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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
pianist. Meeting with colleagues at Baupost. Enjoying a Red Sox game with his wife, Beth. For 30 years, Seth Klarman has exercised an investment strategy of evaluating businesses based on their worth and of seeking out bargains. “It’s... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
becoming increasingly aware that the viability of your business depends on dealing with climate change issues. But in the United States it can be politically risky for a CEO of a major company to take a public position on climate change... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
into ALS research, and removed some critical barriers to the development of treatments. “Our focus, from the start, was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS,” says Kremer, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2004, just weeks... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
neither of them understood what I needed to do to prepare for a career in investment banking, tech, consulting, etc.,” Rice observes. “So, despite having a good academic record and compelling leadership story outside the classroom, I... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
question the wisdom of using its own stock to hedge merchant investments rather than contracts with bona fide counterparties. It failed to monitor the conflicts of interest that the board itself had approved involving Andrew Fastow’s dual... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial... View Details
- 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 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
into the marketplace, including creation of federal deposit insurance, securities regulation, banking supervision, and the separation of commercial and investment banking under the Glass-Steagall Act. As Moss is quick to point out, there... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
seemingly more risky — than innovation. In business today, in nearly every industry, the imperative to grow has driven managers to try any number of new strategies and technologies to gain an edge. The trouble is, just because you change... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
Nussey (MBA 1996) To train AI models at data centers without blowing climate goals and damaging bottom lines, many tech firms are also investing in renewable energy, says Nussey, who helped launch several clean energy ventures and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
Reg Q was a capital control instituted during the New Deal to keep banks from raising the rates they paid savers and then chasing risky investments for a big payoff — all with federally insured funds. To get... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Be Flexible In today's competitive and volatile business environment, depending on forecasting as the basis for planning and strategy has become a particularly risky way to operate. Especially vulnerable are manufacturing projects that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
foals are born each year,” he says. “Then about 3 percent of horses will win graded Stakes races with purses of $100,000 or more, so that’s a risky game, too. On the other end of the spectrum are those of us in the breeding business who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) and Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) cofounded a View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
Meridith Unger (MBA 2010), founder of Nix, a startup that is developing a single-use, wearable sensor to determine a person’s real-time hydration status, says that this stems directly from the risky nature of venture capital. (Unger... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
it all was refreshing.” How did it feel to get the investment from Sir Charles and Lori Greiner? Smith: “Dream. Come. True. We found out the night before that Charles Barkley was the guest Shark, and we said, if he and Lori went in on a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
investing in and acquiring companies. The corruption he found in Africa, and later in Asia and Latin America, convinced him that the issue needed to be better understood. As a scholar, researcher, speaker, and writer, with stints at the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
merchants basically built a portfolio of these highly risky ventures. A lot of the boats didn't come back. Some of the boats didn't come back full or didn't pay off. And with that approach, were able to really build an industry. And that... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
"I wouldn't want a Fortune 500 company bringing me religion." Echoes Vaill: "Talking about spirituality in the business context feels risky and awkward, and people tend to question the motivation behind it." Still, companies around the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
Returning to his roots in the Middle East, Cohen created The Portland Trust in 2003 to fund investments aimed at easing tensions between Israel and its neighbors. For example, the trust is working to secure loan guarantees for Palestinian... View Details