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  • 2015
  • Article

International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance

By: C. Fritz Foley and Kalina Manova
An emerging new literature brings unique ideas from corporate finance to the study of international trade and investment. Insights about differences in the development of financial institutions across countries, the role of financial constraints, and the use of... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Investment; Trade; Corporate Finance
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  • Web

Finance Faculty - Faculty & Research

Green Assistant Professor of Business Administration Robin Greenwood George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Samuel G. Hanson William L. White... View Details
  • November 2002 (Revised October 2003)
  • Case

Circles: Series D Financing

By: Paul W. Marshall and Kristin Lieb
Circles, a corporate concierge company on the verge of profitability, must make a decision whether to take a D-round venture capital despite ever-changing and ever-worsening terms. A four-year-old company with several major clients, it has met its business plan... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Financing and Loans; Management Teams; Growth and Development Strategy; Negotiation Process; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts
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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research

builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions: How to evaluate complex investments. How to set and execute financial policies within a firm. How to integrate... View Details
  • 06 Jul 2010
  • News

Expert to Teach Housing Finance

Keywords: Professor Nicolas Retsinas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Real Estate
  • December 2012
  • Background Note

Glossary of Municipal Finance Terms

A note on municipal bond structuring. View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Financial Management; Bonds; Urban Development; Local Range; Government Administration
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  • 04 May 2020
  • Blog Post

Learning New Skills to Further Your Career In Any Industry: Finance

The demand for finance skills is growing in various industries, including marketing, sales, engineering, healthcare, and human resources. In this HBS Online blog post How Learning About Finance Can Jumpstart... View Details
  • 2017
  • Article

Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development

By: Shawn A. Cole and Wentao Xiong
This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI) in developing countries. Agricultural producers face a variety of significant risks; historically, only government-subsidized products have achieved widespread adoption. A recent... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Insurance; Developing Countries and Economies; Adoption; Risk Management; Research; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 1991
  • Article

U.S.—Japan Trade Developments

By: K. A. Froot
Keywords: International Trade; International Finance; Trade
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Profits and Economic Development

By: Dan Schwab and Eric Werker
Are rents, or excess profits, good for development? Using industry-level manufacturing data, this paper demonstrates a negative effect of rents, measured by the mark-up ratio, on productivity growth. The negative effect is strongest in poor countries, suggesting that... View Details
Keywords: Firm Performance; Rent; Mark-up; Competition; Manufacturing; Development Economics; Profit; Economic Growth; Renting or Rental
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  • 2010
  • Chapter

The Financing of R&D and Innovation

By: Bronwyn H. Hall and Josh Lerner
Evidence on the “funding gap” for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for underinvestment that exist even when externality-induced underinvestment is absent. We conclude that while small and new innovative firms experience high... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Corporate Finance
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  • 18 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

of the Asian and Russian financial crises, the project finance market came roaring back in 1999 and continues strong into 2000. According to Esty, the use of project finance in new geographic markets and for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 28 Nov 2018
  • Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

“Fitness is your hobby. Finance is your career.” - Words so false that they changed my life.  Finance After graduating from Yale University, I joined the fast-paced world of Foreign Exchange (FX) at a large... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • 07 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?

confident in my business-related quantitative skills coming into HBS. I had never taken a single economics class in my life and had no exposure – and I truly mean zero – to accounting or finance.  In fact, developing an understanding of... View Details
  • Web

Professional Development - Alumni

Careers Professional Development Careers Professional Development Advance Your Career We keep feeding your curiosity so you can boost your career. Whether or not you’re searching for a new opportunity,... View Details
  • August 1998 (Revised February 1999)
  • Case

Product Development at Dell Computer Corporation

By: Stefan H. Thomke, Vish V. Krishnan and Ashok Nimgade
Describes how Dell redesigned its new product development process after experiencing a major product setback and a significant decline in firm profits in 1993. Dell's new process is challenged during the development of a new line of portable computers when the incoming... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Profit; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Product Development; Business Processes; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Hardware; Computer Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

TUFANO: His new consumer finance elective is part of a broader effort to legitimize the field as an important area for research and teaching. Last spring HBS became the first top-ranked U.S. business school to offer a course in consumer... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Finance; Finance
  • Web

Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

building blocks of financial analysis and develop an intuition for the concepts behind finance principles. Highlights Unidentified Industries Ratios Over Time Show Hide Details Concepts Examining the Balance... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2019
  • News

Financing the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure

tax” to mitigate the environmental impact of development through investment in conserving water-absorbing grasslands. Now the senior director of financing land conservation at investment bank Seale &... View Details
  • Research Summary

Entrepreneurial Finance and International R&D Management

Walter Kuemmerle's research and teaching interests fall within the domain of knowledge and capital management in a global economy. His research focuses on international entrepreneurship and venture capital. He studies venture capital systems and entrepreneurship in... View Details