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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

twentieth century, securities in the form of stock became the preferred way of raising capital, and Lehman Brothers issued its first public stock offering for the International Steam Pump Company in 1899. “Underwriting was a potential means of View Details
  • November 2021
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Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking II: When They Hold All the Cards (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant... View Details
Keywords: Dealmaking; Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Negotiation; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Conflict and Resolution; Problems and Challenges; Negotiation Tactics; Financial Services Industry
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Iterative Coordination and Innovation

By: Sourobh Ghosh and Andy Wu
Agile management practices from the software industry continue to transform the way organizations innovate across industries, yet they remain understudied in the organizations literature. We investigate the widespread Agile practice of iterative coordination: frequent... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Goals; Specialization; Coordination; Field Experiment; Software Development; Organizations; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Goals and Objectives; Integration; Software
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  • 2019
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Operations in an Omnichannel World

By: Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
The world of retailing has changed dramatically in the past decade. Sales originating at online channels have been steadily increasing, and even for sales transacted at brick-and-mortar channels, a much larger fraction of sales is affected by online channels in... View Details
Keywords: Omnichannel; Omnichannel Retail; Retail; Operations; Management; Supply Chain Management; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • December 2016 (Revised October 2018)
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U.S. Digital Service

By: Mitchell Weiss, Nick Sinai and Michael Norris
Mikey Dickerson and Haley Van Dyck found themselves far from home and far from certain about where to take the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) next. In the summer of 2015, they had landed in London to meet with Mike Bracken, director of the United Kingdom’s Government... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Haley Van Dyck; Mikey Dickerson; United States Digital Service; Digital Services; Innovation Teams; Scaling Innovation; 18F; Presidential Innovation Fellows; Government Digital Service; Mike Bracken; Innovation Fellowships; Entrepreneurship; Government Administration; Innovation and Management; United States; United Kingdom
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    Empire of Cotton

    The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism.
     
    Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the... View Details
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    Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    investment performance of passive maturity transformation strategies over this period may mask the underperformance of the specialized bank activities. See Juliane’s other research here and Erik’s other research here . More Info Brokers... View Details
    • 18 Jun 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

    Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
    Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing
    • 01 Mar 2024
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    Action Plan: Wild at Heart

    At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details
    Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; gardening; entrepreneurship; sustainability
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    Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

    E-Book How to Formulate a Successful Business Strategy This guide will equip you with the tools, frameworks, and knowledge to formulate a successful business strategy to propel your organization forward. Access Your Free E-book Upskill Your Team, View Details
    • 01 Sep 2023
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    Made in Italy

    HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details
    Keywords: April White
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    Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

    business discussions and drive strategic decision-making with this free guide. Access your free e-book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or a small local business, we... View Details
    • 20 Dec 2017
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    How to Design a Better Customer Experience

    adventure. The newly configured machines transformed children from distraught to happy, leading to a pleasant ripple effect: collective relief among parents, a sharp reduction in sedations, and satisfaction scores that jumped by 90... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation
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    Online Management Course | HBS Online

    Your Free E-Book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or a small local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs. Learn More Our Difference... View Details
    • 26 Jan 2022
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    Making Peace with Anger

    I think, from being a good leader and manager to being a really good leader and manager. And the results, as it relates to Walker & Dunlop and our growth and our performance as a publicly traded company, are very reflective of that View Details
    • September 2022 (Revised May 2024)
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    Navya: Steering toward a Driverless Future

    By: Julian De Freitas, Elie Ofek, Shaun Ingledew and Tonia Labruyere
    In 2022, Sophie Desormière arrived at French roboshuttle producer Navya, tasked with charting a new course in a challenging sector. The company, which had recently listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, was burning through cash reserves and needed to transform the promise... View Details
    Keywords: Autonomous Vehicles; Market Entry and Exit; Opportunities; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Consumer Behavior; Business Model; Auto Industry; Transportation Industry; France; United States
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    • March 2013
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    From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America

    By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
    This article draws on historical material to examine the co-evolution of economic science and business education over the course of the twentieth century, showing that fields evolve not only through internal struggles but also through struggles taking place in adjacent... View Details
    Keywords: Professions; Disciplines; Neo-Liberalism; Education; Economics; Finance; Society; United States
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    The Economics of Structured Finance

    By: Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford
    This paper investigates the spectacular rise and fall of structured finance. The essence of structured finance activities is the pooling of economic assets like loans, bonds, and mortgages, and the subsequent issuance of a prioritized capital structure of claims, known... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Debt Securities; Investment; Risk Management; Behavior
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    Executive Education - Entrepreneurship

    Executive Education Given the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship within organizations, our programs are designed to help seasoned executives transform their thinking and vision in a dynamic global environment. Using the vaunted... View Details
    • 16 Nov 2023
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    Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Boston

    Starting last fall and continuing through this coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On November 8, more than 170 alumni and guests gathered in Klarman Hall to hear the dean discuss how the School is addressing today’s... View Details