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Harvard Business School

of Boston who served in World War II, Herb Lyken became a professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and taught for 15 years. He was also a founder and board member of the Unity Bank and Trust in... View Details

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

and mistakes made by employees in two different branches of the same bank that implemented different policies on Internet use over the course of three months. "It would be relatively easy to do, and have very clear implications for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Sep 2017
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Christopher Harland (MBA 1984)

Christopher Harland (MBA 1984) Christopher Harland (MBA 1984) A graduate of Harvard College, Christopher Harland (MBA 1984) spent three years at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City before returning to Boston to enroll at HBS. “Harvard... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

Differing governance systems. In the Anglo-Saxon system, capital markets play a key role; in the German, Japanese, and European systems, banks play a more important role; in emerging markets, business groups are key. However, regardless... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

fact that most customers who defected from a particular bank gave "interest rates" as the reason for switching banks seemed to suggest that their original bank's interest rates were not... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

sovereignty movement dedicated to building self-reliance and better health through the cultivation of local, fresh food. Outside of Syracuse, New York, Braiding the Sacred includes a refrigerated seed bank of more than 4,000 varieties of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

01 Dec 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Financing Innovation

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda

31 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Do Measures of Financial Constraints Measure Financial Constraints?

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa & Alexander Ljungqvist

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

: Winner of the 2021 John L. Weinberg/IRRCI Research Paper Award Competition for “The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” with Umit Gurun and Quoc Nguyen. Lauren H. Cohen : Invited to give a keynote address at the launch of the eNaira, Nigeria’s... View Details

March 2022
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In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Pierre Marchesseault

To Cédric Jeannot, leveraging technology to promote financial inclusion was personal. After no established financial institution would accept his technology platform to lower transaction costs for free, Jeannot launched FinTech company Be Mobile Africa in May 2020.... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Fintech; Emerging Market; Fundraising; Financial Inclusion; Strategy; Expansion; Management; Entrepreneurship; Personal Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Togo; Nigeria; Ghana

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24 Jun 2021
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Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

coming into the HBS | HKS Joint Degree program. “My goal was to help individuals better invest their money – that was my North Star,” he said. Fast forward ten years, and Reed is living out that vision managing the asset allocation for the oldest continually operating... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

analyst at an investment bank who carefully keeps his opinions to himself when he's around his superiors. "It comes down to the hierarchical nature of the bank," he says. "Basically you're just trying to make the person... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

26 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?

school’s piggy bank in his paper, How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics, forthcoming in Management Science. “Some of the top schools make enormous amounts of money—just extraordinary, close to $200 million,”... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports; Education

01 Dec 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

Vice President at Wells Fargo Global Banking Group, Ariana was interested in attending business school to develop herself personally, hone her critical thinking through the case study method, grow her network, and think long and hard... View Details

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

Payment Methods Loans Grants Federal Financial Aid Payment Methods We accept payments via credit card, wire transfer, Western Union, and (when available) bank loan. We also allow you to split your payment across two separate credit card... View Details

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Kiran Gandhi

don’t plan on working for a bank or for Ideo after school, but I want to apply the design skills I learn to the music industry in the long term. What might people find surprising about you? That I was a math major in college. I guess... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

Transition Risk Incorporating Climate Risk into Financial Models: Sustainable Finance Innovative Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies Conference Presentations Presentation by Daniel P. Schrag, Harvard University Center for the Environment Remarks by Kevin J. Stiroh,... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

paper is good.’ I loved that; it was the definition of true meritocracy, because I was the most oddball one there.” Before arriving at FEDA, Ngoyi worked in a number of finance roles. She turned around a failing bank in Kinshasa, the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

04 Nov 2010
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Why Do We Chase Stars?

data for 1988 through 1996. It includes ratings before and after an analyst's transfer from one investment bank to another as well as the results of extensive interviews over several years of study. Among other things, they found that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

Wasserman. "They have a lot of senior people at the top and very few junior people below them. Several other industries that started out that way - such as investment banking and consulting - have evolved into big, pyramid-shaped... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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