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14 Sep 2021
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Top 5 Myths About HBS

family-like element that exists in your day-to-day life, people you take the same classes with and that you really grow a bond with. You spend a lot of time outside of the classroom getting to know them, their partners, their families,... View Details

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine , September 1877, p. 614. Statement Showing the First Mortgage Gold Bearing Six Per Cent. Bonds of The Atchison & Pike’s Peak Railroad Company (Central Branch of the Union Pacific) to be A First-Class... View Details

July 1999 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Edward Jones

By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C. Bond

Edward Jones is a leading, highly profitable retail brokerage firm with a unique strategy very different from those of its rivals. The case describes Jones's activities and allows a rich discussion of its positioning choices, supporting activities, and tradeoffs. Jones... View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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21 Aug 2020
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Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

new section every year. Through the immersive first-year experiences of 1L and the Required Curriculum (RC), I’ve been able to build deep bonds with my two sections. I think I’m finally starting to understand how my parents feel when my... View Details

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In The Classroom - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Capital Management By: Robin Greenwood , Julie Messina & Jared Dourdeville MAR 2012 (REVISED OCT 2012) | Harvard Business School Case 212-091 View Details Washington Mutual's Covered Bonds By: Daniel B. Bergstresser, Robin Greenwood &... View Details

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

consistent attendance at monthly Circle meetings for one year is important for building relationships and effective group dynamics. Shared commitment will give members the time and space needed to bond and become comfortable discussing a... View Details

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Morgan Hall | About

States. Two years later, Morgan was able to underwrite federal bonds to help finance Civil War debt. The firm was reorganized after Drexel’s death and renamed J.P. Morgan & Company in 1895. By 1900, Morgan’s firm was one of the most... View Details

17 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day

a potluck with our other professors joining us, where everyone was eager and proud to introduce their guests to one another. I feel so fortunate to have gotten to know my sectionmates more through the eyes of the people who know them best, and at the same time be able... View Details

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

experience. They emphasized developments emblematic of the modern political economy such as bond markets, corporations, the concerns of wage labor, and the Commerce Clause, but they focused as well on subjects outside the traditional... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

guiding principle is that the team decides what the co-location schedule will be.” You Might Also Like: Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return Managers, Here’s How to... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

accusations that it claimed to do something but then failed to deliver on it. This charge is called greenwashing when the claims are related to the environment, but similar charges are also being levied at firms that adopt codes of conduct for a range of other... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

inhabitants of Seoul, a sprawling metropolis packed with boutiques, nightclubs, and skyscrapers. Kim left Korea in 1974, at age 11. Educated in the United States, he returned as COO of Asia-Pacific investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney and in 1998 helped... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details

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Total returns: stocks, bonds, & indexes

Where do I find data on total returns for stocks, bonds, and indexes? Global Financial Data : has total return indices for bills, bonds and stocks, as well as individual index returns. Login anonymously. Click on GFDatabase. In the... View Details

29 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

also tended to have higher rates of corruption. Tips and bribes can possess striking similarities that may lead to their positive association, the researchers report. "In a sense, both are gifts intended to strengthen social bonds... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School, the book became a standard textbook in business schools. Lehman Brothers also issued bonds for public utilities and branched into the business of advising on mergers and acquisitions. Within a generation, the firm... View Details

17 Nov 2015
Blog Post

What is HBS START Week?

whom they will spend the rest of the year; it’s an exciting day! Initial cases are led by FIELD faculty and are designed to ease students into the structure of a case discussion. Socially, the SA and the START Ambassadors lead a series of events designed to help... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

performance builds off that solid foundation.” Look at wider team-building Managers may want to build on the main finding: going through rigorous training together forms bonds that benefit the patient—or the customer—by fostering mutual... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

June 1999 (Revised February 2013)
Case

The California Wine Cluster

By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C Bond

Describes the California wine cluster, or the group of interconnected wineries, grape growers, suppliers, service providers, and wine-related institutions located in California. Also describes the wine cluster in France, Italy, Australia, and Chile, the four other... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Geographic Location; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry; California