Behavioral Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2003
News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Lee-Chin, chairman and CEO of AIC, a Canadian mutual fund company. “Our behavior today will be our history tomorrow,” Chin said. “We have to make sure it is well written.” Panels included alumni from recent MBA classes discussing the ups... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 2020
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Happy Because He’s Blind

most valuable lesson: Life without obstacles removes opportunities for growth,” he said. “We have to choose to deliberately frame our perception, or we allow the circumstances of life to determine our happiness.” Now a finance executive... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference

the conference attracted more than 800 women to the HBS campus. The panel on entrepreneurship at which Shukla spoke was moderated by HBS professor Lynda Applegate. It focused on the unique challenges women face in starting a company, particularly in getting View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Aug 2010
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Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers

(sent in by class-notes secretaries) Catchphrases and Mottos 1972B studied an HBO (Human Behavior in the Organization) case in which there were two hourly workers. One of them would steal the other fellow’s banana every day from his... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
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Faculty Books

Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths by Timothy Butler (HBS Press) Acknowledging that people may feel stuck or psychologically paralyzed at times in their lives, Butler, director of Career Development Programs, offers strategies for moving beyond a career or... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America

of health-care finance and access, this simple innovation could help make things better today. Could you talk about your idea of “citizen diplomats”? In comparison with our massive defense spending, the U.S. Foreign Service budget is very... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

13 May 2014
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Inside Africa

Africa for five years, teaching corporate finance at Wits Business School in Johannesburg and serving on the investment committee of a private equity fund. It was also during this time that she acquired the domain name Africa.com, without... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

emotional reaction that leaves the conscious brain incapable of making a rational response. Understanding the irrationality of human behavior is essential for understanding how people relate - or do not relate - to each other, which is... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

crooks, all fueled by greed, stupidity, and a keen desire to look the other way. And even when they were looking in the right direction, all of these people and entities saw nothing. Gina was the Penn and Teller of misdirection, acting with caring View Details

18 Mar 2020
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Leading Change

International Finance Corporation; Sarah Wright Meyers (MBA 1997), Founder & Managing Partner, Hull Street Energy; and Matt Sonnesyn (Harvard Kennedy School, 2002), VP of Infrastructure, Energy, and Environment, Business Roundtable. “This... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

enthusiasm, his opinion changed when he began interviewing the entrepreneurs. At that point, he said, "I was sure there were some promising opportunities in this group." Before the forum was over, presenter Jill Card of IBEX Process Technology had announced a new $2... View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

entrepreneur? That’s the next question: What is it that VCs are actually looking for? You also address another commonly held idea about the VC world: Investments are not always made based on the numbers. PG: In first-year Finance and... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Mar 2008
News

Election ’08, HBS Style

creating Wikis and message boards with IT. They also hope to increase operating hours in Spangler and Baker. The first half of the debate was a fairly sedate affair. One point of contention was the upfront $200 fee that incoming students pay to the SA. Used in part to... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2003
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Fighting Back from a Knockout

described the rating as “a knockout blow” and vowed that his administration would fight for its constituents and would turn the city around. Declared Laffey, who teaches a college finance course and is a former president and COO of Morgan... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 2014
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Five Degrees of Doriot

LIFE VEST: A soldier displays a piece of shrapnel that lodged in his armored vest during frontline action in Korea on March 30, 1952. The impact knocked him to the ground, but the vest, reinforced with Doriot’s “Doron,” was credited with saving him from serious injury.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; George Doriot; Educational Services

05 Feb 2010
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Worse than the Boston Sports Media?

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

26 Feb 2021
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Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

representation on private and public boards. “Our goal is to get 21 Latino placements on boards in 2021,” says Lulu Curiel (MBA 2010) , president of Ivy Advisors, who organized and hosted the webinars with Melissa Hart (MBA 2017), senior View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley