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- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
to capital, which was a primary focus of hers at the SBA. Spreading The Wealth Having spent over 25 years in private equity and venture capital firms before becoming SBA Administrator, Mills has perspective on challenges and opportunities... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Education Sector Opportunities at HBS
of the greatest benefits at HBS is the wealth of knowledge, experiences, and insights that other students bring to the table to challenge ideas and support deeper learning. Internships and Fellowships Beyond your experience on campus,... View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
between two broad, general varieties of state capitalism: one through majority control of publicly traded companies (e.g., state-controlled SOEs) and a hybrid form that relies on minority investments in companies by development banks, pension funds, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
funded HIV clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Intervention: The study involved three arms. First, participants in the provider visit incentive (PVI) arm received $30 after attending each scheduled provider visit. Second, participants in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and grow the Big Apple’s economy.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
(Clerisy Press) The author’s message: the single unifying and fortifying element across all categories of business is people. By understanding their points of view, needs, and ideals, managers can learn to succeed along with them in a mutually respectful and beneficial... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Rebalancing by Individual Investors Authors:Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell, and Paolo Sodini Abstract This paper investigates the dynamics of individual portfolios in a unique dataset containing the disaggregated wealth of all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
minimize the impact of taxes on their investors’ returns. The assignment was complicated as KSW had different categories of investors (a sovereign wealth fund, pension funds, and high net worth individuals)... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path
requirements and need the same quality of experiences. There is a wealth of information out there about the application process. I don’t have many golden nuggets to add, except to say that by thinking long and hard about why you’re... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
establish new norms of collaboration and respect. Capital Allocators: How the world's elite money managers lead and invest By Ted Seides (MBA 1999) Harriman House The chief investment officers (CIOs) at endowments, foundations, family offices, pension funds, and View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
The Estate Tax Debate Per dollar of revenue, no tax policy generates more sound and fury than the taxation of estates. To supporters, the tax is a break on the concentration of wealth and power and an easy way to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
marketing at Merrill became one of our first major investors and has invested in every single one of our funds since. So there’s a silver lining to most things. JH: In his second year at HBS, John Rice (MBA 1992) conducted a field study... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
decided to evaluate strategic alternatives due to financial difficulties. Parks Capital must now decide whether to acquire U.S. Retail, to fund ACCM so it acquires U.S. Retail, or to sit on the sidelines. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
of firms just above and just below the investment-grade cutoff. These firms have similar observables, including average investment rates. However, flows into high-yield mutual funds have an economically significant effect on the issuance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
founders. 23 However, in the case of the agent-led focused firms, the entrepreneurs' ownership stakes had been diluted by issuing new equity to fund expansion. Owner-managed focused firms also financed their growth by issuing additional... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
those diseases. “These people have no voice in the marketplace,” Gates said. As a result, ten times as much funding is devoted to research on the prevention of male baldness as malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people each... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Sweden, Canada, and the U.S. obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to Italy, Brazil, and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e., government funded but with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
non-executive Merrill directors even attended the meeting. Stories of boards and CEOs failing to do their jobs on behalf of shareholders can also be told about AIG, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Citigroup, Countrywide, Fannie Mae, View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
skill and effort, which can create incentives to shift earnings toward lower-uncertainty periods. We show that the resulting opportunistic earnings management is concentrated in CEOs, firms, and periods where such incentives are likely to be strongest: (1) where CEO... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare applicants just above and below... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne