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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
benefited from investor interest in the Internet in Latin America. Through two rounds of funding, they have secured $60 million from foreign investors. Says Oxenford, "In our sector, U.S. financial insti-tutions have been fairly active,...
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Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna;
Latin America;
research;
infrastructure;
Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments;
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Ignacio Lartirigoyen (MBA 2020) Talks Family Business, Bringing Children to HBS, and Agribusiness - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to...
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- 17 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)
Australia, after multiple layovers, to visit the campus and attend the Q&A session in person. In the Q&A session, I often made sure to mention that HBS has one of the most generous financial aid programs for international...
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- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren. "The world of business has been governed by an implicit leadership model," Beer explains. "With the exception of a minority of CEOs, however—those we interviewed and others like them—the purpose of the firm is defined by a single-minded...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
understanding of the challenges businesses face operating in marginalized communities, especially companies addressing the racial wealth gap. Working alongside BrightUp will enable me to gain first-hand experience with a Black founding team seeking to View Details
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Nonprofit / Government
Samuel F. Hinkle
Starting as a chemist with Hershey, Hinkle played a prominent role in the development of Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup, Krackel, Mr. Goodbar and fortified chocolate bars issued as K, C, and D rations during World War II. As CEO, Hinkle put...
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Food & Tobacco
- Web
IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog
Departure on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the form of a student...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Research Brief: What Makes a Mobile Money Service Thrive in an Emerging Market?
will also help the world economy grow.” “Mobile Money Services—Design and Development for Financial Inclusion,” by Rajiv Lal and Ishan Sachdev, HBS Working Paper.
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Erin Peterson
Ernest H. Volwiler
Volwiler was a pioneer in the field of anesthetic medicine, developing two breakthrough drugs, Nembutal and Pentothal, which put patients to sleep for surgical or dental procedures. Beyond his brilliance as a scientist, Volwiler was...
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Healthcare
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses
When MBA students returned to Soldiers Field in the fall, they had nine new second-year courses to choose from, four with an emphasis on fieldwork. For faculty, developing a course affords the opportunity to draw on research and address...
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Julia Hanna
- Profile
Arjun Goyal
Coming from a family of doctors, Arjun Goyal anticipated a life in clinical medicine in his home country of Australia. But when his education directed him to a year of research at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he participated in malaria vaccine...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and...
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April White
- Career Coach
Erika Osterling
abroad through an expat role in South East Asia. Erika holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Monterrey Tec (ITESM) in Mexico and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Erika was part of PepsiCo's Leadership Development Program...
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William R. Hewlett
Hewlett, the technological innovator, and Packard, the managerial and financial expert, started their company with $530 which became one of the first electronics firms to set up shop in what later became known as Silicon Valley. They...
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Computers & Electronics
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Credit and Punishment: Are Corporate Bankers Disciplined for Risk-Taking?
By: Janet Gao, Kristoph Kleiner and Joseph Pacelli
We examine whether bankers face disciplining consequences for structuring poorly performing corporate loans. We construct a novel data set containing the employment histories and loan portfolios of a large sample of corporate bankers and find that corporate credit...
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Syndicated Loans;
Credit Events;
Career Outcomes;
Loan Officers;
Banks and Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Risk Management;
Corporate Finance;
Personal Development and Career
Gao, Janet, Kristoph Kleiner, and Joseph Pacelli. "Credit and Punishment: Are Corporate Bankers Disciplined for Risk-Taking?" Review of Financial Studies 33, no. 12 (December 2020): 5706–5749.
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
provider, you have 10 million data points that help you decide on how to optimally allocate your money, and everything is automated. That’s the future of banking.” The robot edge Investors in marketplace lending who do their due diligence use quantitative models like...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Jensen Donates Grant
HBS professor emeritus Michael Jensen, an influential expert in the areas of agency theory, organizational design, and incentives, was awarded the 2009 Morgan Stanley–American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Financial...
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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
5. Travel dates : Arrive Sunday, January 5 and Depart Thursday, January 16 Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is...
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- March 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Sunōmi Switchel: Time to Switch?
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Shani Carter McKinney and Alexandra Horvitz
Nicole Blank has bootstrapped her functional beverage company, Sunōmi Switchel, to contracts with leading grocery retailers. She is now faced with a series of choices for if and how to continue to grow the business.
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Startup;
Start-up;
Startup Management;
Burnout;
Entrepreneur;
Entrepreneurial Journey;
Bootstrap;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Startups;
Crisis Management;
Financial Condition;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
District of Columbia
Hyde, Lindsay N., Shani Carter McKinney, and Alexandra Horvitz. "Sunōmi Switchel: Time to Switch?" Harvard Business School Case 822-078, March 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Martin Smith: May 2002
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Martin Smith, a recent HBS graduate, has just begun working with a leveraged buyout firm. His first assignment is to evaluate three different deals and make recommendations to the partners. As he studies the deals, he realizes that each has different merits and...
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Leveraged Buyouts;
Personal Development and Career;
Financial Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Martin Smith: May 2002." Harvard Business School Case 802-160, January 2002. (Revised April 2002.)