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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

engaging in excessive risky lending because they knew the government would bail them out, loose monetary policy and government policies promoting homeownership. Figure 10: Factors Contributing to the Financial Crisis Interestingly,... View Details

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

forces operating today, business and consumer spending, in service toward eradicating deadly disease in Africa. Kiva connects small lenders-many of whom lend $50 or less-with promising entrepreneurs, mostly in developing countries. Three... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

28 Jun 2022
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The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

have also been influenced by the philosophy of J.P. Morgan, one of my firm's progenitors. He said that the most important thing about a man was his integrity. When he made a decision about whether to lend someone money, he made it on the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

Olivia Melendez, and Jordyn Turner, we also won 1st place at Berkeley’s Investing in Inclusion Pitch Competition. Throughout the process, our professors and classmates were instrumental to our success — lending their knowledge, time, and... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

Marquis Jet Takes Off

realist. I had to acknowledge that for Rich Santulli to lend his brand to a bunch of guys who, quite frankly, didn’t know what the hell they were talking about was a stretch.” But stretch he did. “It was one of those perseverance... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Air Transportation; Transportation

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... View Details

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

inclusion. I believe in the power of innovative and human-centered technology that can alleviate poverty by providing vulnerable populations with access to financial services including insurance, savings, or lending that can be life... View Details

Research Summary

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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

reducing the demands of the position. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made it clear: If you’re unwilling to lend a hand to a co-worker to meet a customer need, you will not survive there. “When a lot is demanded of people, you have to build a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

and property damage to broader notions of racial justice. Some proponents of reparations argue that African Americans deserve compensation for slavery, Jim Crow laws, redlining practices that thwarted lending in Black neighborhoods, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

modern venture capital industry. "We are a movement, not just a company. A commercial bank lends only on the strength of past successes and proven assets. I want money to do things that have never been done before." Georges F. Doriot, in... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

tight upcoming turnaround, and how passengers can help the cleaning crew achieve an on-time departure for the next flight. In both cases, we gladly do our part. One caveat: When the rationale for customers to help seems mostly about enhancing profitability, the request... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Electricity - Business & Environment

Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School Gina Hall HBS MBA 1986, Investment Director, The Carbon Trust “I’m slowing climate change by harnessing the power of financial institutions to make a positive impact through directing investment and View Details

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

‘objectively’ the myths of the American experience.” 24 PR departments in industry thus eagerly enlisted artists whose names could lend both prestige and a sense of social realism to their portrayals of large corporations. Corporations,... View Details

05 Mar 2019
Blog Post

Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals

additional time in the military beyond your initial service requirement or enlistment, you’re going to be even older than the average veteran. That lends some advantages. As someone with above average life and career experience—and... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

former head of the United States Small Business Administration and member of President Obama’s Cabinet to discuss recent developments in this market. Participants will leave this session with a sense of both the underlying causes of the online fintech View Details

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

providers. You may choose one of these, or any other lender of your choice. Each lender will have its own eligibility criteria, lending requirements, and minimum loan amounts. Lender Website Sallie Mae www.salliemae.com/00215592 Citizens... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

You Only Thought You Were Republican

interest — on this mostly Republican $10 trillion debt, up from slightly less than $1 trillion when Reagan took office, is equivalent to about 40 percent of all the personal income taxes Americans pay each year. Imagine what would happen if the market ever demanded a... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

courseware initially. And rather than being "pushed" into classrooms through a centralized selection process, they will be pulled into use through self-diagnosis—by teachers, parents, and students who don't have access to another tutoring option. Q: How would... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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