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- 15 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This
often look to similar individuals and imitate their actions. This allows them to capitalize on the research others have already done and makes them feel secure through a sense of normalcy. The publicly-held technology company Opower,... View Details
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Triston Francis
his credentials as a leadership authority. Serving as the Education Representative “helps me understand how our professors see the classroom experience.” Second, Triston would like to go into consulting; he’s already secured his summer... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)
opting instead for HBS and an executive career. Ten years later, he again aborted plans to attend medical school when his wife's health suddenly deteriorated, leaving him with primary responsibility for raising his young son and daughter. "Their needs and View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
http://www.cengage.com/aushed/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=1028&product_isbn=9781133626701&courseid=MN05&codeid=2A3A&sortBy=copyrightYear&sortByShow=all August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Accountability of Independent Directors-Evidence... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
When author and start-up vet Chris Schroeder (MBA 1992) attended a regional entrepreneurship conference in Dubai in 2010, the energy of the crowd was a revelation. "I could not get my head around the idea that this was coming from places... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
salary allocations to online ad clicks to admission decisions. Working PapersSecurities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S. Authors:Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu Abstract We study securities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future
day-to-day operations, including prototyping facilities, and I serve as an optional startup advisor. I found out about the position through an HBS alum, and while I didn’t use any specific tactics to secure the job, the tight-knit MS/MBA... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
has to drive over 70 miles to work each day. Meanwhile, the Copenhagen climate conference ended with no agreement, and the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, proposed by Representatives Henry... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Web
Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog
investment vehicles, including Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities Fund, its Energy Fund, and its Distressed Securities Fund. He has served on fifteen boards and raised over $30 billion in equity capital.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness
William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter. In assessing an immediate path forward, both liberal and conservative business leaders urged compromise to secure a sustainable federal budget, corporate tax reform, and the easing of... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Searching for Professional Passion Through My VC Summer Internship
IQT, I was proud to have spent my summer looking for opportunities to support startups which can help improve American security in a rapidly-evolving and increasingly-uncertain world. My role at IQT also exposed me to startups working on... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
Convenience Stores (A) Faced with a persistent robbery problem at his convenience store company, Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager at Mac’s of Central Canada, looked to standardize safety measures and devise a new way of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
and national security issues worsened in part by migration out of newly unlivable situations. How can investors, businesses, and global society face these issues? Governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) clearly don’t have... View Details
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
relative to all asset classes have been enormous. Let's take a moment on this last point, high returns relative to other investments. The public real estate markets as recorded by the Dow Jones Wilshire Real Estate Securities index for... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- News
Trail Blazer
has made quick progress, securing one federal and two state grants of $13 million, in total. In February 2015, the coalition broke ground on a six-mile segment to connect the city of Napa to Yountville, and it is scheduled to have more... View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
electrification of vehicles, including scooters and auto-rickshaws, has marked it as a trailblazer in clean energy alternatives. With a successful Series A funding round that drew powerhouse investors like Sequoia Surge and Exfinity... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate... View Details
- 12 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Leapfrogging Traditional Agricultural Development in Africa
fashion? Researchers believe it is. According to the Founding CEO of the Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A), the continent “can follow a low/free emissions growth path by leapfrogging directly to green pathways without legacy View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
matter how secure you think you are in your job, you need to stay on top of trends and what it takes to stay competitive in your job market. I call it career currency, because it’s really all about staying current.” Even before a job... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
independence without sacrificing energy security in the EU. The case chronicles latest efforts, and unintended consequences, by all-union authorities in Brussels to untie the Russian knot by implanting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne