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- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
their handsets. The GSM Association predicts that by 2012, nearly 300 million of the previously "unbanked" will be using some form of mobile banking. “The mistake a lot of us make is to look at the... View Details
- Profile
Bryan Stromer
To think of their time at HBS as a time for discovery and exploration. I loved the job that I had when I applied for HBS, which forced me to think about how attending HBS would change the trajectory of my... View Details
- 12 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)
different segments of financial markets: from lending to payments, from investments to real estate. HBS Startup Bootcamp Faculty: Julia Austin, Allison Mnookin & Martin Sinozich The HBS Startup Bootcamp is a 9-day program for first-year students that View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
literacy stifle demand. A second view argues that demand is rationally low, because formal financial services are expensive and of relatively low value to the poor. This paper uses original surveys and a field experiment to distinguish... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Options: Basics for finding price data
strike price of a put option, the option is said to be out of (in) the money. An “American” option can be exercised at any time up to the expiration date; a “European” option can be exercised only at the expiration... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
But I saw him on campus often, particularly at the Business History Seminar on Monday afternoons in the fall. In fact, I remember how we used to schedule the seminar around duck-hunting season, on account of Al, who loved the sport. The... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective
Richard Ruback was his advisor. “Even before anyone was talking about ‘One Harvard,’ some of us were trying to make it happen,” notes Tunnell, whose 20th Reunion gift supports the HBS-Harvard Integration Fund. Now a managing director at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Come Sail Away
When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Planning Ahead
the School will need many years from now. He notes that since his gift won’t benefit the School until after his passing, and because he is confident the future stewards of HBS will use his support where it will have the biggest impact, he... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Leading at State
Courtesy Howard Cox Courtesy Howard Cox This past fall, 49 employees of the US Department of State logged in to a virtual HBS classroom from all over the world—Honduras, China, Namibia, and Kazakhstan, to name a few—to kick off a... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute
As this academic year comes to an end and I think back on its many triumphs and tough days, I want to take a moment to appreciate what brought us to HBS. My husband, Austin, is an RC student, and we moved to campus last summer with our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
Tanzania. Now based in Kigali, Rwanda, Ngoyi finds her global experience is a good fit with her current role. In May 2022, she was named CEO of the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA). A $670 million investment fund and... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services
divides its time between assisting with faculty research , providing research software to the HBS community, developing and supporting research infrastructure , and providing technology training . Who is eligible for our services?... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)
time and money around that goal. There are so many opportunities at HBS; you can literally have 3 opportunities for every slot on your calendar, so I imposed a yes/no framework that helped me prioritize: Is this something that would help... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Product Design Sprint - 5 Things I Learned in Launch Lab 1
necessary, but it turned out that our scope could be much smaller, and it would still have a great impact. 4. Get really out there – within reason. Throughout the design sprint, Jake taught us a tool called “time boxing.” Whenever we did... View Details
- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
Zoom time with senior managers were 4.7 to 7.3 percent more likely to be offered a job than the other two groups who didn’t have regular online contact with supervisors. (What’s more, interns had a 9 to 13 percent better chance of... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets
Markets? Why Does it Matter? By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj MAY 2019 Article Strategic Management Journal Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles By: Prithwiraj... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
solar-powered phone charger,” he recalled with a smile. Having spent the last few years as a venture investor, Hilton continues to use his education, experiences and passions to build clean technologies. “I was drawn to venture because I... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
are deliberately using a network strategy and discovering its potential to serve more people more effectively. "I'm interested in high performance networks and understanding how those networks were created and are managed," says... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
writing his weekly update reports on Wednesday, continuing to work on them when he had time on Thursday and Friday, working even into the weekend. On Monday morning, he would hand in his document to Matt. Jeff figured that a weekly update... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow