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- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
time around taught him an important life lesson: "to strive for the best and have faith in myself." At MGIMO, Safin was selected to participate in the American Collegiate Consortium Exchange Program. His experience at Washington and Lee...
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Amy E. Dean
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1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values - MBA
classroom, in all media. Vigorous debate and the exchange and clash of ideas are essential to the educational experience at HBS, and one of the key skills our students develop in their time here is the ability to hear, discuss, and...
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Dana Letterbook, 1867–1869 — New Directions – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Machinery French Agriculture Venetian Exchange Rate Visual Evidence Lewis Hine Photographs Oil Industry Photographs Baker Library | Historical Collections | Site Credits | Digital Accessibility Contact Email: © President and Fellows of...
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Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton
Economic Sciences Chicago Board of Options Exchange “ Much has been written about the ramified effects of the option-pricing model on the world’s financial system. But, like other scientists, we had no practical objective. We simply found...
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- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
focus on asset management and service would yield superior results. The approach worked so well that the company became the largest privately owned, independent asset management firm in southern Africa. Anticipating the end of exchange...
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- 01 Jan 2006
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William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
Cofounder & Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Former Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Yale University, 1953 B.A., American...
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- 01 Apr 1999
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Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
organizational leaders of more than thirty companies now operating in Africa, including Colgate-Palmolive and Merrill Lynch. The day concluded with a reception that allowed HBS students and alumni with professional aspirations or activities in Africa to View Details
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Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies - Creating Emerging Markets
materials for teaching in different institutional contexts in Europe, India, Latin America, and the United States. Each session included time for discussion and debate to lay the foundation for a community of scholars exchanging ideas on...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Connecting people and policymakers in a conversation online
but our voices matter every day.” The Agora gives participants the opportunity to express concerns, “vote” in polls, and exchange ideas amongst themselves and with political leaders. With pilots running in collaboration with Harvard...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Sunny's MBA
In 1986, as a 26-year-old with a degree in agricultural management and little business experience, Sunny Verghese (AMP 115, 1994) was newly employed by a venerable Indian conglomerate to oversee a textile mill in Nigeria. A foreign View Details
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Dillingham Collection - New Directions: Building Baker Library's Collections
Kenneth Andrews Papers Alfred Chandler Papers C. Roland Christensen Papers George Lombard Papers Invention & Innovation Early German Machinery French Agriculture Venetian Exchange Rate Visual Evidence Lewis Hine Photographs Oil Industry...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Exploring Asia at the Crossroads
by a plenary session and several panel discussions. Saturday's sessions began with an opening address by Amaret Sila-on (68th AMP), chairman of Thailand's Stock Exchange and of the country's Financial Restructuring Authority. Some twenty...
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- April 2008 (Revised June 2008)
- Case
Korea: On the Back of a Tiger (Abridged)
What caused the 1997 Korea crisis? Did the International Monetary Fund (IMF) help or hinder recovery? Did democracy help or hinder recovery? Seen as an economic miracle, Korea succumbed to the wave of currency crises sweeping Asia in late 1997. Did the same state-led...
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Financial Crisis;
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Currency Exchange Rate;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
Asia;
South Korea
Huang, Yasheng. "Korea: On the Back of a Tiger (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 708-052, April 2008. (Revised June 2008.)
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
self-proclaimed "infrastructure guy," panelist Steve Papa (HBS MBA '99) of Optigrab.com speculated that the future of e-business services will be marked by the same pull toward uniformity that took place in industry consolidations a hundred years ago. Numerous stock...
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- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
where gender diversity is valued. This is presumably because this kind of context creates a safe environment for women to contribute their ideas freely and therefore encourage the flow and exchange of ideas, increasing team performance....
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Digital Transformation - HBS Online
minutes and apply your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and reinforce your learning. Exchange ideas with your classmates, broaden your perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social...
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- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
themselves as impact-investment vehicles-that is, they are specifically trying to attract investors who are looking for a double-bottom-line result, and who are therefore willing to sacrifice a bit of financial return in exchange for...
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- Portrait Project
Kathy Yuh
“So, where are you from?” is my most dreaded question. Given how many times I’ve been asked this – at hair salons making small talk, on first dates breaking awkward silence, at HBS Admit Weekend exchanging practiced intros – I should have...
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- Portrait Project
Jean Hayden
When we came to Harvard Business School we had to squash our lives onto a one-page resume. I hated it – I had to leave off all the weird things about my life that I actually thought were the most interesting. I may have worked as an English boarding house matron and...
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