Projects - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
News

Dateline Belgrade

back to 1990 when he agreed to act as an advisor to the financially strapped Bolshoi Theatre. It was the first of several pro bono projects the Swedish-born Castenfelt undertook in Russia, and it eventually led the Yeltsin administration... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

HBS Annual Report Details Strong Financial Growth

marking a peak year for investment in facilities. Two major projects accounted for most of the capital outlay: $38 million for restoration and expansion of Baker Library, and $21 million for Aldrich Hall renovations. To view the full... View Details

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

01 Mar 2003
News

California Research Center Marks Fifth Year

subsequent offices in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Tokyo. Since its inception in 1997, the CRC has produced 109 cases and 29 additional teaching materials. It has also worked on a variety of research projects and often acts as the... View Details

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

01 Mar 2010
News

HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India

in Bangalore. PreMedia Global Co-CEOs Kami Narayan (MBA ’03) and Kapil Viswanathan (MBA ’05) PreMedia provides publishing and content management services, offering editorial development, design, project management, art, and production.... View Details

Keywords: child care; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Career Coach

Robert Kimmel

outside of work. Robert has been a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group and has worked with private-equity-backed companies as part of the Portfolio Improvement Group at Audax Private Equity. His direct operations management... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing; Private Equity; Financial Services (All)

27 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 27

public market. Explores at the corporate level the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits while achieving excellent educational outcomes. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813113-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-078 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

risky projects or projects related to COVID-19, primarily in the life sciences sector, as the latter might have higher expected returns. As a result, entrepreneurs outside of the life sciences or pursuing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

to innovators that have invented and disseminated new battery chemistries, so many projects demonstrate extreme promise for a wealthier, healthier future India. Our research focus area was decarbonizing steel production, a notoriously... View Details

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

impact of global capitalism has focused on the West. The capitalism which is now under so much criticism is American capitalism, or more specifically a form of American capitalism which became dominant from the 1980s. The School’s extensive Creating Emerging Markets... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

opportunity. This is particularly interesting as prior research in the finance literature has shown that firms will overinvest in high quality projects when investors have imperfect information about the quality of the firm's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Technical How-To’s & Notes - Research Computing Services

Help Help Technical How-To’s & Notes 2ms Archiving Your Research Files on the HBSGrid Change your Unix command prompt Changing permissions on the HBSGrid Monitoring CPU usage of your jobs on the HBSGrid HBSGrid Project directory space... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Competitive Advantages

The School's US Competitiveness Project held events in Silicon Valley and Chicago in the fall. At top, Professor William A. Sahlman leads a discussion on entrepreneurship with Northern California business leaders Mary Meeker, a partner at... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness

Profile

Matt Segneri

were an intellectually curious, fun group of people — I enjoyed the teamwork." Matt stayed with Monitor Group after completing his undergraduate degree. "I had the opportunity to work on a number of projects across the public,... View Details

21 Sep 2016
News

Leadership in Motion

Leadership in 2007. In the spring of 2016, Veron was elected a trustee of Scarsdale Village. Community involvement also planted the seeds for the Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit Veron cofounded in 2012 to encourage the growth of... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System

scholars from HBS, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, and the Department of Economics, the BFFS Project is led by Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at HBS. “There has long been a significant... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015

reflected the School’s fiscal 2015 adoption of GAAP, which requires the capitalization of I.T. project costs that were previously reported as operating expenses. Supplies & Equipment and Other Expenses Spending in the Other Expenses... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016

School. Debt Service HBS finances major capital projects with a mix of three sources of funding. The most important sources are gifts and unrestricted reserves of internally generated cash. The School also makes strategic use of debt... View Details

05 Jan 2011
Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

typical lab has 20 to 40 people, led by a senior researcher (the "principal investigator''). Most people in a lab are doctoral or postdoctoral students who are pursuing careers in science. Labs have many different projects under... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

Clubs News Clubs News Boston Alumni Find Leadership Inspiration in Project Impact Series Hunger and food insecurity. Racial justice. Youth and education. These issues have served as the central organizing topics for View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

John P. Morgan, Jr.

Morgan Jr. continued his father’s methods and policies in dealing with industry, railroads, banks and other institutions and grew J. P. Morgan and Company’s business. He made his most important impact through government-financed projects... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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