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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
“It is not at all clear that when firms expand abroad they contract at home. If anything, you see the opposite.” — HBS professor MIHIR DESAI noting that foreign profits made by American firms put them in a better position to grow at home. (Washington Post, September... View Details
- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
In emerging markets, where traditional credit scores are rare, how can lenders decide who is creditworthy? Just ask, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and chief strategy officer of the for-profit Entrepreneurial Finance Lab. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Programs An outdated regulatory system designed for the traditional banking system was one of a number of important factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis, Professor David Scharfstein says. “The financial system had evolved over 30 years from one in which most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Lab. And that may just be the answer to developing a strong small-business sector in emerging markets. In more developed markets, a bank can make loan decisions based on credit scores, that three-digit distillation of a lifetime of bill... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Learning to Speak the Language of Business
including travel, banking, telecommunications, and credit card services. Not satisfied with dominating Japan’s e-commerce landscape, Mikitani believes the company’s future lies in taking its online expertise global. Since 2008, Rakuten... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Capitalism.” Not a word was mentioned about the credit disaster facing our nation today. The article stresses the remarkable recent prosperity of capitalism, and points out some concerns. It does not speak to the abuses of the mortgage... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
landscape for small businesses is vast, including banks and credit cards, Big Tech, fintechs, and infrastructure players (Plaid, Yodlee, nCino, etc.). FUTURE SCOPE One thing is clear, Mills says: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building business for a better Brazil
consumer goods, jobs, and global markets. Since selling the company to Credit Suisse First Boston in 1998, Lemann and his partners, Carlos A. Sicupira (OPM 9, 1984) and Marcel H. Telles (OPM 10, 1985) have focused on acquisitions that... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Finding a cure so that others may benefit
call. The foundation wanted to invest in for-profit bioscience companies to spur scientists to find a cure for the disease. O’Donnell is credited with almost singlehandedly raising $250 million in support of this venture philanthropy,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Meg's World
joining eBay in 1998. Unassuming and low-key, Whitman told Fortune (August 11, 2003) that all the credit for her success goes to eBay’s customers: “This company truly is built by the community of users.” View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
You Have to Save to Win
Playing off the popularity of lottery games, HBS professor Peter Tufano has designed a savings program called “Save to Win,” now being tested at eight credit unions in Michigan. To participate, individuals open a one-year certificate of... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time
reflects information from 42 countries spanning the years 1947 to 2017. What he found was a “killer predictor”—the coincidence of price and quantity growth in which either housing prices are high and there is great housing credit growth,... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Paolo M. Pellegrini, MBA 1985 & Henrietta Jones
first Italian minicomputer was developed,” recalls Pellegrini, who now lives in New York City. “In high school, I had summer internships at various software development companies, and I credit those experiences with a big portion of my... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Agent of change
varied path for the Lafayette College chemical engineering major and former process engineer at Proctor & Gamble. "I really enjoy new challenges," says Skovran, who credits HBS with preparing her for the position she has accepted at Bain... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959) Two institutions completely changed the life of Charles P. Waite, says Patti Waite Bishop about her late father, a venture capital pioneer and founding partner at Greylock Management: the US Army and Harvard Business School. “He View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
Gillette prior to attending HBS, and is known for bringing a business-centric focus to the conservation movement. He credits a taste for entrepreneurship developed in b-school and a bit of luck for his change in career paths. In the late... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
that teach different aspects of financial literacy. Celebrity Calamity focuses on the ins and outs of credit card debt; Farm Blitz: teaches users about debt, savings, and compound interest; Bite Club, billed as “the world’s first-ever... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Interpreting the Gipper
wrote in Newsweek (June 14, 2004), will hinge more than anything else on one question: “How much credit does he deserve for the fact that the Cold War ended far earlier than almost anyone suspected — and on terms that Americans had... View Details
- 30 Jul 2019
- News
Turning Around Tesco
£6.4 billion in losses, the largest ever experienced by a British retailer. David Lewis (AMP 161, 2001) arrived on the scene as Tesco’s new CEO in the wake of that dark moment; many now credit him for returning the company to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
A Match Made in Heaven
Back in the 1980s, while working as a high-priced management consultant, Jim Koch (MBA ’74) decided what this country really needed was an exceptional glass of beer. He drained his savings, maxed out his credit cards, and using an old... View Details