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- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
206-046 Using a comprehensive and simple example of a firm exposed to foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, and commodity price risk, shows how to use corporate-value-at-risk to measure and manage a firm's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
transformed into a truly global enterprise with 127,000 employees of 153 nationalities in 140 countries generating $56.7 billion in 2012 revenues and $9.6 billion in net income, making the firm one of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Abstract—The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling-reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
Top leaders of a global consulting firm longed to add more women to its partner ranks, if women would just put in the hours necessary to compete. But mothers would always prioritize their children’s needs... View Details
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
Brooks and Oprah Winfrey, on their recent book launch focused on pursuing happiness: Build the Life You Want. It was refreshing to learn that even globally iconic figures—such as Oprah—go through the same rollercoaster of second-guessing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Talent and the Portability of Performance by Boris Groysberg (Princeton University Press) Many firms try to buy star performers by luring them away from competitors. But after examining the careers of over 1,000 star analysts on Wall... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
illustrious company is a source of motivation to keep working hard and accomplish even more in the future.” Can you tell us about your current work? Pradhan: “I work as a technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) investor at TPG, a View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Sekou Calliste
something on the news in the morning that's the subject of a case in the afternoon. We're already examining issues such as the EU's response to the Greek crisis, the coming 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The global financial crisis?... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
the world, both for the better and for the more challenging,” says Lemmon, who wrote The Dressmaker while working at global investment management firm PIMCO. “I want to tell stories that have implications... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
Theory of Corporate Debt Maturity Choice Authors:Robin Greenwood, Jeremy C. Stein, and Samuel Hanson Abstract We argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises because firms behave as macro... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
where he makes his home and works as a partner at the mergers and acquisitions firm Architect Partners. A two-decade-long drought, a record-breaking heat wave, and a rare dry lightning storm had sparked 350 fires across Northern and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren. "The world of business has been governed by an implicit leadership model," Beer explains. "With the exception of a minority of CEOs, however—those we interviewed and others like them—the purpose of the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
PublicationsOptimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations Authors:Bariş Ata, Deishin Lee, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract A waste-to-energy firm that recycles... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Intelenet. Dixit had to firm up his strategy quickly in order to begin negotiations with Globank. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/213036-PDF-ENG The 'Chongqing Model' and the Future of China Rithmire, MegHarvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
leverage and financial fragility for emerging market firms following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Corporate debt vulnerability indicators during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) attributed to corporate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
Daniel has been associated with the firm for nearly fifty years and was its leader from 1976 to 1988. He served as the treasurer of Harvard University, advising three presidents, from 1989 until last June. Barbara Hackman Franklin (MBA... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
"I tend to think that small and focused is the name of the game," agrees Matthew R. Simmons (MBA '67), president and chairman of Simmons & Company International. Established in 1974 as a specialized investment bank to the oil service industry, his Houston View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of workers and the number of matches, while the change in firm welfare is ambiguous. A signaling mechanism adds the most value for balanced markets. Should You... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
reduction of firm variability, we do not find this offsetting beneficial effect to be strong. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44730 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 413-065 Omar... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Books
as venture capital and buyouts but excluding hedge funds—has become a much larger, more influential part of the global economy over the past two decades. The authors—Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking; Leamon, an... View Details