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01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the... View Details

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

fundraising efforts which will eventually become a capital campaign to close the financing gap for the development. The mixed-use project will include retail, office, educational and community kitchen space. The cornerstone of the new... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Shantanu Rege

responsibility for my financial advice." Among other deals, Shantanu helped place $350 million in an independent power producer. And he gained time to reflect on his career. Gaining clarity on the global picture "To be a good... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

can write whatever they want about growth in their strategy or annual report, but top management responds to the capital market's need for quarterly earnings, and it turns out that quarterly earnings drive... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22

PublicationsThe Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs Author:Cynthia A. Montgomery Publication:New York: HarperCollins, 2012 Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2024
News

Blockchain for Good

After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details

11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

collaborative, and characterized by public and private partnerships. Those who are responding to society's needs are succeeding; those who are not are losing out. The food system's greatest growth area is the developing world, where... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

Energy Sector In this note, we examine the extent to which venture capital is adequately positioned for the rapid commercialization of clean energy technologies in the United States. The need for a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

evidence that “short-termism" and “quarterly capitalism" are impairing firms' ability to invest, innovate, and provide good wages. We explain why S&P 500 shareholder-payout figures provide a misleadingly incomplete picture of corporate View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

Brenda Bence (MBA '91) ((Global Insight Communications)) For the Best, You Need Nothing: All You Need Is You by Gian Carlo Bina (PMD 23, 1972) ((Bryce Cullen Publishing)) Good People Bad Credit:... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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work and collaborate with customers to ensure we meet their information needs in the dynamic climate of the information industry, knowledge-creating institutions such as Higher Education, and the changing global economy. More about... View Details

01 Jan 2006
News

Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

School gave me the ability to have a broad overview that focused not only on the financial dimension of a business but on its many other facets, including management, strategy, manufacturing, and marketing. I began to rely increasingly on... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008

centers. The intellectual capital generated by this research is transformed into programs and products offered in a competitive marketplace by Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP). The income generated by these twin... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Tyler Todd

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I love my engineering background, but my long-term goals of senior management and running my own company necessitated that I learn how to make sound business decisions. While you can learn finance or accounting basics... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity

02 Dec 2018
News

An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

as well as land-use and climate-resilient infrastructure, which will require massive injections of capital in order to remain sustainable. Alumni were urged to be the change agents and ask the tough questions; now more than ever taking... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2015
News

Complements to the Case Method

Coleman Professor of Financial Management. “We are surprised by how teams come in and say we talked to the CEO,” laughs Cohen. One of the key lessons in Cohen and Malloy’s field course, Stock Pitching, is that the market is almost always... View Details

Profile

Frank Spencer

dramatic increase in personnel. "We had an incredible staff in place," he explains. "The team just needed a coach to get them organized to run the right plays." He cites HBS for providing that know-how, and more:... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Services

24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

Founded by some of the founders of the very successful Staples chain, the company raises a very large amount of capital without fully proving its business model, and by 2006 is in need of yet more funding.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 6

Union business model focused on financial remittances, and how its corporate citizenship efforts bring value to the company by satisfying the diverse needs of Western Union's stakeholders. Purchase this... View Details