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- 01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
the money management organization even closer to the ultimate consumer, with extensive information, research, and thousands of mutual funds to choose from, all with a few keystrokes. It's already happening." Of course, the Internet tidal... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon
we can design and manage our most imminent environments—our neighborhoods, may they be of physical, social, or intellectual nature—to best support knowledge creation, diffusion, and performance outcomes. About the author Sean Silverthorne... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
more and more cases, when leaders make critical decisions, they are not choosing among specific, detailed options, each supported by in-depth analysis, nor are they expecting to implement the option they choose in a familiar, predictable, or View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
exclude customers without Internet access or a bank account. That strikes me as a relatively small investment to make for a relatively large number of individuals. Tufano suggests a few adjustments to "reinvent" the savings bond... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
revenue for their companies. "For many firms, it's possible to act sustainably and make money at the same time," says Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University who has a joint appointment in the General View Details
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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016) - Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate
issue. What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? I graduated from Washington University with an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and, just before applying to HBS, I was a management consultant at... View Details
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
then finally seeing the outcomes. “Measuring the impact of our actions on the environment, employees, and customers is becoming increasingly important,” Serafeim says. ”With impact-weighted accounts, we have the opportunity to redefine... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
guiding precepts is to try to improve the livelihood of every member of the company," says Yang, "so the benefits of these savings are passed on not only to our customers but to all our employees. In addition, we feel a responsibility to... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
conduct was valued, manage reputation risks by meeting customers and demonstrating the Mahindra Group's commitment, and restore faith within customers through newfound business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
Pons discusses what it means for US business leaders in confronting environmental challenges. 4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World In the face of today’s many messy problems, businesses must strive to help find... View Details
- Profile
Jason A. Kilar
Such praise emanates from Kilar’s experience ingesting the countless business lessons he said he learned from Bezos. “I was so lucky to have him as my manager and I did my best to observe and listen and soak up the many lessons he... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
explore a wide range of contemporary business issues and top management concerns. Beyond that, the program was aimed at giving these leaders the opportunity to reap the benefits of spending time with other top-level women executives. In a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
large informed trades, a significantly higher volume of other institutional investors execute similar trades through the same broker, allowing them to capture higher returns in the first few days after the initial trade. In contrast, we find that when the informed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
microfinance institutions and banks in developing countries that make small loans to low-income women-and in some instances, men-so that they can build their own business and move beyond poverty. A customer in The Gambia, for example,... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50562 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
Management Practice and leadership expert Robert Steven Kaplan comments on these issues. Michel Anteby Many companies today operate like Russian nesting dolls, where one large figure is actually made up of many smaller ones. These... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
Building sufficient cash reserves to launch a business and managing subsequent fundraising are challenges for every entrepreneur, but they are particularly daunting tasks for women. Women often come up short of cash at start-up and, when... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
WeMaintain, an elevator maintenance services platform that pairs elevator mechanics with property managers and parts suppliers, “revolutionizing customer experience and empowering mechanics.” “The HBS Club... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley