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24 May 2017
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Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

path through the upper ranks of investment banking as well as his success building one of the world’s leading investment funds focused on infrastructure. Today he runs Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), managing a portfolio that... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Having grown up in a developing country, Professor Sikochi’s research focus is driven by a desire to understand how capital flows to firms and entrepreneurs with the ultimate goal to help build capital markets in the developing economies. To this end, he conducts... View Details

09 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?

Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Green Technology

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Finance - Faculty & Research

lifestyle, especially as he and his partner continued working in their own professional roles. Rather than outsourcing full control to a private bank or wealth advisor, Rehman established what he referred to... View Details

June 2018 (Revised January 2019)
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Membership Rewards® from American Express

By: Shelle Santana, Frances X. Frei and Lauren G. Pickle

Credit and charge card issuer American Express (Amex) had developed a strong reputation among consumers due in part to its Membership Rewards (MR) loyalty program, first established in 1991. Through MR, all Amex cardholders could accumulate and redeem “points” based on... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Customer Loyalty; Credit Cards; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Customer Value and Value Chain; Value Creation; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; North America; United States

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01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

healer for millions of people. The Servant Leader: Richard Davis Richard Davis started his career as a bank teller, and became the most successful commercial banker in America after US Bancorp named him CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking; Banking; Banking; Banking

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Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details

19 Dec 2023
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15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

products company decided to set a real zero climate goal instead of net zero, and how they plan to achieve it. She also describes how Seventh Generation is going beyond a carbon footprint to measure its carbon fingerprints that touch... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

March 2025 Case Bidding for the Bunker: Crown Wine Cellars’ Complex Negotiations By: Alex Chan and Rachel Lau March 2025 (Revised May 2025) Case ING Türkiye: Flexible Work in a Competitive Banking... View Details

18 Jul 2023
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Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
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Transformation at ING (A): Agile

By: William R. Kerr, Federica Gabrieli and Emer Moloney

In December 2017, Vincent van den Boogert, CEO of ING in the Netherlands, was reflecting upon the company’s “agile” transformation, a reorganization of work that had been critical to respond to and exceed rapidly changing customer expectations. Launched in 2015 at the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change; Organizational Management; Workforce; Agile; Change Management; Leadership; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Leading Change; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banking Industry

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Compensation Committees

Summary Executive compensation has become a flashpoint issue for board members, institutional investors, regulators, and the media. Examining critical market and regulatory issues, this board leadership... View Details

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Employment Data Trends

Health-Related Services 3% 2% 3% 3% 3% Investment Banking 3% 4% 3% 3% 5% Investment Management / Hedge Fund 7% 8% 8% 6% 6% Manufacturing 4% 4% 5% 6% 5% Aero / Auto / Transport Equipment 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% Cleantech 0% <1% <1% <1% <1% Energy /... View Details

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South Asia - Global

India, and on the Advisory Board of the Indian Business School. Prior to joining HBS IRC Anjali spent 15 years with Citigroup India, most recently as Country Director, before which she worked for more than a decade with ANZ Grindlays... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

Administration William R. Kerr Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Asim I. Khwaja Visiting Professor of Business Administration Olivia... View Details

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Data - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

maintains this updated database on US government debt structure. Dataset 1916-2016 (XLS) Global Industry Bubble Watch Bubble Watch Data Banking System The BFFS has compiled data and figures on the aggregate... View Details

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01 Mar 2003
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Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper

With thirty years in the investment banking business under his belt, Richard L. Franyo (MBA ’72), then managing director of investment banking for Deutsche Bank, was ready for a change. But after a heady... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

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