Financial - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Aug 2013
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Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

environmental value simultaneously through its activities," Keshavjee explains. "It is now embarking on a massive investment with equity partners and scaling up its activities." HCA, in partnership with a number of local NGOs and international development and View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Dec 2003
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Inside MBA Admissions

The managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid since June 2001, Brit K. Dewey (MBA 1996) and her Admissions team have achieved the seemingly contradictory feat of making the admissions process both more personal and more... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
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Steven C. Watson

life.” Watson achieved financial independence with the sale of his first company in 1988. “It was a milestone,” he admits, “but I found myself asking, ‘So what?'” The question led Watson, who is divorced and has no children, to reexamine... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Capitalism’s New Agenda

and the environment. Interestingly (given that we interviewed them in late 2007 and early 2008), they were very concerned about the volatility and fragility of the financial markets. They thought the View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine; social activism; Occupy Wallstreet; Corporate Services; Finance

01 Dec 2009
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Awards Recognize Excellence

Four HBS professors have received the annual Charles M. Williams Award for outstanding teaching and contributions to student learning. The recipients are David Moss for his Creating the Modern Financial System course; Jan Rivkin for his... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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NFL Players Hit the Books

focused on topics such as financial analysis and valuation, marketing, business plans, and tax issues. This is the second year HBS has worked with the NFL and the NFL Players Association to deliver such a program. View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Sep 2016
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HBS Alumni Startups Are Raking in VC Funds

are 13 “unicorns”—firms with valuations over $1 billion. The article also cites a report in the Financial Times that 28 percent of recent HBS graduates had started companies, often while employed with other firms. Read the complete... View Details

Keywords: Finance

06 Oct 2020
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship

five months’ rent on an immigration attorney to navigate the bureaucracy. “This is a story told by millions of immigrant families every year,” observes Wang. As a child, he had accepted the significant financial and procedural obstacles... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 1998
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Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

outside the banking system. BancoSol's success has spawned competitors in both the nonprofit and formal financial sectors that are eager to serve microentrepreneurs. Every Bolivian political party now includes microenterprise as part of... View Details

06 Apr 2016
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Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship

huge global companies that are very well run and have been very financially successful. In the US beer business we have a little bit less than 2 percent market share. So, we have to keep the heart and passion of a small business.... View Details

19 Nov 2014
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The Power of Yes

Dichter, “but we know that if we can truly capture and quantify this, it could be revolutionary, and not just for the impact investing sector—it could change how we understand the role of business in society.” Before coming to Acumen, Dichter worked to expand View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

25 Aug 2014
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Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

fanatical,” he recalls. “All I thought about was enabling young people to go from poverty to a professional career in one year.” Upon graduation, he moved to London, the hometown of his new wife, Kate, where he ran marketing for a View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

It’s a problem that is “capitalism’s Achilles heel,” declares Raymond Baker (MBA ’60), executive director of the Washington, D.C.–based organization Global Financial Integrity (GFI). This month at the G20 conference in Canada, Baker will... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2009
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Porter Helps Jerusalem Mayor with Economic Development

a press briefing, Barkat explained that he has adopted Porter’s cluster-based development approach to focus on three existing areas of strength: culture and tourism, health care and life sciences, and outsourced medical and financial... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Jun 2010
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Laura Alfaro to Costa Rican Post

country’s new president, Laura Chinchilla. An expert on international economics, including foreign direct investment, financial markets, and sovereign debt, Alfaro, who holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA, was honored as a Young Global... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Dec 2010
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HBS Contributors Report

budget and fund every area of activity at HBS, from faculty research and doctoral fellowships to technology, student financial aid, and case writing. The new report is also available on the Alumni Web site... View Details

Keywords: meta

10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

pond: “The great thing about working in finance in India was the opportunity to influence the evolution of the country’s financial institutions and regulatory structures. Very early on, I was part of the group that helped set up a second,... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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2006 MBAs Go to Work

$134,438 for the Class of 2005. Another uptick was measured in the number of graduates entering the financial services industry, with a shift from 36 percent to 42 percent. Kierstead observes that the Class of 2006 is the first to... View Details