Cost of Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1996
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Technology Fountainheads by E. Raymond Corey (Harvard Business School Press) As corporate research and development costs rise, many firms choose to participate in R&D; consortia - collaborative ventures with academic institutions and... View Details

25 Jul 2018
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HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86

Reunion gift committee and chaired the Capital Campaign the School held from 2002 to 2005, an effort that raised some $600 million. From 1998 to 2004, he was a member of Harvard’s Board View Details

15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts

establish new norms of collaboration and respect. Capital Allocators: How the world's elite money managers lead and invest By Ted Seides (MBA 1999) Harriman House The chief investment officers (CIOs) at... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 Jul 2021
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The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)

and Alexia Sanchez. How are you using technology to address food insecurity? “Our technology has two main modules: Our sourcing platform uses artificial intelligence to maximize the amount of nutrients and minimize the total View Details

06 Oct 2020
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship

celebrates the final approval with them. The price for its assistance for a marriage green card application: $950, a fraction of the cost of a personal immigration attorney.... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

content at all costs but from unearthing related opportunities close by. Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work by Joseph Badaracco (Harvard Business Review Press) Part View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Case Study: Farming It Out

innovative product that has a potential for large cost savings, yet it is not protected from competitive developments. Hence, reaching critical mass and name recognition should be foremost in its strategy. The Microsoft approach would... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

01 Mar 2018
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Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

Chernilovskiy and Eykher, Kazzinc’s CFO, were suddenly facing an urgent need to reduce costs and improve cash flows. At the same time, they were growing acutely aware of the industry’s inequity: Miners (who... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

01 Dec 2000
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Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy

"Taiwan today is an exciting place to be in business," said Benjamin P.L. Feng (MBA 1975), managing director of All Asia Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei. At HBS this fall to attend... View Details

01 Feb 1998
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New Global Research Site Announced in Hong Kong

and intellectual capital about business on a global basis," he concluded. Earlier in the day, Clark and Hayes attended a breakfast meeting with members of the newly formed Asia Advisory Committee, chaired by... View Details

Keywords: Audrey Snee; photographs by Graham Uden

01 Mar 2014
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Cutting Edge

an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital Management asked Silk to become... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

students. Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives edited by Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

Angela Serino, manager of corporate responsibility for Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company, and Maria de Graça Fernandes Branco, principal of Matilde Elementary and High School. The pair are subjects View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

of its contracts. "Suddenly, I was losing a lot of money," she says "It took us three years to be profitable again." Stringent cost controls and aggressive outreach to... View Details

26 May 2016
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W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975

General Electric 1997 Named President and CEO, GE Aircraft Engines 2000 Named Chairman and CEO, 3M 2005 Named Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing 2015 Named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine 2016 Retires from Boeing Retired... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Air Transportation; Transportation

25 Jun 2020
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Covering All Corners

basic ventilators, which are around 1 percent of the cost of high-end computerized ventilators. They’re now being tested in a hospital in Egypt. Our most significant efforts in... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries

companies' presentations and tours were outstanding, he says, those of Silicon Graphics, 3Com, and Adaptec were particularly well-received, as was a small gathering with Enterprise Director Doug Hawkins of... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

13 Nov 2020
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Insatiably Curious

acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, and then to private equity, asset allocation, and now, to leading operations. Ma recently was appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Index Ventures, a 25-year-old international venture View Details

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

Groman said, "we are on the verge of an era in which quantitative analysis will fundamentally change the nature of marketing, much as it changed Wall Street in recent years. The 'quants' are coming to... View Details