Other Financial Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Dec 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Why CalSTRS Chooses to Engage with the Gun Industry

02 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?

vasilchenko The odds investors face when deciding which startup to back are long enough to make any self-respecting poker player toss in their cards. “Most investors know that when they write a $50,000 check they have a 98 percent chance of never seeing that money... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

23 Aug 2016
Working Paper Summaries

CEO Personality and Firm Policies

Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Steven N. Kaplan, David F. Larcker, and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina; Financial Services

24 Mar 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality

Keywords: by Mozaffar Khan, George Serafeim & Aaron Yoon; Financial Services

30 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

If you're in search of startup funding, it pays to be a good-looking guy. A series of three studies reveals that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. Attractive men are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

15 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Legislating Stock Prices

Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Karl Diether & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services

12 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services

22 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

What’s Behind the Private Equity Boom?

Podcast with: Josh Lerner Interviewer: James Aisner Running Time: 15 min., 56 sec. View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Financial Services

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Bringing History into International Business

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Tarun Khanna; Financial Services

Profile

Rakhshan Zahid

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? I came to HBS to switch tracks from finance to starting my own business. We have a course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, and in every class, we look at a new business from different industries: traditional... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

Pedro Moreira Salles

Keywords: Financial Services

01 Mar 2010
News

A Helping Hand for Health Care

The HBS Buffalo Club continued its tradition of sponsoring community leaders for HBS Executive Education courses by sending senior management teams from two of the area’s health-care providers to the School’s new Managing Health- care Delivery program. The three-week... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

HameisterHarvard Business School Case 311-130 In April 2009, Wendy Jefferson had just returned to her office following a whirlwind day of meetings with her newest client, Star Advisor. Jefferson, a financial View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2013
News

Passion & Purpose

Thomas A. James “As an undergrad at Harvard, I majored in economics and minored in philosophy. There are a lot of connections between the two.” During 40 years as CEO of Raymond James Financial, James, a Baker Scholar, transformed the family firm into a global View Details

Keywords: awards; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

04 Mar 2008
News

HBS Blogs

MBA 1972J, and Thomas Lifson, MBA 1976H, for example); others recording only the details of one family’s life are comparatively unknown. But these blogs all share the virtue of allowing easy exposure to personal views about new swaths of... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

partners such as incubators, accelerators, government agencies, and other organizations, the NVSC aims to facilitate connectivity within the ecosystem, and leverage the intellectual, social, and financial... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Sep 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: HBS in Israel

apply and attend HBS. Students from Israel are a diverse group, but there are some things they tend to have in common including excellent military service records, strong entrepreneurial sense, and a meaningful commitment to social... View Details

27 Apr 2017
News

Going with the Flow

value—and ultimately sold it for $300 million. That financial success gave Fisher the philanthropic freedom to back other ideas that could solve some of mankind’s serious challenges. “I am passionately... View Details

14 Jun 2018
News

Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa

financial return, but also a social and an environmental or conservation return. “Throughout my career, I saw what finance could do and the positive impact that it could have. And Africa's very exposed. At the same time, there's... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

"our licensing agreements prevented us from granting online access to off-site users. His only option was to drive in to campus to use the library. In an age when information should be more immediate and accessible, that didn't make any sense." Now there's good news... View Details

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