Filter Results
:
(333)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,971)
- News (333)
- Research (1,404)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (887)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(1,971)
- News (333)
- Research (1,404)
- Multimedia (9)
- Faculty Publications (887)
Sort by
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
extraordinaire and an active philanthropist as well, assesses the market’s current turmoil and looks ahead to better days. Business at the Summit The global financial crisis dominated many discussions during...
View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
lot of financial modeling. It was a nice segue to business school." While at Monitor, Laguë made the acquaintance of two directors, Roger Martin (MBA 1981) and Gerry Throop (MBA 1988). Impressed by what he learned from them about the case...
View Details
Keywords:
Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?
When the financial crisis hit in 2008, it became apparent that many states had played fast and loose with their pension funding. Some states slashed benefits, others contemplated bankruptcy. You might think...
View Details
Keywords:
Erin Peterson
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Laura Alfaro to Costa Rican Post
country’s new president, Laura Chinchilla. An expert on international economics, including foreign direct investment, financial markets, and sovereign debt, Alfaro, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, was honored as a Young Global...
View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
Pinto calls on his experience as a financial advisor to governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs in the East and the West to explain why. It's not a result of globalization, he says, or even the 2008...
View Details
Keywords:
Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Donors Invest in Students’ Future
supporters participated in an information session on MBA admissions, financial aid, and career services. Throughout, the role of fellowships was a central theme. Fellowship support has grown steadily over the last decade, enabling the...
View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
Survive — Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Cost cutting and restructuring are just the first steps in coping with the current global financial crisis and defining how business will be...
View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note
HBS entered fiscal 2010 with an aggressive plan to reduce costs in anticipation of a prolonged period of diminished revenue in the wake of the global financial crisis. But when the books closed last June, the School’s View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
1994 Under intense pressure from industry, regulators decide stock options should not be reported as a compensation expense but as footnotes in financial statements. 2002 Following the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, Congress enacts...
View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
time as a field director for Mitt Romney’s 2008 Presidential campaign and later began working at General Catalyst, where he met Charlie Baker—who eventually brought Shortsleeve on to his current position. In terms of fixes, Shortsleeve...
View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
workload? The job market confronted us with a reality check during our second year - factors that weighed in were income, location, personal satisfaction, and professional growth, to name a few. Having grappled with these decisions, we graduated into a changing...
View Details
Keywords:
Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
explored a number of economic, political, and business issues the country is facing. “Lebanon is at a crucial stage in its history,” says Ingea. “We have presidential elections this month, we have an economic crisis like we’ve never seen...
View Details
Keywords:
Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
the underserved. “I’ve been blessed, and I believe very strongly in the importance of giving.” Smart money: The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, a new World Bank financial program that provides surge funding to prevent a disease...
View Details
Keywords:
Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
© politicalcartoons.com The government’s ever-evolving rescue of the financial sector has already demanded enormous sums, and President Obama’s economic stimulus package will require many billions more. While a stimulus plan would lead to...
View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
upheaval - financial collapse, peasant uprisings, and political violence. What's going on? Some people see the repression in Mexico's political system and call the system authoritarian. Others see its freedoms and label it an emerging...
View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Kill Groupthink
field of critical thinking. Just think back to the 2008 financial crisis, when a group of experts ignored the warning signs and arrived at an uncritical consensus. The consequences were disastrous, Bouygues...
View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Start Me Up
development." Too much financial engineering. Not enough enterprise and value creation. For Akhil Nigam (MBA 2007), that was a big takeaway from the 2008 economic collapse. It got the former software...
View Details
Keywords:
Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
The Natural World
TERCEK: A tight strategic focus. Courtesy The Nature Conservancy Two years ago, Mark Tercek (MBA ’84) left his job at Goldman Sachs to become head of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the habitat-preserving organization that has some 3,700 employees worldwide (as well as...
View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Devilish Plot
Devilish plot: This year’s HBS Show, The Devil Wears Crimson (here in rehearsal), centered on an anonymous gossip blogger who wreaks havoc at HBS as she tries to uncover who caused the financial crisis. When she learns that her...
View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)
health crisis that has produced severe economic shocks and has shined a light on the longstanding issues around racial equality. Citi too is a very different firm than we were during the financial View Details