War Financing - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Sep 2021
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Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs

to bringing the right type of HR and systems and finance systems to those companies. And finally, really helping them raise capital. “Capital is really looking to enter Ethiopia as it opens up as we speak. But the issue is that they're... View Details

25 Mar 2008
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Whistling Past the Graveyard

The experts are finally seeing the light: most now agree we are in a recession. Harvard professor Martin Feldstein (http://www.nber.org/feldstein), former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, says it could be the worst since World View Details

Keywords: Finance; Finance

01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey

attended and taught at Tuskegee Institute and knew Booker T. Washington, brought his family to Philadelphia during the great black northward migration before World War I. America’s father served in the Army in World View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Finance; Finance; Finance

17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good

As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Mar 2008
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Supporting the Troops

(MBA 11/’47), cofounder of the Wall Street firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, served in the Navy in World War II and says the GI Bill helped him earn degrees from Swarthmore College, HBS, and Columbia Law School. “I benefited tremendously,”... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Finance; Finance

Clarence M. Woolley

With the financing help of JP Morgan, Woolley’s American Radiator came to control just about every heating equipment manufacturer in the United States. Seeing that a greater market for gas radiators existed in Europe than in the United... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Aug 2002
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Seventy Years Out: Class of 1932 Celebrates Reunions

career was with the Air Force, in and out of uniform. His active duty in World War II took him to New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and he later served in Korea. A statistics major, in 1960 he published Sampling in a Nutshell, a... View Details

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

1946, when the late Georges Doriot, a long-time and legendary member of the HBS faculty, founded American Research and Development as a willing and able source of financing for the new ventures that were coming to life just after World... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

during World War II and the emergence of venture capital firms after the war also fueled the growth of high-tech startups. The greater Boston area flourished into a hub of innovation; many firms would expand... View Details

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Launch Lab/Capstone 1 Entrepreneurial Management January 2026 J 3.0 Launch Lab/Capstone 2 Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 John Macomber Real Property Finance Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Deepak Malhotra View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Pearson Hunt Remembered

1942 to 1946). He was appointed the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking in 1967 and took on the title emeritus in 1975. During World War II, he served as an instructor in the Army Air... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Rival Visions

rootless too and how its mobility could serve the public good." Gallatin successfully arranged financing for the Louisiana Purchase and for the War of 1812, despite President Thomas Jefferson's push to... View Details

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

to Chu, himself a Wall Street refugee with grounding in consulting and buy-outs, microfinance has "a double bottom-line." It brings above-average returns for first-movers who tap into what finance specialists see as a new... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 May 2013
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Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960

firm specializing in financing and/or buying small- and medium-sized businesses. Inspired to make opportunities like his available to others who have served in the military, Pinto recently established a fellowship fund at HBS. While Pinto... View Details

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD DEC View Details

15 Dec 2024
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Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)

First love: Performing. “I spent pretty much every weekend from the age of five singing, acting, and dancing at the local theater school.” Take a bow: “My dad is originally from Zambia. Back in the day he bought rudimentary music software and laid down guitar tracks... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog

which represents a real existential threat for humanity. Are we seeing a new cold war emerging in the Sahelian region? What impact will demographics have on Africa's place in the world. We will deal old industries like energy, View Details

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum (MBA 2004) Grand Central Publishing In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms, Miri Abramov and her brilliant physicist brother, Vanya, are... View Details

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

collection includes his lecture and seminar notes and almost the entire body of his professional correspondence. Wartime Schools Collection During World War II, the U.S. military was facing an increased need for officers trained in... View Details

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School