Institutional Investments - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

professionals and institutions in building better financial futures. The Sustainable Investing team is focusing on a variety of environmental, social, and governance projects, including the launch of a new... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

The Big Business of Little Loans

Ensuring that quality, Teo says, means focusing not only on growing fast but also on growing well. For Funding Societies, that means a borrower must have at least $250,000 in revenue and meet with a loan officer before the Funding Societies team View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

and Entrepreneurship Institutional Innovation: Novel, Useful, and Legitimate By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Mary Ann Glynn Abstract—This chapter advances the theoretical construct of institutional innovation,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

philanthropy and financial holdings, as well as your personal philanthropic and investing priorities. Practically speaking, if your philanthropic assets are in a DAF, your investment options will be limited... View Details

10 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

future laws and reforms in the financial arena. One thing is clear: Despite severe criticism, the act and the institutions it created have survived almost intact since enactment. But so have condemnations. It's a puzzle, say the authors,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

2018 Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries By: Khanna, Tarun Abstract— Entrepreneurs in developing countries who assume they will have the same legal, governmental, and View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

"five contexts framework"—issues to consider, in essence—to understand institutional variations between countries. We excerpt a summary of the five contexts. As we helped companies think through their globalization strategies,... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

another 30 years," says Lurtz, the Harvard-Newcomen Fellow at Harvard Business School. "How do you build these institutions that you need for market agriculture in a place where maybe there are laws on the books, but there's not much... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

18 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

last project was completed in the 1960s, when California had a much smaller population, with much smaller bank accounts. Woolf Farming & Processing—along with thousands of other farmers—relies on this aging infrastructure. Stuart Woolf and his father, Jack, before... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

far-reaching. First, the number and variety of investment choices skyrocketed, as new mutual fund companies rushed into the market with creative, differentiated offerings. Today, according to Institutional... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

Fast Answer

Mutual funds: information

Where do I find information on mutual funds? Bloomberg has information on mutual funds. Type FPC and hit GO. The Investment Company Institute provides statistics, background information, and position papers.... View Details

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

that egalitarianism distance has a negative causal impact on FDI flows. This effect is robust to a broad set of competing accounts, including the effects of other cultural dimensions, various features of the prevailing legal and regulatory regimes, other features of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2009
News

From Bytes to Bites

Silicon Valley a natural fit. It’s a path that worked quite nicely for Thomas, who eventually rose to vice president of marketing at SuccessFactors, a software firm focused on employee performance and strategy solutions. Then, in 1995, Thomas was introduced to chef... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

31 Jul 2014
News

Making Private Equity Public Knowledge

©Rick Friedman As Daniel Sheyner (MBA 2014) tells it, most private equity firms have a very specific target in mind when recruiting: "The best athletes." The highest-ranked investment banking and consulting analysts; the elite. "Goldman... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

just kind of look at all this,” says Mawilmada. “I like to imagine what it might be when I’m an old man.” His tone is a bit dreamy, but there’s an underlying current of urgency as well. As head of investments for Sri Lanka’s Western... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
Case

Teleswitch (C)

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Investment Banking; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Wireless Technology; Manufacturing Industry; Telecommunications Industry

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May 1998 (Revised October 1998)
Case

Teleswitch (B)