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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

organizations such as Harvard University, HBS will not provide funding for political campaign work. Founders of consulting, research, and/or brokerage services, as well as investment funds (including but not... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Dear Future Author…

your book as you do writing it.” —Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997), investor, entrepreneur, and author of Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth “[Investment consultant and fellow author] Charley Ellis (MBA 1963) told me to make sure I... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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How I Got to Google

Laboratory. I do think technical skills have helped over the years in some of my roles, but that doesn’t mean you need to be a coding ninja. Two students from PM 101 who went on to be very successful had backgrounds as a video journalist and a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

likely users of the product? Could you provide a scenario or two of how it would be used? A: The model is valuable for professional investors (money managers, financial analysts, hedge fund managers), for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2014
News

Closing the Education Gap

who is founder and managing partner at Aragon Global Management (AGM), a Chicago-based hedge fund that focuses on global equities. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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Andrew Kinard

Investment Group in New York, where, "I want to continue my exploration of how the world works. Fortress is a global hedge fund with a strategy that involves the macro-economic forces shaping the... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

the "disaggregation" of financial services. "For example," he said, "mutual funds rather than banks now provide many types of services." The cumulative effect on households is that individuals must now make major financial decisions... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

01 Oct 1998
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Going Against the Flow

up a global hedge fund called JGP. "Our focus is on global trading, with a special emphasis on Brazil," Jakurski says. "Today's telecommunications allow those of us in faraway markets to compete with Wall... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

low-income settings using open-source electronic health records. He also worked as a physician on the front lines during the civil war in Syria. Alex gained valuable experience in the financial sector as a long/short equities hedge View Details

22 Mar 2022
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Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year

(MBA 1999), who organized the event with H4A’s Alex Lee, and cohosted with Cindy Young Montano (MBA 2005). “There was no organized program, but we did go around the table and introduce ourselves,” says Tao. “We had authors, data scientists, View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206075 PublicationsAre Hedge Fund Fees a Bargain? And Other Conundrums of Balancing Active and Passive Management Authors:Randolph B. Cohen... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2014
News

The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)

elements in life that drive you away from working on something you're passionate about. It can be peer pressure (e.g., 'you should do consulting or finance'); money (e.g., 'a hedge fund is the job with the... View Details

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08 May 2019
Blog Post

Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent

“At the end of the day, I think we are very good recruiters,” says Cheney. “Most recruiters have never been in a business role. My HBS education allows me to sit with any founder in any industry, from the most complex hedge View Details

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Resources for Harvard Economics Students

provides asset sizes, fund flows, performance and holdings analysis, particularly in regards to open-end mutual funds. Also Includes data on closed-end funds, equity ownership, exchange traded funds, hedge... View Details

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

their careers. The Competition is designed for contemplated and embryonic businesses. The Business Track of the NVC welcomes all ideas across all sectors. However, plans to create hedge funds, investments, private equities or venture... View Details

30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to hedge macroeconomic risks. This paper develops a New Keynesian macroeconomic model with habit formation preferences that prices both bonds and stocks. The model attributes... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10

FarriHarvard Business School Case 310-090 In late January 2009, Thomas Fekete, managing director at Barclays Wealth in London, redeemed the most illiquid positions in the so-called Wealth Absolute Return Fund (WAR), one of Barclays... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk

and, second, a growing threat of politically motivated changes to regulatory regimes. There has been much talk recently about the extent to which the proliferation of derivative products has allowed banks to manage their balance sheets better. By enhancing the ability... View Details

Keywords: by Mohamed El-Erian; Financial Services; Banking

01 Dec 2015
First Look

December 1, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 916-404 Novell (A): When an Activist Hedge Fund Came Calling on the Board No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details