Financial Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1998
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HBS professor Michael Beer and Harvard University doctoral candidate Nancy Katz report on a survey of 205 executives from 30 countries in industries such as manufacturing, retail, and financial and professional services. The survey... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

01 Feb 1998
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Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)

- a strategy, marketing, and athlete representation firm she founded - has been selected by the league's seed investors to create and manage the new league. The league's marketing strategy is "a hybrid of the ABL and WNBA women's... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

September 2006 (Revised June 2007)
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3i Group plc: May 2006

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Since 2004, Philip Yea, the first outsider ever to lead 3i Group, one of Europe's largest publicly listed private equity firms, has been trying to help the far flung organization become more of a streamlined partnership even as it functions around the globe. As he... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Globalized Firms and Management; Alignment; Partners and Partnerships; Public Ownership; Employees; Goals and Objectives; Financial Services Industry

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Director’s Foreword | Baker Library

of the longest running and largest investment firms in the United States. The Lehman Brothers Collection holds voluminous business records highlighting the administrative and financial activities of the... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

achieve their long-term financial objectives through an array of services, products, and coordination between the Web, the phones, and our service centers. We let people pick the service they're comfortable with, including face-to-face... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Mar 2017
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As Head of Fidelity, Abigail Johnson Is Just Getting Started

After 29 years with the family business, 55-year-old Abigail Johnson (MBA 1988) has been making a series of bold moves since assuming the role of chairman of Fidelity Investments in December 2016, according to a report in the Boston Globe. The privately held mutual... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Investment Authors:Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Periodical:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Political risks increase the volatility of multinational firm... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Career Coach

Dan Mindus

Dan (Yale '01, HBS '08) is Founder and Managing Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with $200M+ in assets under management. NextGen has a unique, network-driven model with more than 1600 entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All)

25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

Ventures. Forces students to grapple with the nature of financial risk in the start-up firm and assess the prospective risks and returns to a lender to such a firm. To reach a perspective on these issues,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2010
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Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965

to his home country of South Africa and established Allan Gray Investment Counsel, a firm dedicated to meeting clients’ needs, including delivering superior returns through rigorous company research. While many View Details

16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial reporting convergence yet spurred controversy reaching the highest levels of government. We find a more positive reaction for... View Details

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2.4 Degree Requirements | MBA

Category I-IV scale unless otherwise noted): Required Curriculum Term 1 Term 2 Finance 1 (FIN1) Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) Data Science and AI for Leaders (DSAIL) 1.5... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Executive Action

office and dining facilities, and classrooms, is the result of a $40 million gift from the Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and Family Foundation. The new building is being designed by architectural firm Goody Clancy and will stand where Kresge... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2009
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Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

HENDERSON: After two decades at MIT, she brings her interest in “green business” to HBS. Major technological shifts always pose a challenge to organizations, and Rebecca Henderson (MBA ’85, PhDBE ’88) has spent the last two decades exploring why some View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

forthcoming Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Leverage and the Beta Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, Mathias F. Hoeyer, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract— The well-known weak empirical relationship between beta risk and the cost of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library

The most vulnerable to a deteriorating fixed income market.” (6) Despite these warning signs, the firm continued its aggressive growth strategy. Another dire sign of the state of the financial system... View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

Tuesday, January 13 Course Fee: $3,600 (see note on financial aid) Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. View Details

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

Harris Fahnestock document a financial career that spanned more than half a century. The collection contains correspondence and documents relating to Fahnestock’s partnership in Jay Cooke & Co. from 1862 to 1873, including reports to... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

that can't tell you exactly how much our customers have on deposit. We have 35-year-old systems for maintaining records on tape files. Our collection process and compliance examinations are months or years behind, largely due to antiquated systems. We collect $1.5... View Details