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  • 02 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 20 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

What to Expect Your First Year at HBS

either my character or perspective. I am writing this blogpost from the office of a venture capital firm in Palo Alto. I have never been an investor and I have never lived in California. I would have never had the privilege to work in... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

leading a transition from a highly decentralized, founder-led organization to one more reliant on shared services and central direction was enormous and that he was making good progress. How much is that worth? The second item was a report of the decision by Moody's... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • Portrait Project

Uzoma Nwagba

bolder and better version. Our governments will work. I will be a part of it—not in spite of my MBA, but because of it. I want to run African public institutions like ethical businesses. It is my duty to the largest and most patient community of View Details
  • Web

HBS Fund Council - Alumni

new strategies for raising alumni understanding of and giving to the HBS Fund, particularly at the Investors Society level. Members are nominated based on leadership support of the HBS Fund as well as a demonstrated experience in... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market

Keywords: by Bo Becker & Victoria Ivashina
  • Research Summary

Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond

Part of the fear and misunderstanding of state capitalism in the post-Berlin Wall era stems from the fact that most observers see state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as inefficient soviet companies. In Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and... View Details

Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Development Banks; State Ownership; Development Economics; Management; Energy Industry; Banking Industry; Brazil; China; Europe; Latin America; Asia
  • 2020
  • Chapter

Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

By: John D. Macomber
As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Housing; Mortgages; Geographic Location; Real Estate Industry
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  • 06 Aug 2021
  • Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

a desperate attempt to remain relevant in the world of Windows 95. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple’s then CEO, Amelio, engineered the purchase of NeXT in December of 1996 for the startlingly high price of $429 million in cash and stock. NeXTSTEP and WebObjects... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

Investment Bank, which had been a long-term investor in KKR, “This could be transformative for a wide swath of companies, in a broad range of industries.” “That’s the dream,” notes Stavros, who is currently working within KKR to expand... View Details
Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • Web

Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Finance Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics for "The Effect of Reference Point Prices on Mergers and Acquisitions" (with Xin Pan and Jeffrey Wurgler, October 2012). Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of the Columbia Millstein Center & View Details
  • Web

From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

and investors who could be helpful in your search. Then, develop a strategy to connect with them (through industry meetings, informal networks, LinkedIn, charitable organizations, etc.) Search for fellow alumni in the HBS Alumni Directory... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

startup. Juan D. Garzón (MBA 2023, Section J), Summer Internship: Private Equity Summer Associate at Global Infrastructure Partners - GIP GIP’s equity business focuses on large-scale investments in infrastructure businesses and assets that provide essential services.... View Details
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Digital Innovation - Alumni

Transformation Leadership Donor or a Digital Data Design Leadership Donor —please contact Ellen Harkavy, Managing Director of Development, at eharkavy@hbs.edu or 617.495.6883. The HBS Fund Investors Society recognizes leadership annual... View Details
  • 02 Nov 2022
  • News

Strong Finish

Sontag, for her part, downplayed the divide between investor and entrepreneur. “We jumped off a cliff and launched our own firm,” she said. “At the end of the day, we are founders ourselves.” READ MORE View Details
  • 25 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

almost certainly better off after it repealed its Corn Laws. The broader thing to think about with regard to foreign investors buying assets in the United States is that if we as a country are going to spend more than we produce—if we're... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Climate Impact - Business & Environment

largest investors in fossil fuel development around the world. In contrast, Walden Mutual supports lending to our region's most sustainable farm, food, and natural resource businesses.” Nisha Desai MBA 1997 | Founder & CEO, Intention... View Details
  • 18 May 2023
  • News

India's New Money Managers

into another obstacle: As Gupta began her career successfully setting up the trading desk for her company Navratan Capital, she found that investors would only speak with her male colleagues. Gupta persevered, founding Anand Rathi in... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • Web

Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

and useful comparative ratios among states such as net earnings to cost, net earnings to gross, and stocks to bonds. Managers and investors eagerly bought copies of Poor’s Manual , which allowed them to follow a company’s growth and... View Details