Security Selection - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2017
News

Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

Illustration by Jon Krause When trying to explain how blockchain works, it helps to have a mass-culture analogue. Mike O’Grady (MBA 1992), president of Chicago-based Northern Trust, uses social media: Blockchain, he says, is a transaction ledger that is accessible to... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

30 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

personal persuasion. Kearney, her twin sister, is an entrepreneur and scholar whose research is fueled by both a frustration with and curiosity about the dearth of venture capital for women. (In the first half of 2013, companies with at least one female founder View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

study with Deniz Aydin, an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis’s Olin Business School. Test case in Turkey To test how small firms manage and use their debt, Aydin and Kim turned to extensive lending data from a large European bank based in Turkey... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

to each strategy. By "inviting in the lions" to critique your idea—and being prepared for them—you'll capture busy people's attention, help them grasp your proposal's value, and secure their commitment to implementing the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

“We are working with selected schools to teach this program in an interactive learning manner, so it inspires the students and they are able to internalize the skills,” Bhargava explains. Other schools have introduced entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship will support a graduating HBS student who is launching a social enterprise that will create significant social or environmental value in a sustainable manner. The fellowship is selective and will be... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

Accelerating Allston

address societal problems and develop value-creating enterprises. Prior to graduation, the program faculty will select students who have shown exemplary leadership, academic success, and innovation to receive an award in the donors’... View Details

25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

frequency and concentrate on a narrow selection of genres, regularly opt for obscure products likely not available in bricks-and-mortar stores. Casting doubt on the "democratizing" nature of online channels, however, I also show... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

secured a strong lineup of speakers, each leaders in their respective fields, to offer students a broad range of perspectives as they engage with the coursework. Educational Objectives Through immersing students in Singapore’s burgeoning... View Details

21 May 2001
Research & Ideas

From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership

engine for the extraordinary motivation and commitment demanded by creativity. As organizations become increasingly diverse and their boundaries flexible and amorphous, the notion of what brings people together to act as one body becomes ever more critical," Hill... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

Case 407-050 Gianna Angelopoulous-Daskalaki led the bidding organization that secured the 2004 Olympics for Athens and then later the preparations for those Games. Tracks her leadership style and how she and her team won the bid. After... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected Bibliography Lenders to the Exhibit Additional Information About... View Details

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IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog

submission 60% - Team final paper and individual reflection paper Course Credit and Fees: Students will receive 3 credits upon successful completion of this course. HBS will provide logistical support for the immersion (including hotel accommodations, View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Naina Lal Kidwai

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s (HSBC) investment banking and securities business in India. She was selected as one of 2002’s fifteen emerging “Global Influentials” by Time magazine; in 2000,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

09 Jan 2006
What Do You Think?

Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?

this fall. At Harvard Business School, 87 percent of the MBA student body, according to one poll, opposed the administration's decision to allow the voluntary disclosure of their grades by individual students, presumably to organizations in which they might be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

for Executive Education, sought to achieve broad-based appeal by selecting five faculty presenters with recently published research in several different areas. The approach evidently succeeded, as the program sold out, attracting eighty... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

30 Aug 2018
News

Sharing a Passion for Art

designed to immerse visitors in a contemplative experience. Ceilings and walls are deemphasized and there are no exit signs, smoke detectors, or visible security cameras. “There is nothing to distract people from looking at art and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Arts, Entertainment

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research. Positive productivity gains are often attributed to knowledge spillover from multinational to domestic firms. An alternative, less stressed explanation is firm View Details