Public Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
News

Bright Future for Green Business

solve your water problem, but only if you have abundant energy. Nordan believes the current financing system for start-ups — angel to venture investors, followed by a public offering — doesn’t work well for... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Rx for Too Big to Fail

pulling the financial system back from the brink. This marked a sharp contrast to the disastrous “liquidationist” policies of the early 1930s, when public officials (particularly at the Federal Reserve) were so afraid of moral hazard that... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

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Kevin Nazemi

the Harvard Kennedy School “is the best of both worlds. I’m interested in the intersection of business, public policy, and technology, especially in health care. I see HBS as a place where you can dream big, and build the tool sets and... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity

credit were not profit-making enterprises but charities. In fifteenth-century Italy, outraged by the high rates charged by moneylenders, the papal governor of Perugia established the first monte pietatis, a public pawnshop that charged... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

attend sessions on topics such as "Launching Your Career," a discussion between HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and McKinsey's Thomas-Graham. Afternoon sessions delved into industry-specific interests, from finance to View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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Real Property - Course Catalog

select public infrastructure (e.g., power, water, and transit), highlighting how they compare with core Real Estate asset classes in terms of risk, opportunity, and investor interest. Module 3: Capital Markets Focuses on sources of real... View Details

December 2015 (Revised May 2017)
Case

Corning, 2002

By: Malcolm Baker

Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. James Flaws, the... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Condition; Financial Instruments; Valuation; Capital; Public Equity; Stock Shares; Business or Company Management; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

"some 12 to 15 percent of GDP in Europe was public sector enterprise," he said. But all that began to change in the early 1980s amid loud cries of inefficiency, as markets opened up and governments sought sources of revenue.... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation

05 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 5

issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately affect the financing costs faced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."

Representative, public speaking instructor, and tutor. When applying for an internship, his wide-ranging interests made it difficult to pinpoint just one industry. Jackson considered private equity but ultimately landed an internship in... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Nov 2012
News

First and Goal

Swearengin and a friend cofounded the Downtown Giants, Manhattan’s only public youth football team. Many of Swearengin’s HBS classmates provided annual support for the Downtown Giants’ scholarship program, which allowed children from all... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Finance

28 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking

HBS student clubs, the Finance Club promotes finance-related activities and careers to students with a wide variety of finance-related interests, including investment banking. Banks can partner with the club for events and View Details

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

20 percent of the American population," observes Tufano. "What we're talking about is a little replumbing of the IRS code and the Bureau of Public Debt to help the remaining 80 percent of American families to save. That strikes... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

public sector is dynamic, generating possibilities that neither sector alone could create. Reconciling social equity and economic justice with the profit motive continues to be one of our world’s greatest challenges, and my studies helped... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Corruption 101

Ramanna. Economic tools of supply and demand can also be applied to studying the phenomenon of corruption. On the demand side, it is true that corrupt government officials sometimes garner a degree of sympathy from the public, legitimizing their bribe-taking. Some... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

February 2010 (Revised March 2012)
Case

U.S. Healthcare Reform: International Perspectives

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich and Elia Cameron

The national economic implications of rising healthcare costs were poorly understood, even as the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom instituted reforms in early 2010. Presenting opportunities for cross-national policy learning, this case describes the... View Details

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Insurance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Germany; United Kingdom; United States

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November 2010
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Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (B)

By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane

This (B) case provides the 2009 reflections of former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt on CFTC Chairman Brooksley Born's 1998 efforts to consider regulating the OTC derivative market. It also provides a summary of the aspects of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that regulate these... View Details