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06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

investment management themselves. Sensing this demand, which is what they do best, investment banks are now creating funds, which then are invested in other funds. This is the big new thing, the fund of funds. People who managed funds... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

January 2009
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The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B2)

By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane

Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; System; Valuation; New York (state, US)

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

philanthropist, and president of the First National Bank of New York, Baker was an extraordinary business leader. At the age of 23, he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank, where he worked as a... View Details

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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

The westward expansion of the railroad blazed the trail for transcontinental commerce in the second half of the 19th century. Entrepreneurs and capitalists like F. L. Ames, Jay Gould, J. P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Henry Villard increasingly invested in the... View Details

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Qcells, General Electric Vernova, Enel Green Power Equitable access to resources: Chargerhelp!, BlocPower, Volta Financial investment: Bank of America Conclusions U.S. policies provide an opportunity for businesses to address... View Details

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

market funds, we show that funds with large exposures to risky Eurozone banks suffered significant outflows between June and August 2011. Due to credit market frictions, these outflows have significant spillover effects on other firms:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

tariffs on Chinese imports? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: Henry Kissinger, Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy (Penguin Press, 2022) Courtney McBride, “Kissinger Warns Biden Against... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Cotting House | About

century, Cotting family members were instrumental in the construction of landmarks such as Post Office Square and India and Central Wharves, as well as infrastructure projects that led to the development of the city’s Back Bay neighborhood. Cotting began his own career... View Details

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McArthur Hall | About

McArthur remained at the School as the George Fisher Baker Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus and Dean Emeritus. He served in multiple advisory roles in business, government, education, and health care. McArthur was senior advisor to the president of the... View Details

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

SOSV SOSV is an early-stage, deep-tech venture capital firm that is one of the most active firms in the world in climate tech investment. Brandon's role prior to HBS was a Founding engineer of Wafer, a satellite communications startup.... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

with Manuel Amman, Alexander Cochardt, and Stephan Heller. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2022 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Master's World Powerlifting Competition Championship (83kg). Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the 2022... View Details

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

do so. Maybe someone else wants to sell her kidney. Such a law would make her better off. So let's say that selling your kidney was legal, and you don't want to sell yours. But now you go to get a mortgage. The bank says to you, "Ah,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

For more than ten years, I have studied digital strategy and worked with scores of companies around the world on their digital transformation. I have seen first-hand what works and what doesn't. Here are a few highlights. Why digital... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

10 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Combining an Interest in Music and Business

beginning, I did not really look for any further opportunities to do any new projects in music, or connect with people in the industry. I got sucked into the mainstream trend of recruiting for more “traditional” companies. I figured, “it’s what makes sense with my... View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge funds... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Banking

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

the global value chain, and what more might we expect? Laura Alfaro and Ester Faia: In 2012, a survey by the World Economic Forum and [the consulting firm] Accenture, devoted to assess the risk of a disruption in the global supply chain,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

the confines of the original question, involving us in a debate about central banking systems. Supporters of the notion of digital currencies included Hamad Sheikh, who pointed out that “Digital currency is here to stay, simply because it... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

for Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World (Oxford University Press, 2023). Sophus A. Reinert : Received the 2024 HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Award for exceptional contributions to the experience of the... View Details

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