Filter Results:
(12,791)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(12,791)
- People (39)
- News (2,315)
- Research (8,029)
- Events (22)
- Multimedia (123)
- Faculty Publications (6,577)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(12,791)
- People (39)
- News (2,315)
- Research (8,029)
- Events (22)
- Multimedia (123)
- Faculty Publications (6,577)
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
computerize financial data and provide investment professionals with real-time market information and analysis. The computer terminal he and his partners created, which became known as the Bloomberg Terminal, transformed the buying and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
Carl H. Lindner, Jr.
Lindner parlayed his small interest in a family dairy business into one of the largest and most successful financial conglomerates in the United States. Beginning with the purchase of one insurance company in the late 1950’s, Lindner went... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Paul C. Henshaw
A geologist by training, Henshaw was not immune to being on the frontline of mine exploration and development. Through his efforts, Homestake became an established provider of uranium. In addition, he personally was responsible for expanding Homestake’s mining... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
team built two platforms. The first platform, launched in 2014, houses HBX Credential of Readiness (CORe) and HBX Certificate Programs. CORe introduces students to business fundamentals through three courses — Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and View Details
- Web
3.9 Annual Notice: Higher Education Opportunity Act - MBA
3. Financial Obligations 3.9 Annual Notice: Higher Education Opportunity Act Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 3. Financial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
The Congressional Oversight Panel identified eight specific areas most urgently in need of reform and addressed each with recommendations: Identify and regulate financial institutions that pose systemic risk. Limit excessive leverage in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Faculty Retirements
interface with the securities markets, he is the coauthor or editor of seven books, including Wall Street and Regulation; Managing Financial Institutions; and Islamic Law and Finance. He has written numerous working papers and articles in... View Details
- 2014
- Working Paper
Linguistic Complexity in Firm Disclosures: Obfuscation or Information?
By: Brian J. Bushee, Ian D. Gow and Daniel Taylor
Prior research argues that the linguistic complexity of a firm’s disclosures reflects managerial obfuscation. However, complex language can be used either to obfuscate or to convey information, with the effect likely depending on the incentives of the source. We... View Details
- September 2007
- Supplement
Corning: Convertible Preferred Stock (CW)
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
- August 1972
- Article
Warrants in Bond-Warrant Units: A Review and Assessment
By: Henry B. Reiling
Keywords: Bonds
Reiling, Henry B. "Warrants in Bond-Warrant Units: A Review and Assessment." Michigan Law Review 70, no. 1411 (August 1972).
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Fellowships Have Impact
San Francisco Frist (MBA 1997, MBA 2001) Family Financial Aid Fund “I received a small grant from a planned gift, and I’ve often thought how inspired it was so many years ago that somebody thought to encourage more management skills in... View Details
- 30 Jul 2010
- News
Notes from a Hammock
best-selling trilogy of mysteries. The Girl was published in 2005, but it sometimes seems Larsson is writing after the meltdown of 2008, and with the benefit of hindsight. His hero, Mikael, an investigative business journalist, speaks contemptuously of View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual View Details
John P. Harbin
earnings increased seven-fold from $66 million to almost $500 million. His performance placed Halliburton among the top 50 financial performers of all U. S. companies for 10 consecutive years. View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
enabled parents to store their newborn’s umbilical cord blood as a source of stem cells—was her first foray into entrepreneurship. Fisher’s father, however, was reminding her that good intentions need solid financial underpinnings to be... View Details
Richard L. Gelb
Gelb orchestrated Bristol-Myers' successful acquisition of Squibb creating the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world. In diversifying Bristol-Myers from a personal care company to pharmaceutical giant, Gelb achieved stellar View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- Web
Departments | Employment
makes it challenging to work in Executive Education Cyclical business with intense peak periods characterized by long hours and weekend work (not a typical 9-5 business). Being responsible for generating a significant financial... View Details
Abe Plough
Coppertone suntan lotion, St. Joseph Aspirin and Maybelline cosmetics. While spending up to 25% of revenues on advertising to create household brand names, Plough generated top-level financial returns for several years. View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- 15 Apr 2011
- News
Students Hear Wall St. Critics
Phil Angelides, a California state treasurer for eight years, is no stranger to big money and politics. But as chairman of Congress’s Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission looking into the 2008 Wall Street collapse, he was shocked. “I am no... View Details