society Oral History and the Business History of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

the inception of the company in 1999. eClinicalWorks was a privately run business in the healthcare information technology field that took in $25 million in revenue in 2005. Revenues for 2006 were projected to reach $40 million. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

L.E. Simmons Faculty Fellow at HBS. He joined the HBS faculty after holding leadership positions in the European capital markets groups of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch and has broad experience in the areas of corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

post-investment value-added all contribute to value creation, the VCs rate deal selection as the most important of the three. We also explore (and find) differences in practices across industry, stage, geography, and past success. We compare our results to those for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

and bond ratings. Approximately one bond in seven or eight sees a higher rating when Fitch has a higher market share by 0.1. Second, ratings are less correlated with bond yields. In other words, they appear less informative. Third, firms... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

assimilation of immigrant workers into host-country labor markets and concomitant effects for natives. The paper then turns to immigration's impact for the public finances of host countries. The final section considers View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

venture capital firm Globis Group and chairman and CEO of private equity concern Apax Globis Partners & Co., was the only panelist to voice undaunted enthusiasm about a bright future for Japanese... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • 17 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

protect their intellectual property rights—one of the most important growth drivers in the US economy—in developing markets. The case is one of a series Iyer is developing that are linked to property rights in emerging economies. Other... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

the Spanish superstar for the 2018 tournament after all. What is the best course of action? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518041 Harvard Business School Case 218-033 Tesla Motors (A): Financing Growth The case analyzes the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

pursuit of emotional support or friendship, and unlike social ties that emerge spontaneously, instrumental networking in pursuit of professional goals can impinge on an individual's moral purity-a psychological state that results from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950 Author:Aldo Musacchio Publication:Business History Review 82, no. 3 (fall 2008): 445-473 Abstract This article examines some of the institutional conditions that facilitated the development of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

organizations as being focused on tangible hard metrics like profit or market capitalization. But for-profits also do a lot of organizational capacity-building work. Venture capital investments are very much about building the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many investors form beliefs about future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

809-073 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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