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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
and responsibilities, limits of markets and models, risk and restraint, pros and cons of regulation — all appeared in some form in the cases I studied. The best way to learn leadership in business is to give the new MBA graduate a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
photo by Susan Young I also believe this will decrease risk for lenders, which will lower the cost of capital and create a virtuous cycle. Community banks, in particular, could be big winners: Imagine if they introduced these fintech... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
students said, ‘If I can’t see it, it’s hard for me to be it.’ And we fail our other students because we don’t show them the many sources of amazing talent in the world. We put them at risk of overlooking talent.” “When our cases don’t... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
Considered one of Wall Street's most influential young executives, Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA '93) has gained that stature by working hard at what she has always loved. “My father was an investment banker, and I think my interest in View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Oct 2018
- News
Bringing the Background into Focus
research in 2014 and has given $500,000 in total to support the exhibition at the Wallach. “This is the way narratives get changed,” Mr. Walker said. “I’m not surprised that the large institutions weren’t interested in this show because often the smaller institutions... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
opportunities and risks when evaluating investments. The technology classes gave me some subject matter expertise on the industries in which North Island invests. The general management and negotiations classes gave me a toolkit to manage... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
of risk capital are contributing increasingly to a massive expansion in new business, all underpinned by a deep social change and a willingness to “do things differently,” especially among the young. Drawing on his experiences and more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
of diversification (vertical, horizontal, and tangential) available for growth and explains how they might be identified, evaluated, and effectively pursued. He also addresses the opportunities and risks of each category. Choosing the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
“We simply can’t call it capitalism if the biggest financial institutions enjoy a guarantee from the taxpayer that if they go bust, or risk going bust, they’ll be bailed out. That has to change.” — Professor Niall Ferguson, responding to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
two more rounds of equity financing of $2.5 million each in 2005 and 2006. In August 2007, Linear took delivery of its first VLJ, an Eclipse 500 purchased on the secondary market. The brainchild of high-tech engineer and venture... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
alike are increasingly relying on whistleblowers to prevent and investigate fraud, the professors realized, there is little understanding about the real risks faced by an employee who steps forward. Dey and Heese set out to study the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
first-date spot: In their online profiles, women got younger and men got taller. As the stigma of online dating faded, the idea arose that the Internet could make dating easier for everyone. Asking someone on a date via email was less of an emotional View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
“We know the industry is changing and we need to become very good global thinkers. The risk of not acting is even bigger.” After kicking the case around, talk turned to the pending role play and the best ways to make it a valuable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
company opened a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Livonia, Michigan, thanks in large part to $249 million in financing from President Obama’s stimulus package, with a second plant coming online in Romulus, Michigan. “The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
be in our backyard," he says. "We deliberately didn't want to go to London, even though it was a bigger city with a big financial center, because we thought there was a risk of just sitting back and waiting for companies to file through.... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
sustainability risks and opportunities, has heard from a major technology company that they are considering the availability of renewable energy resources in site selection. “It has moved from being tenth on the list of siting criteria to... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
may be “extraordinary,” but it runs the risk of missing the mark. Studying “meltdown,” “executive pay,” “reporting,” and “liquidity” could be useful. Those subjects, however, are consequences not causes. Please give some thought and study... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
kind of generosity. Royalties from this book go to Christian ministries focused on spreading the Gospel and providing for those in need. Global Risk Agility and Decision Making: Organizational Resilience in the Era of Manmade View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Letters to the Editor
HBS Flunks Finance 101 As regards your December Editor’s Note wherein you refer to Dean Jay Light’s remarks to the hastily organized financial crisis panels during the week of September 22: Light attributes the financial crisis to the... View Details