Financial Assistance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

to Finding Your “Enough” By Manisha Thakor (MBA 1997) Harper Business No matter your age, income, or profession, it’s all too easy to fall prey to the false belief that the amount of money you earn, or accomplishments you achieve, or praise you receive is just never... View Details

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Qcells, General Electric Vernova, Enel Green Power Equitable access to resources: Chargerhelp!, BlocPower, Volta Financial investment: Bank of America Conclusions U.S. policies provide an opportunity for businesses to address... View Details

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

recent research in a new article in Harvard Business Review, “The Other Diversity Dividend,” co-written with HBS research associate Silpa Kovvali. They focused on the venture capital industry, which provided a unique laboratory for investigating View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Financial Services

16 May 2024
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On the Job

tough. It was tough. Julia Hanna: When he graduated from HBS in 1970, Gerry Schwartz (MBA 1970) passed up the offers he got to work on Wall Street to join a land development company in Florida. It seemed like a quick, sure path to substantial View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Technical Requirements Enrollment Academics Learning Tracks Costs, Grants & Financial Aid HBS Online for Organizations Certificates Pathways to Business Overview How are HBS Online courses delivered? We offer self-paced programs (with... View Details

26 May 2016
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets 2013-15 Named Most Powerful Woman in Finance by American Banker 2016 Joins Board of Directors, Robin Hood Foundation Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan Asset Management It’s hard to talk... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

By: Coates, John C., Jesse M. Fried, and Kathryn E. Spier Abstract—We report the results of an online survey, conducted on behalf of Harvard Law School, of 124 practicing attorneys at major law firms. The survey had two main objectives: (1) to View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

honest insights about the industry through various lenses.” Lugas Prancafitri Chief Financial Officer at BNI Ventures What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by:... View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for... View Details

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

agency. Should the performer continue with the arena tour solo? Should she develop a small tour for smaller venues? Or should she cancel the concert series entirely? The case, which Elberse coauthored with Michael Christensen (HBS MBA '11) and which also benefited from... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

20 Jan 2022
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

We’re approaching year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no clear end in sight. During this time, companies have had to make difficult decisions about whether employees should work from home, wear masks in the office, and get vaccinated and tested. Many companies... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans, who studies how people navigate trade-offs between time and money. “We know that buying into positive experiences—like the movies—is a good predictor of daily happiness. This... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business model and lowering profitability,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

33 In 1946, Doriot became president of American Research and Development Corporation (ARD), the first publicly funded venture capital firm and one of the first modern venture capital companies established after the war. Located in Boston, ARD offered entrepreneurs... View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

University, the Atlanta Conferences addressed pressing economic issues that the Black community faced. The fourth annual conference was entitled "The Negro in Business." In 1900, Booker T. Washington founded the National Negro Business League (NNBL) to promote... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

provide financial assistance to Canadians wishing to attend Harvard Business School and acquire the leadership skills to make a lifelong contribution to Canadian society. In honor of McArthur’s 60th reunion... View Details

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Wilder House | About

making of me.” In return, Wilder created a path to the School for future generations of young Canadians by endowing the William P. Wilder (MBA 1950) Fellowship and by helping to spearhead the HBS Canadian Initiative, which provides View Details

18 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 18

may need "hot" financial markets to get through the initial period of discovery or diffusion. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/FinancingRiskandInnovation.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

former HBS doctoral student who is now an assistant professor at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Despite such pitfalls of idle time, however, the phenomenon has been understudied. “There is much more focus... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

In some cases, people can spare themselves the trouble of deliberation and instead "decide by mind wandering" yet experience no decrease in satisfaction. September 2013 Review of Financial Studies Expectations of Returns and... View Details