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01 Dec 2019
News

Capitalizing the Corner Shop

sure signs of stability, and Lidya’s in-house, Portugal-based engineering team developed an algorithm that can quickly assess more than 100 data points. “We don’t do consumer loans. We’re not the best for long-term asset financing. We’re... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2015
News

Feedback

for a while, but I was blown away. Just what I need: another must-read magazine in my life. God only knows where I ever found time to hold a job. —Perry Miles (MBA 1972) via alumni.hbs.edu Frozen Assets Re: French revolution Great... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Nov 2020
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Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

Vice President on the Asset Stewardship Team at State Street Global Advisor, focusing on social investing. “When we talk about mass incarceration, there’s not necessarily a clear picture of who is impacted by it,” says Ivy Jack (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2002
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

even in the womb!” explains Erdoes, who heads global investments for the private bank of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company. Her job puts her in charge of more than $200 billion in assets, managed on behalf of an exclusive group of private clients, most with View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

information-systems management. "The right time is during due diligence. At this point, the IT assets should not only influence the 'go/no-go' decision to merge but also the price of the merger or acquisition. After the merger, the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2001
News

Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life

Goldman Sachs in asset management with a biotech focus. Of her HBS experience, Ehrenberg says, “Unlike the rote, top-down German education system, here you are an equal partner in ongoing learning and discussion. HBS has made me more... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 1997
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New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence

solutions between sessions, and then get feedback and analysis from participants and faculty when they return to HBS. TGM's pool of collective experience was also cited by other participants as a key asset of the course. Jeffrey D.... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Feb 1998
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C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe

affordable education for all. As he once said of North Carolina's citizens, "In a sense, we are a large family. We will try to direct the proper proportion of our strengths and assets to each member of the family." A Charlotte native,... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne

01 Dec 2006
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Over 50 and Job Hunting?

improving market share, for example, might target a company where sales have been stagnant for a couple of quarters. Demonstrated profitability is a key competitive asset for older MBAs. “You may be looking for a job after being laid off,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; job hunting

01 Dec 2012
News

Shareholders' Value?

if one excludes new start-ups, most new capital is provided by debt. Of course, liquidity in the stock market does enable investors to capture gains on their investments, and it also enables mergers and acquisitions. To provide adequate liquidity, however, an View Details

01 Mar 2015
News

Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow

Jakurskis were inspired to support junior faculty during a pivotal point in their careers. “By investing in associate professors, Maria and I feel we are helping HBS sustain and further its world-class faculty,” says André Jakurski, founding partner of JGP View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2008
News

Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism

underlying price of the asset is increasing. It lures people to overextend credit and to overinvest on the prospect that they too will benefit before the music stops. In this case, the music stopped, and as we know, people are falling off... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Finance; Management; Real Estate

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

Business) Put Your Mindset to Work: The One Asset You Really Need to Win and Keep the Job You Love by James Reed (MBA ’90) and Paul G. Stoltz (Portfolio Trade) Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 2002
News

University Elections

Nashville, TN. Angela K. Dorn, AB ’87, JD ’90. Managing Director and General Counsel, Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. New York, NY. Melita M. Garza, AB ’81. Journalist, Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL. John F. Irving, AB ’83, MBA ’89. Vice... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

01 Oct 1998
News

Tech Trekker

have similarly discovered over the past 25 years. By supporting Lang's creativity and unconventional thinking, high-tech startups and established computer firms alike have found their assets turning to gold under her fingers. "I've always... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2009
News

No Sweat

When he’s not researching empirical asset pricing, behavioral finance, and portfolio choice, Assistant Professor Lauren Cohen’s fondness for heavy lifting moves into the physical realm. Here he works out with an 800-pound tire while... View Details

Keywords: weightlifting

16 May 2017
News

Facing the Board

began with a review of the case, which was focused on two decisions facing asset management firm BlackRock, Inc.: Should the company license its Aladdin operating system? And should it acquire Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM)?... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

14 Dec 2015
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A Leader’s Call to Action

$1.5 billion in assets and approximately $450 million in annual revenue, Dairyland Power employs more than 550 people and owns more than 3,000 miles of transmission lines. It’s an opportunity Nick didn’t want to pass up, as she’d just... View Details