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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
assets. “Our leadership understands that you can bring innovation from the private sector and capital markets to solve the world’s most difficult challenges,” says Oteh. She describes visiting World Bank projects in India that mitigate... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
marketing person. But sometimes, as in business, crew coaches find it’s preferable to pick someone whose greatest strength is contributing to the all-important ‘chemistry’ that helps teams win.” Chemistry seems to be the difference... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
an important bond between the United States and Europe, but it comes at a juncture when the School's involvement in global management education is growing. We are deeply grateful to Andreas and his wife, Mirjana, for their generosity."... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
Bonds across 27 countries, mobilizing half a billion dollars to tackle our biggest social challenges.” Purpose-driven: “I love this work because it has the potential to transform the way we finance social change. We’re forging a new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, social impact bonds already have enthusiastic supporters determined to bring them to the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Private capital, public good
Tracy Palandjian (AB 1993, MBA 1997) is spearheading the development of social impact bonds (SIBs), a financial innovation designed to tackle some of the world’s most intractable social challenges. Alongside Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969)... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
Sports in America have always had a magical, transcendent allure. Life may be ambiguous but slam dunks and touchdown passes create their own heroic reality and final truth at game's end. Sports are a bond that brings entire communities... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
bond markets, commodity markets, and derivatives markets. In fact, so did all asset classes — not to mention those that benefit when bonuses are big, from vintage Bordeaux to luxury yachts. But these boom years were also misery years,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Soldiers Field with a common bond to the School and to each other. To mark their collective achievement, here’s a look at six who represent the diversity and the varied ambitions of the Class of 2006. Sacasha Brown Immigrants’ daughter,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Iron Lady
second largest in sub-Saharan Africa but far smaller than South Africa’s) and then declared that she would bring charges against some 200 other individuals and organizations allegedly involved in capital-markets abuses, the BBC reported (July 1, 2010). Oteh also... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
POZEN: Offers a plan for overhauling the U.S. financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent market meltdown. Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells... View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
talk about how Liberty actually can support mitigation and adaptation and what that looks like in real terms. Tim Sweeney: We have risk engineers on staff. And so even when new construction projects are happening now, we lend our risk engineers, we often write surety... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
industry's release of an unprecedented total of twenty thousand new titles. Is there trouble brewing for the business with a beat, a virtually recession-free industry for the past fifty years? To shed some light on the situation, the Bulletin spoke with Jay R. Boberg... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Breakthrough Marketing Plans: How to Stop Wasting Time and Start Driving Growth by Tim Calkins (MBA ’91) (Palgrave Macmillan) Most marketing plans are a waste of time — too long, complicated, and dense — and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
ask for IOUs in the form of savings bonds instead. In 2007, the federal government distributed tax refunds exceeding $248 billion to more than 114 million filers. Businesses have long capitalized on these refund dollars, which average... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
School's first program with a major e-learning component and to train one-on-one coaches to support a more individualized approach to learning. In my own research and writing, I am currently working on two topics: what it takes to lead and manage talent in emerging... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
that are shaping the world of the future and offers guidance on how to avoid being eaten alive. The Wind Blew Innocent: A Memoir by Donna Arp Weitzman (OPM 37 2008) (Howard Bond Media Group LLC) Claustrophobia. I didn't know the meaning... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
at Fidelity Investments to launch a venture aimed at providing analytical information to bond traders. He showed Sahlman his business plan for a company that he was calling Technical Data Corporation. Basically, Parker had figured out a... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
through social impact bonds. “Social impact bonds enable a social organization to raise capital for preventive action, to establish a track record of social performance and to be paid for that social performance at a rate that enables it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
for her analytical skills and sound judgment, Erdoes is particularly sought out for her expertise in assessing complicated financial instruments, such as derivatives. The Chicago native and Georgetown University graduate says that during the current stock View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg