Financial - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Sep 2017
News

Turning a Disorder into an Opportunity

self-confident, as well as financially self-sufficient. Forty-five people have been employed through the program at Australia’s Department of Defence, Department of Human Services, and Department of Immigration and Border Protection.... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Crowdfunding capital for small business

James ("Brad") McGee (MBA 1987) cofounded iCrowd to bring entrepreneurs together in online communities to network and to help provide the financial and commercial resources businesses need to thrive. He launched the crowdfunding website... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure Increased corporate financial reporting may benefit many parties but not necessarily the companies themselves. New research by Assistant Professor Romana Autrey and her coauthors looks at the... View Details

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2.3.7 Physical Violence - MBA

Process 2.5 Disciplinary Outcomes & Sanctions 2.6 Sample Disciplinary Violations 2.7 Admissions Materials 2.8 MBA Community Values Annual Report (2023) 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Prof’s Dream Comes True

themselves and their families,” says Tufano. This change gives “over 100 million refund recipients a universal, simple, and solid savings option.” D2D seeks to expand access to financial services, especially asset-building opportunities,... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Recent HBS Campaign Regional Events & Alumni Gatherings

1–3 The HBS Campaign Dubai Regional Event was held at the Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre: 1 Mohammed Al-Faisal (MBA 1996) and Tarek Sakka (MBA 1994) during the reception prior to the evening’s presentations. 2 Omar... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)

resolved your basic financial needs, work is about three things: solving problems, making a difference, and doing something that you feel a passion and respect for. That's what keeps me coming here every day.” (Published April 2014) View Details

22 Apr 2014
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Putting a spell on theatergoers

Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm, as well as Disney's music and theater divisions. At Warner Bros. Horn gave the green light to the Harry Potter series and Dark Knight trilogy, both critical and financial successes. Bringing joy,... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Dreaming big for Africa’s future

demonstrate that, in Africa, we're no different from anybody else in any fundamental way,” Lawani explains. “We're just at a different point in our development.” With over $2 billion invested in more than 30 countries, mostly sub-Saharan, Helios focuses on View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Driving the family business onto a global stage

vehicles, Mahindra has engineered mergers and acquisitions that have catapulted the Mumbai-based corporation onto the world stage. Today, the multibillion-dollar enterprise is involved in information technology, logistics, infrastructure development, and View Details

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

The COVID-19 pandemic has battered industries around the world, but one sector's prospects aren’t so bleak: venture capital. Startup backers—and private-equity managers in general—say that half of their portfolio companies haven’t been harmed by the coronavirus that... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Financial Services

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

iPhoto Marketplace lending platforms such as LendingClub and Prosper have made significant competitive inroads against traditional banks in recent years by bringing together people who want to borrow with investors ready to bankroll them. But lending platforms, also... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

15 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

You don’t know what you don’t know—and almost by definition new entrepreneurial ventures need a helping hand from established partners if they hope to succeed. “Startups suffer from what researchers call ‘liability of newness,’” says Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Financial Services

21 Mar 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Risk Management―The Revealing Hand

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes; Financial Services; Financial Services

13 Apr 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Implied Materiality and Material Disclosures of Credit Ratings

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans; Financial Services; Financial Services

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama's senior economic team and a member of his Cabinet, specifically focused on the health and growth of America's small businesses and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services; Financial Services

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

Many high-tech companies in the United States look overseas to fill talent gaps in their employment ranks by hiring skilled immigrants, often sponsoring the visas these workers need to live in this country. Critics say this can create an unpleasant fallout effect,the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services