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- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
professors who specialize in entrepreneurial finance. A Tradition Of Crowdfunding Before understanding what crowdfunding can do, it's helpful to understand what it is. In a sense, says Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Josh... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
LauHarvard Business School Case 212-026 ATR KimEng is a Philippino asset management business. It is making an important decision on its own strategy going forward: should it stay independent or be taken over by a large bank in the region.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
until many years later that I came to appreciate the dissenting view of the Vietnam War." Ed Mathias, now a managing director of the Carlyle Group, a merchant bank in Washington, D.C., came to HBS after serving as an officer in the Navy... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- Career Coach
Ildi Nielsen
Ildi (Dartmouth ’94) offers 20 years of experience as a Career Coach and Executive Search Consultant for MBA and post-MBA professionals. She worked as a Career Coach at Boston Consulting Group where she helped consultants and alumni launch new careers in healthcare,... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
good thing not to have any privacy policy,” John says. It’s almost as if you had the choice of two banks in a sketchy neighborhood, one with bulletproof glass and one without. For their last experiment, the researchers consciously tried... View Details
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
have been due in large part to the culture of the previous organization; hence, the type of person who thrived at Goldman Sachs might flounder at Credit Suisse. But there's a broader reason for performance declines: banks often don't... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
spending. Real estate costs are high. The taxation and legislation system is complex and difficult to navigate. Vijay Jain said he left a "cushy" job in investment banking to take advantage of the huge potential promised by... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact
energy investment group. Those two seemingly separate worlds coalesced into one; I was able to use the tool kit I’d built over the years from my private sector experience in consulting and traditional banking in a space where I felt I was... View Details
- Web
How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting
workshopped together based on both of our expectations,” Jessica said. Designing a Meaningful Internship Jessica brought a background in investment banking and private equity, but she was ready to try something new. “I thought my... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti
the effect we have on the people who pay the tax, as well as the tax they pay. Both are important. What are the dimensions of this turnaround challenge? Every system, top to bottom, has to be reengineered. Our most fundamental problem is that we don't have accurate... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
the taking of calculated risks based on limited information. Washington must understand that the many benefits private equity provides by facilitating economic growth are unlikely to be sustained if the heavy hand of government intrudes, whether through litigation or... View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
& A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani Complete Table of Contents February 2000 No Place Like Home America's Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business Financial Services 24/7 The Emergence of Online View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
to drive shareholder value by improving operating performance. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-043 ICICI Bank and the Issue of Long Term Bonds No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
fluctuations as the ebb and flow of speculation (A), business (B), and banking (C). The service was directed by C.J. Bullock, who promoted Harvard's forecasting service around the world by forming collaborative agreements with John... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
where rebels like Bishop Gaillot reside. There are pornography sites accessible to straitlaced Singaporeans, Liberian gambling dens, and secluded banking services run from the tiny island of Anguilla. There are networks of Burmese... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
director of Nedcor, South Africa's second-largest banking group. HBS professor Linda A. Hill's session, titled "Unbundling and Black Empowerment," featured an impressive panel of advocates for black economic progress. Vusi Khanyile,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
from mistakes we learned a long time ago not to make. Why would we now repeat the mistake of banking on a nuclear option that simply makes no economic sense? Michael Hogan (MBA ’88) Sunapee, NH Priorities Trump Prescriptions Your December... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
prices (values?) fell, ship owners began to default on loans and new purchase contracts while banks holding loans secured by ships faced the possibility of increasing defaults (violations of loan-to-value covenants), foreclosures, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
asset that it was willing to buy, and then the banks that held that class of asset would bid the price down in an effort to sell their toxic assets back to the government. Auctions work great when the Treasury Department is trying to sell... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna