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- 12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008
Fund Management Author: Robert C. Merton Publication: Chap. 1 in Innovations in Investment Management, edited by H. Gifford Fong, 1-17. JOIM Conference Series. New York: Bloomberg Press, 2008 Abstract In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children are more prosocial than others in school.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Burden Park | About
state-of-the-art auditorium. The Burden family’s extensive Harvard connections date back to Florence’s father, Hamilton McKown Twombly, who graduated from Harvard College in 1871. Subsequent generations included Robert Livingston Burden... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
open systems that can be leveraged by anyone will thrive over closed, proprietary systems; I think of the United States as an open system in that sense." One of Ranadivé's earliest dreams was to study at MIT, which he learned of through a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Starting Now — Bruce Wasserstein (MBA 1971)
In the high-powered, high-stakes world of mergers and acquisitions, Bruce Wasserstein is considered something of a legend. He was the wunderkind who helped make First Boston Corporation a leader in M&A in the early 1980s -- and then shook up the business world View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
Baker Library, long the primary icon associated with Harvard Business School, is getting a total makeover. During the summer, the School began an extensive renovation of the stately 1927 building. By late 2005, the new Baker... View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
contracts model of vertical integration choices into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. Integration decisions are driven by a trade-off between the pecuniary benefits of coordinating production decisions and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
Lazarus puts it, that have characterized his career. He enrolled at HBS directly out of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, with plans of going into retailing. "Business school convinced me that retailing was not what I wanted to do," Lazarus says.... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
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Alumni Forums - Alumni
challenges and achieve their highest aspirations.” Boris Groysberg and Robert Russman Halperin “How to Get the Most out of Peer Support Groups.” Harvard Business Review, May-June 2022 Testimonials Frequently Asked Questions What is the... View Details
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non-economic factors and heuristics rather than existing industrial conditions. Relocating firms increased the likelihood of incumbent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
If you are one of the 17 million people who participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge a couple of summers ago, the money you helped raise to support ALS research may be at work today in a late-stage biopharmaceutical company headed by... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
Drives Biology by W. David Lee (AMP 108, 1991), with Jeffrey Drazen, Phillip A. Sharp, and Robert S. Langer (MIT Press) Investigating a series of major biological discoveries that range from pasteurization... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
breakthroughs, and overcoming setbacks. New Business publisher Mike Roberts recently met with Professor Lassiter to discuss his work. New Business: As one thinks about a new venture moving from product development to actually marketing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
during the 1960s by Robert B. McKersie (MBA 1988) (Southern Illinois University Press) The deeply personal story of a historic time in Chicago, this book follows the unfolding action of the Civil Rights... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
program became a HBS case study, published by professors Gary Pisano and Robert Austin. It was also honored by the United Nations on World Autism Day. Fieldhouse is currently... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
school in that capacity was rejuvenating for me as well. Suddenly I was in a situation where I could really think about different kinds of business problems and potential opportunities because I wasn’t constrained by my own operating... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
Alumni Impact Stories Martin Aares MBA 2001 | Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact "As leaders who make a difference, the private sector can have huge influence over the future of our planet. We are changing the conversation View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
taking advantage of these conferences, which first took shape in their present form at a 1990 HBSAA Board of Directors' meeting hosted by the Paris club. That program was so interesting that other clubs began asking how they might sponsor... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
preparation with the unique perspective that comes from on-the-ground observations and interactions. The students spent two weeks in China, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka in January. Led by Meg Rithmire, the F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor... View Details
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
"The best-laid schemes of mice and men go often awry." - Robert Burns, 1785 An entrepreneur starts a company with plans to go public, but ultimately accepts a low-ball acquisition offer from a competitor. A newlywed husband... View Details