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Deborah A. Farrington

of 30, Farrington was asked to help create and run a division of Merrill Lynch international, thus gaining valuable management experience. She was deeply involved in strategic planning and human View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

users control of other computers remotely is priced as low as $20. And business is booming. A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found that global security incidents rose 38 percent in 2015—the biggest jump in the survey’s 12-year history.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

08 Mar 2004
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Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

mountain in the world or how many zeros you tally up in your portfolio. New levels of human performance take us closer to the gods and set the stage for what we hope is excellence in our own DNA. These moments also make good copy.... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

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Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge

working with individual investors. Focusing on high-net-worth investors drove growth from about 70 million euros (about $81 million) in assets under management in 2018 to 2.8 billion euros ($3.2 billion) by the end of 2023. Individual... View Details

January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
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Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants

By: David F. Hawkins

Analyst questions the value of accounting measurement of earnings per share and stock option costs for equity valuation purposes. View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Business Earnings; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Stock Shares; Employee Ownership; Stock Options; Equity; Accounting Audits; Valuation; Profit Sharing; Accounting Industry

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Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

this course. I discovered a lot of information about brands, including the steps that should take place while creating, building, keeping, and evaluating a brand over time. A lot of what I've learned I've applied to my work, and I've seen some positive changes, which... View Details

14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

like YouTube, to manage controversy. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508047 HCA, Inc. (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 208-070 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

how to unlock goods and services for the remaining four billion." Poverty is the "normal state" of the world, he said. Fifty percent of global citizens live on less than $2 a day. Poverty reigns, despite the fact that since... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Oct 2019
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Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

Bezos’s Blue Origin was still three years away from launching its first test vehicle. Today, Morgan Stanley estimates that the global space economy is worth $350 billion—and projects that it will grow to $1 trillion by 2040. Garriott de... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Apr 2000
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A Place in the Sun

There is something in the human soul that yearns to get away from it all, to some unspoiled paradise by the sea, lulled by gentle breezes. And those dreams of golden days and starlit nights translate into a startling, cold-cash reality:... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

executives and influencing the practice of management on a global scale. Income earned through Executive Education, Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), and Harvard Business School Online (HBS Online),... View Details

05 Aug 2021
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Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

Resources Upon arrival at HBS, Takatsuka was particularly interested in the impact that startups could make on education and considered three different paths forward. 1) Joining a startup, 2) Impact Investing, and 3) Starting her own... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship

01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

know regarding the decreasing life spans of jobs—and even careers—because of rapidly advancing technology and global competition. It’s about your first line of defense, your awareness—without which you may be blindsided. You need to... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23

their own operations, shifting enforcement resources away from voluntary disclosers. We also find that firms that voluntarily disclosed regulatory violations and committed to self-policing improved their regulatory compliance and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

Business School Case 207-092 How should creditors pursue their claims in a multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy? David Butters, Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, negotiates a restructuring of Navigator Gas Transport, a shipping company that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007

governance, Jay Lorsch develops his insights into how to audit knowledge assets (avoiding its deterioration), human resources and corporate activities. Publisher's site: http://www.oup.com View Details