securities - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

secured his place in history with the critical Louisiana Purchase, Mukunda argues that "no diplomatic virtuosity or intellectual brilliance was required there is nothing in the events surrounding it that suggests any normal president... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

09 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

Many corporations have gotten good at pulling the levers of government to tilt the odds in their favor, weakening regulations or securing perks, justified or not, to further their business interests. Economists use the term... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

matters, too. Teixeira now is looking to discover the factors that make the former lead to the latter. "Attention is the biggest bottleneck, and we need to get through it," he says. "But after you've secured attention through good ads,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

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Dana Hoffmann

Before she applied to HBS, Dana Hoffmann seemed to be on a dream career trajectory. With a master’s degree in applied mathematics, she had worked as a financial analyst at Symantec, the Silicon Valley security software giant, and was... View Details

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Marcela Sapone

sending gifts, booking appointments and reorganizing closets. By assuming the time-draining task of finding high quality service providers, Alfred secures the best professionals on a subscriber’s behalf. Sapone tips her cap to Angie’s... View Details

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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin Steel 19th-Century Boston Portrait... View Details

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Board Diversity: Pressure Leads to Action - Blog: RGE Report

director from a diverse background) Companies also must annually disclose diversity statistics about the composition of their boards on measures including sexual orientation identification, gender, race, and ethnicity. The Securities... View Details

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Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions - Course Catalog

have different allocations and distributive effects. Indeed, rising inequality, the weak labor market performance for workers at the lower end of the skill spectrum, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009, the COVID pandemic, wars, terrorist’ attacks, and View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Bringing Hope to a Violent Land

despite ongoing violence, in meeting the humanitarian needs of the people in Darfur and in other parts of Sudan, without security we cannot fully carry out our mission and our fundamental programs.” Those programs are low-cost,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; UNICEF; nonprofit; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants By: Shu, Pian Abstract—Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) possess significantly more... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

vulnerabilities that left Mexico exposed to a sudden change in investor appetite for Mexican securities in 1994. Political violence in Mexico and changes in monetary policy in the United States then led to radical changes in investor... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

for example. Investors may secure a promising iron ore asset but drag their feet in developing it while waiting for mines elsewhere to deplete. Even after a decision is made to mine, the infrastructure must be built to bring the resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

and bargaining power than small liquor stores. Smaller vineyards often can find it more difficult to secure shelf space, and all wineries find themselves facing pricing pressure from the retail and distribution channels. There's no... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

to join a start-up established by a former colleague. Wall Street traders are not known for their indecision, and this one had been a star, staking millions of dollars on his trading instincts and closing dozens of securities deals daily.... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

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Arthur Rock

secured the financing, doled out shares in the new venture, and Intel was born. This iconic firm heralded a coming technology revolution. The golden age of the microprocessor was underway and the world was being changed forever. With this... View Details

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate... View Details

16 May 2017
News

Facing the Board

real-world perspective.” Leo Corbett (MBA 1975), whose career both in the private and public sectors includes stints in the Social Security Administration and on Wall Street, has served on many boards of directors. He said he enjoyed... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

(PAM) space, a cybersecurity subsegment it had essentially created to secure organizations’ IT systems and sensitive data. Over 17 years, the Israeli company had grown to a market capitalization of over $1.6 billion, with sales exceeding... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

policy we consider concerns the level of future Social Security benefits. Specifically, we examine how an agent would respond to learning in advance whether she will experience a major Social Security... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

workflows with an emphasis on documenting and maintaining the authenticity, integrity, and security of born-digital HBS records and special collections materials throughout the digital stewardship lifecycle. He also collaboratively... View Details

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