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15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

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Events - Private Capital Project

Bank of Canada). The discussion, moderated by Josh Lerner (HBS and PCRI). The Rise of the Asset Owner-Investor in Private Markets October 11, 2019 “The Rise of the Asset Owner-Investor in Private Markets” hosted by the Private Capital... View Details

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

to are probability forecasts, outlining the likelihood of the storm going in one direction versus another. In economics, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia coordinates probability and point forecasts for predicted growth in gross... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

such as violation history or financial leverage. In fact, those indicators rose and fell with remarkable consistency as violations occurred. “When we looked at Wells Fargo relative to the average in the banking industry, we could see it... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

Blog

Inside the Learning: Wellness on Campus

is located right on the banks of the Charles River, which provides great trails for walking or running while taking in the local scenery. For round-trip distances along the shoreline, download the Charles River Running Map. You can also... View Details

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

options, and (2) they harbored reservations about entrusting an unfamiliar FinTech without an established banking relationship. Consequently, I began to envision a neobank dedicated to migrants, initially offering essential services like... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

09 Aug 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Two Million Fake Accounts: Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo

Keywords: Re: Suraj Srinivasan; Banking; Banking

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf

nonprofit organization, DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Database, that currently has 650,000 registered potential donors, the largest bone marrow donor bank in the world. While Harf's wife did not survive, thousands of others have, thanks... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

the startup approaches its “fume date” —when its bank balance hits zero. In parallel, the founder will probably start to lay off employees, deciding how deeply to cut. And this is just the prelude to a shutdown. Things get worse when it... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

front, you had us building satellites. The entrance was a garage door that couldn't really close. The car that was standing there was like the single most beat-up Toyota Corolla, in white, that you can imagine, which was our phone booth.We also had a former View Details

18 Apr 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Pooling on Throughput Time in Discretionary Work Settings: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay

Keywords: by Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker & Karen L. Murrell; Health

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

however, may not be enough. “You need to have more active or curated interviews, giving people a reason to talk to one another, and an agenda so they can reflect on their strengths and opportunities for growth,” Stanton says. “You don’t have to break the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

Infrastructure/Transportation Post-HBS Industry: Investment Banking in Natural Resources What is the best part about being a mom at HBS? Having the flexibility to drop off and pick up my daughter at her daycare every day and getting to... View Details

20 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses

information from Bankruptcydata.com, Bloomberg Law, Moody’s Investors Service, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Antill studied 503 nonfinancial companies, each carrying more than $50 million in debt at the time of default... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

companies make mistakes that derail and even destroy them. How can companies sustain commitment and performance in this environment? A: Clearly the 2008-2009 economic crisis has some macroeconomic causes. But it can just as easily be explained by the approach to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

they can’t make an overall risk assessment. Gazette: This week, a panel of banking regulators and treasury officials from the G20 countries said it will put forward “robust” new regulations in October in response to the “intrinsic... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

write about a personal past experience that fit one of five categories: unethical, ethical, positive, negative, or neutral. The participants mostly wrote about commonplace actions (cheating on an exam or padding an expense report, for example) rather than felonious... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 s 19 The New Deal Commercial and investment banking separated Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal... View Details

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

modern venture capital industry. "We are a movement, not just a company. A commercial bank lends only on the strength of past successes and proven assets. I want money to do things that have never been done before." Georges F. Doriot, in... View Details

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