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- January 2018 (Revised February 2022)
- Background Note
Background Note: Introduction to Sustainable Investing
By: Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Mona Rahmani
Cole, Shawn, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme, and Mona Rahmani. "Background Note: Introduction to Sustainable Investing." Harvard Business School Background Note 218-072, January 2018. (Revised February 2022.)
- June 2018 (Revised November 2020)
- Course Overview Note
Investing: Risk, Return & Impact
By: Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
Cole, Shawn, Vikram S. Gandhi, and Caitlin Reimers Brumme. "Investing: Risk, Return & Impact." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 219-005, June 2018. (Revised November 2020.)
- September 2016 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Generation Investment Management: 2016
By: Shawn Cole and Tony L. He
Cole, Shawn, and Tony L. He. "Generation Investment Management: 2016." Harvard Business School Case 217-031, September 2016. (Revised May 2019.)
- June 2019
- Teaching Plan
THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds
By: Vikram S Gandhi and Nathaniel Schwalb
- May 2020
- Teaching Plan
SK Group: Social Progress Credits
By: George Serafeim, Ethan Rouen and David Freiberg
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 120-071.
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- 11 Sep 2020
- Video
James Mwangi
James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya’s Equity Bank, which has one of the largest customer bases of any bank in Africa, explains the challenges faced by his bank as it expanded into neighboring countries, especially lack of infrastructure, security and politics
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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as important as what you know. "Our...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
A Canadian Hero
Describing him as a "brilliant entrepreneur, a distinguished son of Harvard, a beautiful friend, a remarkable man, a committed citizen, and a proud Canadian," the HBS Club of Toronto honored Gerald W. Schwartz (MBA '70) at a gala dinner held in early April. Schwartz,...
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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
Last February, in his first speech at HBS in six years, L. John Doerr (MBA '76), a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and one of the world's foremost venture capitalists, confessed that he stumbled into his line of work with no elaborate strategy in mind. "I...
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- 17 Jun 2014
- News
Charles Fisher III, Detroit Banker, Dies at 84
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Hawes Hall Dedicated
Rod Hawes and Dean Clark had time to chat before the dedication ceremony. Photo: Richard Chase Two of the Hawes grandchildren join the festivities in the Dean's House garden. Photo: Richard Chase A behind-the-scenes tour of Hawes Hall highlighted building's powerful...
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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
Chairman, Social Investment Task force, Bridges Community Ventures, & The Portland Trust Cofounder & Former Chairman, Apax Partners L.P. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Oxford University, 1967 M.A., Philosophy, Politics, and Economics...
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- Research Summary
Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-linked Savings Accounts
This paper studies whether prize-linked savings (PLS) accounts, which offer random, lottery-like payouts to account holders in lieu of risk-free interest, can aid individuals in increasing savings levels by adding the chance to “win big.” Using micro-level data from...
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- December 1997
- Case
Fixed Income Valuation
By: W. Carl Kester
A collection of problems that introduces students to the use of discounted cash flow analysis in the valuation of fixed income securities. Students are required to estimate bond prices and yields to maturity, among other items.
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Kester, W. Carl. "Fixed Income Valuation." Harvard Business School Case 298-080, December 1997.
- January 1994 (Revised July 2000)
- Exercise
Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds--Duration Analysis
Walt Disney Co. issues a 100-year bond. This case describes the terms of the bond and immediate capital market reaction.
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Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds--Duration Analysis." Harvard Business School Exercise 294-038, January 1994. (Revised July 2000.)
- 1980
- Working Paper
Taxation and the Ex-dividend Day Behavior of Common Stock Prices
By: Jerry R. Green
The behavior of stock prices around ex-dividend days has been suggested as evidence for tax-induced clientele effects and as a means to estimate the average effective tax rate faced by investors. In this paper these possibilities are examined theoretically and...
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Green, Jerry R. "Taxation and the Ex-dividend Day Behavior of Common Stock Prices." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 496, July 1980.
- February 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Equity Bank: Challenging a Giant
By: Lauren H. Cohen, Michael Chitavi and Spencer C. N. Hagist
Equity Bank and CEO Dr. James Mwangi must find a way to advance from their hard-fought ascension to second largest bank in Kenya by toppling financial giant Safaricom. Doing so means developing a new strategy and tackling technological frontiers no institution in the...
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Cohen, Lauren H., Michael Chitavi, and Spencer C. N. Hagist. "Equity Bank: Challenging a Giant." Harvard Business School Case 221-080, February 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
- March 2021
- Article
Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products
By: Alberto Cavallo and Diego Aparicio
We study the impact of targeted price controls for supermarket products in Argentina from 2007 to 2015. Using web scraping, we collected daily prices for controlled and non-controlled goods and measured the differential effects on inflation, product availability, and...
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Keywords:
Prices;
Controls;
Price Dispersion;
Economics;
Price;
Cost Management;
Goods and Commodities;
Retail Industry;
Argentina
Cavallo, Alberto, and Diego Aparicio. "Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products." Review of Economics and Statistics 103, no. 1 (March 2021): 60–71.
- 2001
- Working Paper
The Law of One Price Over 700 Years
By: K. A. Froot, M. Kim and K. Rogoff
- April 26, 2007
- Article
How to Strengthen Wall Street's Global Trust
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "How to Strengthen Wall Street's Global Trust." Financial Times (April 26, 2007).