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Co-Director of Harvard Stem Cell Institute Program Advisors Students have access to a network of program advisors who serve as mentors, speakers, and career advisors for the community. Christiana (Chris) Bardon MBA ‘03, Harvard... View Details

May 1994 (Revised May 1997)
Case

Nelson Paper Products, Inc.

By: W. Carl Kester

A comprehensive review case that entails both investment and financing decisions. Students must value an acquisitions opportunity and determine how Nelson Paper ought to finance both the acquisition and its regular capital expenditures program. View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Financing and Loans; Investment; Acquisition; Financial Strategy

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

Publications, 2011 Abstract The sole objective of our ontological/phenomenological approach to creating leaders is to leave students actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression. By... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

Shrey Kapoor and Chrys Nikopoulos are students at Harvard Business School, Class of 2021. Shrey and Chrys co-founded FinGig, a volunteer initiative which has helped over 500 self-employed Americans access federal aid dollars during the... View Details

February 2019 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management

By: Kristin Mugford and Mike Harmon

Sports lifestyle company Quiksilver filed for bankruptcy in September 2015. Oaktree is considering an additional investment in the company to facilitate the restructuring. Students must consider whether Oaktree should invest given the risks of the turnaround... View Details

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Restructuring; Debt Securities; Transformation; Decision Making; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Crisis Management; Negotiation; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; United States

May 2008
Supplement

Finansbank 2006 (CW)

By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer

How do financial policy requirements and benefits of ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Financing and Loans; Policy; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Russia; Turkey; Romania; Switzerland; Ukraine

11 May 2021
Blog Post

Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020)

classmates, so in short order they set up a task force to examine how MBA students experience the role of class. We asked Holly and Alexxis about the task force and their hopes for how it will affect the future of the MBA View Details

May 2001
Supplement

Korea Stock Exchange

By: Tarun Khanna

Features a presentation by In-Kie Hong of Korea Stock Exchange discussing the depth of the crisis, its origin, and its possible resolution in the end. In-Kie Hong addresses a class of MBA students at the Harvard Business School. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Stocks; Financial Services Industry; Korean Peninsula

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Accounting & Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students July 3, 2025 Article A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities By: Susanna Gallani , Mary Lynch Witkowski, Lidia M. V.... View Details

15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

thinking debt was unequivocally bad. Many people in my life discussed student loans negatively as if they were sure to become an insurmountable burden. With that in mind, I attended the college that awarded... View Details

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

educational institutions and nonprofits, based on our research parameters. Many of the largest grants went to the foundations or fundraising arms of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-serving institutions—colleges and universities where... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

voiced by many. In all, 10 potential disruptors of the global market system were identified. "One of the things we were told even before the economic crisis was that the financial system had grown to such a scale and was functioning in... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

March 2019 (Revised March 2023)
Case

Accion's Fintech Strategy

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Michael Chu and Tricia Gregg

Accion, an NGO, had been a pioneer in microfinance since its entry into that sector in the early 1970s. Its investments in Banco Compartamos paid off, when the microfinance bank went IPO in 2007, leaving an influx of $138 million for Accion. Under a new CEO, Michael... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Impact Investing; Financial Inclusion; Technological Innovation; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Performance Effectiveness; Non-Governmental Organizations; Microfinance; Financial Institutions; Business Growth and Maturation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Industry Growth

10 Jul 2023
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

HBS. He coedited the book Tutorials in Operations Research: Emerging and Impactful Topics in Operations. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Climate change and saving democracy I’ve already read through a tall pile of scientific analyses and alarmist books explaining the climate... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

"dashboard," and the Performance Manager. Provides students with an opportunity to identify key design principles for health care information systems, and to discuss the unique implementation challenges that the health care... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

certain milestones in international relations preceding the ICC's formation; provides an overview of the ICC and its activities as of March 2010; and outlines Kenya's post-election crisis in 2007-2008 and the ICC's decision to intervene.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2016
Case

Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Two recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah, Georgia, Yvonne D'Arcy and Elisabeth Whiting face questions about financing, deal structure, and unequal power... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Accommodations Industry