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Investing: Risk, Return and Impact (MBA)
By: Shawn A. Cole
This is an investing/finance course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for... View Details
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State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions
By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Juan Almandoz
A number of studies have shown that, as a result of the ambiguity of U.S. legal mandates, organizations have considerable latitude in how they comply with regulations. In this paper, we address how the different agendas of the federal and state governments increase...
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Organizations;
Opportunities;
Government Legislation;
Acquisition;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Banks and Banking;
Motivation and Incentives;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Management Practices and Processes;
Research;
United States
Marquis, Christopher, Doug Guthrie, and Juan Almandoz. "State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions." Social Science Research 41, no. 1 (January 2012): 130–145.
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients....
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Maha Malik
successful?" When her mother became a Member of the National Assembly in 2007, Maha, "saw her navigate a complex political environment, which made me interested in the fate View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
they find most interesting and fulfilling: Do I like collaborative work? Do I tend to become the leader of groups in which I find myself? Have I ever volunteered to coach or tutor others? Do I find it...
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by Linda Hill
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
heterogeneous effects of globalization on the interest rate setting by microfinance institutions (MFIs) around the world. We consider MFIs as a mechanism to overcome the institutional void View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts
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by Ethan R. Mollick & Ramana Nanda
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith Abstract—We investigate how the prevalence View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
Such conflicts—real or perceived—are most apparent when a faculty member is grading a student’s work, but they can also exist when there is the potential to grade future work, to vote on degrees, or to vote on disciplinary matters. Although the HBS View Details
- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
issues elsewhere, such in new biotechnology-related fields. For instance, a great deal of interest has surrounded proposals to use patent pools to address the multiplicity of...
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- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
chapters devoted to models of patterns of the self. I write about deeply embedded life interests and understanding how they get expressed in work, and how we learn which View Details
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by Martha Lagace
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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity
Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador tag RGE Blog Professor Onyeador examines topics surrounding social cohesion, particularly conflict as it relates to racial dynamics. Her research is particularly timely given the politicized...
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Salary Finance
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In April 2019, Asesh Sarkar, co-founder and chief executive of Salary Finance Limited, a London-based FinTech, faced tough choices. Sarkar had founded Salary Finance with Dan Cobley and Daniel Shakhani in 2015. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner...
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Credit;
Financing and Loans;
Wages;
Innovation and Invention;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Services Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Salary Finance." Harvard Business School Case 720-355, July 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- 28 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School
Pursuing an MBA may not seem like the most obvious next-step for engineers, but many of our students come to HBS from engineering backgrounds. Engineers offer a unique perspective in our classrooms – one that’s creative, analytical, and...
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- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
department report near misses and whether that changes based on the nature of the incident. "A near miss ... can also be thought of as a success, where they say, 'Whew, we caught the error and delivered...
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
approachable and appealing. The fabulous visualizations and graphics, combined with relevant and interesting case studies, brought the concepts to life in a stimulating and engaging way. Mastery of data...
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Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
While clusters have been known to exist at least since the days of Marshall, Michael Porter's work, first in The Competitive Advantage of Nations (Porter, 1990) and then in On Competition (originally published in 1998; updated edition in Porter, 2008), has undoubtedly...
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Development Economics;
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Industry Clusters;
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Competitive Advantage
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution." Chap. 10 in Competition, Competitive Advantage, and Clusters: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173–192. Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
month to explore our thinking around our social enterprise interests with the support of our peers, staff, and alums.” Read about the experience of past Rising Leaders...
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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
will deliver risk management; a lean, effective supply chain; cost and value improvement; speed to market; and innovation," says ADR's Michels. "It is the lack of a strategic source plan that can result in a View Details
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by David Stauffer
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
always seemed too quick to drill. “He was overtreating my mouth, and it didn’t make sense,” he says. "It’s only in the midst of the negotiation itself that ethical blind spots appear" In service professions, he explains, people...
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by Dina Gerdeman