Financial - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2014
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The Digital Deck

language of business and comprises three 30-hour courses: Business Analytics (created by Jan Hammond), Financial Accounting (by V.G. Narayanan), and Economics for Managers (by Anand). For its inaugural program this June, CORe will target... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2014
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Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

financial abuse Big Data applications—using data analysis to identify problems before they develop and suggest improvement opportunities After HBS, he put that knowledge to use in his six years at Nokia, creating global networks to make... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

01 Jan 2008
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James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

decades in the investment world, service on nonprofit boards and think tanks, and management of the financial turnaround of both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention a midlife decision to study the... View Details

11 Jul 2017
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The Right Thing to Do

Playing by the Rules, Ethics at Work, a new series of video case studies of business ethics, aims to teach people that there’s a direct link between morality and the bottom line. Joe Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at HBS, consulted on the series,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Jun 2011
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Letters to the Editor

the onion” on financial statements. He would use his chalk on the blackboards, walls, doors, and floors, taking us on a fascinating trip to the last numbers of the case. We had no idea how we got there. But the rides in Professor Shank’s... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Capitalizing the Corner Shop

to macro shocks in the global economy, and there were few places to turn to for financial support. “There’s not much venture capital now, and for sure there wasn’t much venture capital back then,” he adds. “It was very tough to go to the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

back even further, to his elementary school days, when he bought packages of light bulbs in bulk and sold them door-to-door in his neighborhood at slightly below retail prices. "I think I always wanted to have control over my future. We didn't have a lot of View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

1991 to 1994, he served as the first senior associate dean, director of financial and information systems, at HBS. He has coauthored five books and written nearly two hundred cases and articles. The Managerial Implications of Deregulation... View Details

18 Feb 2014
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Stick with Plan A

redefine the concept of banking and financial access in the future." Ezuza is preparing to launch its service after six years of business development, putting partnerships together and building the technology platform. "To some people,... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Waleed Iskandar (MBA 1993); Telecommunications

15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again

lot of financial modeling. It was a nice segue to business school." While at Monitor, Laguë made the acquaintance of two directors, Roger Martin (MBA 1981) and Gerry Throop (MBA 1988). Impressed by what he learned from them about the case... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

profit-making; unlike financial performance, there is no common currency of measurement and aggregation," Ebrahim explains. "The value created by social-sector organizations accrues to society rather than to a set of owners or... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Jun 2006
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India Arrives

its open society and “messy,” yet functioning, market-based democracy as a more conducive environment for long-term development. Its Western-style legal system and transparent financial systems encourage a chaotic, bottom-up approach to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2020
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Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

you are an $8 billion health system and you have 2 percent more appointments scheduled, that’s $160 million of downstream revenue.” While the financial savings are significant, equally important—to both doctors and patients—is the ability... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

10 Jan 2013
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From Wall Street to Visual Art

Bussel: Using her business savvy to manage large-scale art installations. View Bussel's online gallery Three heads—simple, generic profiles—stand 30 feet high and span 100 feet across the outer wall of the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, the home of the Israeli... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

financial terms.” Obremskey’s firm, RHIA, on the other hand, is a social impact fund focusing on reproductive health to improve maternal care and combat rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Avestria invested with RHIA to develop a fetal... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

for change, but is not particularly optimistic. “It is the number one social, economic, and financial crisis facing the world, and you’d never know it ,” he said, noting that it is the obligation of these prominent universities to make... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Reimagining China and India

of China and India, not just financial markets and industry structure? Entrepreneurship in India and China is not just about taking companies public. It is also about finding ways around all manner of constraints, many of which originate... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management; Retail Trade

20 Feb 2013
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Thanking Veterans Online

sign-up process is easy. Service members and veterans can validate their military service against a government database or a military financial institution catering to nine million military customers through a real-time process. (For... View Details

Keywords: veterans; identity; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

to pursue economics and East Asian studies, which was, she says, "a natural combination considering my background and Asia's burgeoning economic growth." Contemplating a career in law, Ma decided to first gain some professional experience as a View Details

08 Jun 2023
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Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

alum Andrew Tobias (MBA 1972) presented the John C. Whitehead Social Enterprise Award to conservation power couple Paul J. Zofnass (MBA 1973), founder of the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, and his wife, Renee E. Ring, COO of... View Details