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Education Leaders Together: Accelerating Opportunities for America's Students. 2012 Two new MBA FIELD courses introduced: Social Impact Investing and Social Innovation Lab. 2011 HBS-led Forum on Social Impact View Details

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Craig Husa

As the founder or CEO, Craig (HBS ’90, USNA ’83) has grown and sold four technology-enabled companies to leading public companies. He attributes most of his success (the rest is luck) to building and leading high performing teams who can... View Details

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2024
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Finance Without Exotic Risk

By: Pedro Bordalo, Nicola Gennaioli, Rafael La Porta and Andrei Shleifer

We address the joint hypothesis problem in cross-sectional asset pricing by using measured analyst expectations of earnings growth. We construct a firm-level measure of Expectations Based Returns (EBRs) that uses analyst forecast errors and revisions and shuts down any... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Financial Markets; Behavioral Finance; Risk and Uncertainty

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Matt Segneri Archives | Social Enterprise

Filter Results: (5) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of Work HBS Students Impact... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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The Right Connections

backgrounds or experience levels of the top management team -- the CEO, CFO, and chief scientific officer, in particular -- aren't really the deciding factors for investment bankers," explains HBS associate professor Monica C. Higgins,... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social... View Details

24 Sep 2024
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Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

needed. For example, a 2023 report from the Global Center for Adaptation suggests that over $100 billion per year is needed to invest in infrastructure, weather forecasting, and protecting agriculture in Africa to address both poverty and... View Details

William K. Coors

Under Coors' leadership, the brewery underwent a period of massive growth. Though it was a regional brewery, it held the top market share in 10 of the 11 western states in which its product was distributed, becoming the 4th largest brewer... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Jun 2023
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The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

tightrope on which Apple found itself: It wants to promote a sense of privacy among its users, but that runs into some of the claims that the government is making against them with regard to public safety. I don’t think I would’ve... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

21 Apr 2003
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Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

to recruit the best distributors, and to capture market share from weaker, local competitors. Selling the American dream has paid off handsomely. Eight of the ten most valuable brands in the world, according to the Interbrand consultancy,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Jan Pianca

MBA Admissions. Before joining HBS, Jan worked as a Marketing and Communication Manager for Austrian Airlines in Milan. As a career coach to alumni and students, Jan welcomes the opportunity to assist individuals with their job search,... View Details

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By: Randolph B. Cohen

Spreadsheet to (9-201-061). Presents exhibits 1 and 2. Download only. View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Capital Markets; Investment Return; South Carolina

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A More Perfect Union

exert pressure on Washington to support reform, and educating the public for new laws to increase disclosure and accountability, as well as ending the pay-to-play culture in DC. J.B. Lyon (MBA 1996), founding board member New Profit is a... View Details

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01 Sep 2010
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You’ve Been YouTubed

Art by John Weber Related Links Virtual Learning Series: Understanding Users of Social Networks Career Webinar: Leverage the Power of Your LinkedIn Network Tweets are in the air we breathe. Most of us know that “friend” can also be a verb. Social media are part of the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; social media; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

Rohit Dev Thakwani, OPM 37 2008 SpendWisor.com consumer electronics marketplace Watch their pitch. Midwest/Central U.S. Marc Hoecker, MBA '08 vinsnap mobile automotive marketing Watch their pitch. New England Marco Bitran, MBA '03 AI... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Phillip Andrews

CPD team, Phillip spent two years in the HBS Global Research Group where he wrote more than 20 published case studies. Prior to HBS, he worked in legal and policy capacities in both the public and private sector. Work Experience: National... View Details

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2026 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg Rithmire Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 RoGME: Role of Government in View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Women Entrepreneurs Share Insights at WSA Conference

venture capital. Two years later, she sold the firm, Rubric, Inc., for $366 million. Securing the venture-capital investment was a major challenge, she told a capacity crowd gathered for the fourteenth annual Dynamic Women in Business... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Mar 2020
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Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

The widespread use of pricing algorithms is reshaping the nature of competition in online markets and potentially driving up the prices of retail goods, according to recent research. These automated, price-adjusting software programs may... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

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Elsa Sze

Chicago, Elsa spent a brief time in investment banking. “I was impressionable,” Elsa says. “As an undergraduate, investment banking meant prestige.” But her work in investment... View Details

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