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LaToya Marc
strategically about building a practical movement for achieving goals." About HBS, LaToya says it's been "a dream to be here." Even though she's happily busy with her husband and two-year-old son, she has, if anything, amplified her involvement on...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
before being asked to head the company's bankruptcy department in 1987. In 1991, she was granted responsibility for the high-yield department as well, and in 1992 became the first female employee elected to the Bear Stearns board of...
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Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Oct 1998
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Value Added
first plane trip brought him to HBS and the MBA Program, which served as his introduction not only to business but to the ways of the West. After graduation, Gupta started as an associate in McKinsey's New York office, followed by assignments in Copenhagen and Chicago....
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James E. Aisner
- 01 Feb 2000
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Youth Movement: HBS Clubs Make Students a Top Priority
Headed by newly elected president Maryann Pernorio (MBA '90), HBSA-SNE invites student clubs - such as the Manufacturing & Technology Management Club (MTM) - to attend dinner programs that have included speakers such as John Welch,...
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Amy E. Dean
- 01 Mar 2006
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A New Path for Alumnae
practices, most felt they were professionally sidelined. The women who elected to leave the paid workforce altogether felt even more disadvantaged when they later chose to return to it. For Hart, this signaled an opportunity for HBS to...
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Olivia Melendez
I switched to only speaking English and eventually lost my Spanish fluency. It’s one of my few regrets. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? Definitely my mom – she’s currently a judge in Brooklyn, NY and was the first Cuban-born View Details
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Brett Gibson
rally around the people who are down; in good times, we celebrate together." Private and public ambitions In 2009, Brett served as a political strategist for Bob McDonnell's successful gubernatorial campaign in Virginia. Ultimately, Brett would "like to run...
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- 01 Apr 2000
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
elected Dallas Club President Kenneth P. Winslow (MBA '76) cites the special activities and informal networking that mark his club's events. He recalls in particular a July 28, 1994, outing at a Texas Rangers baseball game, where pitcher...
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Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2009
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Remembering “Mr. Harvard”
he acquired the struggling firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Thus began Gordon’s 65-year career at Kidder, which he helped lead to prominence as one of the top underwriting and M&A firms in the world, while also imparting trusted financial advice to numerous U.S....
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- 18 Apr 2011
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Capitalism Meets Conservation
generated by their attendance. A single attendee causes (on average) the emission of nearly a ton and a half of carbon, mostly through travel. For attendees who elect the $20 carbon offset as part of their reunion package, Patagonia Sur...
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- 03 May 2021
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Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
made it clear that “we believe broad participation and trust in the election process are vital to its integrity.” Some of the signatories were recruited in a Zoom meeting of more than 100 CEOs organized by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2013
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14 for '14
1.0. But food is one of the biggest industries on the planet, and the tech that supports it hasn't changed in 30 years. Stay tuned for big innovation." —Nick Taranto (MPA/MBA 2010), cofounder, Plated Karen Tumulty "History—with the recent exception of 1998—suggests...
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- 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006
806-148 Describes the sixth and final module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way firms should approach business risks in order to avoid legal liability...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
expanded into consumer research and election forecasting. In 2019, Gupta found that his team’s prediction for an election result was distinctly different from all other pollsters. As Gupta reviewed his...
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- 10 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 10, 2008
Working PapersAccounting Information as Political Currency Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We test whether accounting can be used as political currency. Our setting is the US congressional election of 2004,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
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Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
TUFANO: His new consumer finance elective is part of a broader effort to legitimize the field as an important area for research and teaching. Last spring HBS became the first top-ranked U.S. business school to offer a course in consumer...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
MBA elective Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems. Joining Henderson and Serafeim for the HBX course are several faculty members from across Harvard who are experts in law, government, and fi nance. Among the topics explored...
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- 31 Oct 2018
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Pitching In for Female Leaders
Ebru Koksal (AMP 192, 2017) is a senior advisor with J. Stern & Co. in Istanbul, Turkey. She was the CEO of Galatasaray SK, the leading football club in Turkey for 15 years, and is the only woman to be elected to the executive board of...
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- 19 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 19
paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
pay high coupons—typically, two-digit interest rates—for up to 30 years," Vallée explains. The researchers set out to find out why so many local politicians took out toxic loans in the first place—and whether they understood the stakes. Political Incentives To test...
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