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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
James Heads Executive Education
Ralph James (MBA ’82) rejoined HBS in September as the executive director of Executive Education. He served most recently as vice chairman of The First Marblehead Corporation, a Boston firm specializing in student View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
Compartamos Banco (CB), a microfinance institution providing loans to rural women in Mexico. Students on the microfinance track in Oaxaca interviewed some of CB’s long-term clients in its Crédito Mujer...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
building. Her banker, however, refused to loan her all the money she needed. That should not have come as a surprise given that her school’s enrollment would fill only three of the twelve floors, and Russo had no plans to sublet the rest...
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- 01 Sep 2005
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Making History, Starting Over
Returning to his roots in the Middle East, Cohen created The Portland Trust in 2003 to fund investments aimed at easing tensions between Israel and its neighbors. For example, the trust is working to secure loan guarantees for Palestinian...
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- 01 Jun 2024
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Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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Doriot Papers Arrive at HBS
MAN OF LETTERS: Doriot’s papers come home. Photo courtesy Baker Library Historical Collections Baker Library Historical Collections recently announced the permanent loan from Boston’s French Cultural Center of papers that once belonged to...
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- 01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
entrepreneur, and as an investor.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Positions of leadership, in the broadest sense of that word, should be your goal. As you go off into the world, I hope you'll do what you really want to do rather than what you think...
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- 01 May 2013
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Celeste A. Guth, MBA 1986
computer science and economics. “For my graduate degree, I knew I wanted to study finance, and I knew I wanted the HBS brand,” she says. “I maxed out on every possible type of student loan to make that...
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- 13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in...
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- 02 Dec 2020
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HBS Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
featured in the HBS alumni podcast, Skydeck; Tess Michaels (MBA 2020), founder of Stride Funding, which offers income share agreements—a student loan alternative—"mostly to STEM grad students,” notes Forbes;...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact
Bloom admits. "It's not difficult conceptually, but as a practical matter, it's challenging to conduct baseline surveys before an investment and to track and measure students for the years that follow." With that understanding, decisions...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
formula, it becomes possible to construct a portfolio that is virtually risk-free. Merton said that since his theory was introduced, financial managers have realized that it could be applied to a wide range of contractual agreements, covering the prepayment of...
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- 19 Aug 2021
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
were rare. The Better Chance program that offered students in poor neighborhoods a chance to attend public schools in more wealthy suburbs. There were real financial investments in these programs that were required to do the hard work of...
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- 20 Jul 2020
- News
Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online
but was glad she was able to curb the infection rate.” The city, she added, also received $30 million in federal loans for small business as well as food and rent assistance. Under her leadership, the homeless have been tested and moved...
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Margie Kelley
- 17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
centers across India, creating more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and 12,000 jobs. The first program, Change the Mindset (CMS), works with students in secondary schools and colleges, introducing them to entrepreneurial skills and opening their...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 May 2012
- News
Best in Show
$400 loan from the HBS Student Association. Proceeds from ticket sales quickly paid that off, with enough left over to purchase lights for future productions. (The first show premiered in Baker 100, a...
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- 01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
world, the AMP program underscores the necessity of a global perspective and an understanding of different cultures and markets." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "The free market is the best system for allocating resources, but never forget...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed
investments in rehabbing existing houses and apartment buildings as well as ground-up construction of homes sold directly to qualified buyers. In 1982, we built the Allen Christian School (ACS), which, after a recent expansion, can now accommodate 800 View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects
personal loss, patriotism, the importance of diversity, and how best to reach out to those directly affected by the attacks. Classroom discussions became even more challenging, as students struggled with uncertainty, grief, and anger....
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
opportunity to start my own business. I actually wrote the business plan in one of my HBS courses as the final project. I then took this business plan to the bank and was able to secure a loan to start a real estate investment company...
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