Economic Impact Of Mergers - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

in 2019 that is already creating jobs and expanding economic opportunities in his home country of Cameroon. In May, CassVita was honored with a Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Award funded by the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Jul 2018
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HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86

for senior executives when his son was a second-year MBA student. Spangler also chaired the Bank of North Carolina during the 1980s, playing a key role in its merger with the North Carolina National Bank... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way

Each day the global economy becomes more and more like an African weaving - dozens of different, colorful, and previously isolated threads woven together, gradually becoming more tightly intertwined. Africa, newly rising from years View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

the Student Association (SA) and began one of the most active tenures of any SA president in recent memory. "I was motivated by the people at HBS and wanted to make a positive View Details

18 Nov 2020
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Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

worldwide, the two-day event opened with a special interactive presentation by HBS professors Joseph Fuller and William Kerr called The Future of Work—And Managing the Impact View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Apr 2014
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Helping high achievers achieve even more

As cofounder of Summit Partners, E. Roe Stamps IV (MBA 1974) spurred economic growth and created jobs in a broad range of industries, from fiber optics to pathology... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

make a difference in her own community when then governor John Baldacci of Maine asked for help in creating new jobs to soften the economic impact View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 1998
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Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

With Y2K predictions running the gamut from glitches with home appliances to worldwide economic collapse, Y2K expert John F. Keane (MBA '54) assesses the situation as it appears with one year to go. John F. Keane is CEO and chairman View Details

02 Jun 2019
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A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

mandatory waiting-period laws.) This natural experiment provided a second approach for the researchers to explore the causal impact of waiting periods, and it confirmed the initial results, bolstering the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

13 Jul 2020
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The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)

what it would mean to feel physically present with anyone from anywhere. It unlocks economic opportunities for people who can’t move to major industry hubs; has the potential to dramatically improve our environmental View Details

01 Dec 2022
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I Gave at the Office

funds for her local animal shelter—and found it surprisingly difficult. Much later, in the second year of her PhD program, she discovered the field of behavioral economics and... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

08 Oct 2020
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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) This week, JP Morgan Chase announced that it would commit “an additional $30 billion over the next five years to provide economic opportunity to underserved communities, especially the Black... View Details

03 Mar 2014
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A Life Transformed

says Parija, who later became head of corporate banking following a merger that created a much larger institution. "My contribution to the bank's income was significant, and I was rewarded with company-paid... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Finance; Transportation

13 Jul 2015
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Promoting renewable energy

After studying economics and environmental science at Dartmouth, Giulia Siccardo (MBA 2016) came to HBS to expand her skills with the goal of helping companies reduce their View Details

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

to think through it yourself. When I taught in a management program in Turin in 1953, an Italian assistant of mine commented that lecture courses had the impact of water over... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

myself in a difficult situation,” says Powers. Such internships enable MBA students to gain valuable work experience, explore career options, and apply their classroom learnings. As the economic consequences View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Faculty Books

satisfaction in my career? How can I avoid compromising my integrity? Using lessons from some of the world’s greatest businesses, Christensen and his coauthors provide insight into these challenging questions. The Architecture View Details

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

01 Sep 2003
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Hail to the Chief

Not along ago, consultant Alison Sander (MBA ’86/JD ’87) was invited to evaluate the potential for sustainable investment opportunities in Ecuador’s rain forests, where petroleum reserves were being parceled out to international energy companies. She was stunned to... View Details