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17 Nov 2020
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Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

the perspective of the significant others who have come to campus with their students. Partners are often active members of the HBS community, involved in clubs, section events and may even audit classes. Therefore, students with significant others and View Details

September–October 2024
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Should a Family Business Accept a Returning Daughter’s Radical Proposal?

By: John D. Macomber

A family-owned and controlled conglomerate in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, has to decide what titles and authority to give to a daughter who is being courted to leave a promising career in Europe to come back and join the business. The choices of role range from an... View Details

Keywords: Succession Planning; Power Grid; Family Business; Management Succession; Emerging Markets; Business Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Côte d'Ivoire

October 10, 2024
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How to Build a Life: Get Off the Family Plan

By: Arthur C. Brooks

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2021
Working Paper

Friends and Family Money: P2P Transfers and Financially Fragile Consumers

By: Tetyana Balyuk and Emily Williams

We assess the impact that real time money transfer technology has on consumer outcomes, particularly during periods of financial fragility. We do this by developing a new data set that documents use of Zelle—the most widely used P2P money transfer technology in the... View Details

Keywords: P2P Money Transfers; Real Time Payments; Fintech; Finance; Information Technology; Personal Finance; Financial Condition

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02 Feb 2012
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Study: Little Hope For Families Aiming For Long-Term Financial Prosperity

06 Apr 2016
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Turning the Family Business into the World's Top Sari Seller

Keywords: Retail Trade

August 2019 (Revised July 2024)
Module Note

Demystifying the Family Enterprise: Module 2 - The Operating Company

By: Christina R. Wing, Madeline Keulen and Vicki Morton

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09 Jul 2024
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Family Offices of the Ultra-Rich Shed Privacy With Activist Bets

29 May 2015
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The 24/7 Work Culture’s Toll on Families and Gender Equality

October 2022
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Star Magnolia Capital: Becoming Experts at Finding Experts

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, River Ewing and Grace Headinger

Shinya Deguchi, Founder and Managing Partner of Star Magnolia Capital, a Shanghai-based multi-family office (MFO), considered how to convince a new prospective family that the MFO’s endowment model approach would best suit their needs. In recent decades, there has been... View Details

Keywords: China; Asia; Family Office; Shanghai; Financial Industry; Asset Management; Financial Instruments; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Human Capital; Family Business; Financial Services Industry; China; Shanghai

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03 Jul 2020
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Raj Choudhury Sees a Future Where You Don’t Have to Move Your Family for a Job

27 Mar 2019
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German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, cosmetics giant Coty, and other consumer brands. Peter Harf was a 2011 recipient of HBS’s Alumni Achievement Award. Harf told the AP that when he and the current Reimann family... View Details