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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
we finally pulled the trigger, it was the difference between $30 million and $100 million. I STARTED OUT in a variety of jobs at the Times, most of them not very glamorous. I was a building manager, negotiating janitorial and security... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
“The thing that most people don’t realize is that the music space is very data intensive, just as other asset-backed securities and investments are,” Soares explains. “You get huge sets of unstructured data that detail billions of rows of... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
those living in different ways and places. Acknowledging that no one gets a free pass when it comes to climate change, Lassiter said alumni must continue to exchange and act on those novel ideas critical for securing a climate-stable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
along with the plan. It worked with IBM to solidify blockchain’s functionality and security and found a willing, technologically progressive client in the Swiss private equity firm Unigestion. The final piece was bringing in similarly... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
On Track
stay calm when volatility strikes.” In 1984, Hatchett, then a student at the University of Virginia, went to the Olympic trials focused on securing a berth on the team as a 400-meter hurdler or high jumper, with a dream of winning a medal... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
If you think that Africa might have some overlooked investment opportunities, but don’t know how to follow up on your hunch, that’s where Cyrille Nkontchou (MBA 1997) can help. His London-based company, LiquidAfrica Holdings, is a one-stop center for View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
security) so that it can become a globally accepted medium of exchange? —Joseph DiSorbo (OPM 41, 2011) So far the ecosystem has been working on creating the basic infrastructure for bitcoin to operate: exchanges allowing people to buy and sell; wallets enabling people... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
world of possibilities open up. An option is a fundamental security now - whether linked to interest rates, stock indexes, currencies, commodities, or real estate. But that's only part of it. There are other financial things that have the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
it has to have a reasonably stable value, but you also need it to be liquid enough that people will use it. At the same time, if a cryptocurrency becomes super liquid, there could be potential security implications: Somebody could acquire... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
the first in her extended family to attend college. Before starting Mirror Digital, she worked in the media and technology group at Morgan Stanley, executing corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions, and in strategic planning and development for Time... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Dateline Belgrade
with the Serb leader. Castenfelt "explained to us for the first time what the truth was," said a source close to the leadership of the Serbian security services. "We had never heard it before." View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
powerful emerging nations; security threats from radical movements, failed states, asymmetric warfare, and crime; and global health issues, including pandemics. Finally, our participants cited the inability of existing global institutions... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s (HSBC) investment banking and securities business in India. She was selected as one of 2002’s fifteen emerging “Global Influentials” by Time magazine; in 2000, Fortune magazine named her the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
later adopted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the nation's stock exchanges. Bajaj's expertise in these matters has also been tapped by the New York Stock Exchange, where he serves as a member of its International... View Details
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Get Involved
Alice Vilma (MBA 2007) is executive director of Investment Banking and Securities Dealing at Morgan Stanley. In this interview she share her perspectives on how each person can make a difference. “How I am trying to make a difference in... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
manager received an A; 80–90 percent, a B; 70–80, a C; and so on. This gave managers and their teams a goal, and it allowed headquarters to monetarily reward teams with higher execution rates, secure in the knowledge that the building... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
2001), a founding member of Leadership Now, formed the Election Support Corps, a partnership between Leadership Now and the National Vote at Home Institute (VAH) to support the safety and security of the 2020 election cycle. Working with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
not to mention our own self-esteem — are on the line.” Kanter’s recommendations, which span economic, social, and government concerns, include securing the country’s future by nurturing innovation; getting the work-family balance right;... View Details