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23 Sep 2024
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2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

in wind and solar power generation and is committed to driving the transition to a decarbonized energy future. As one of the top five largest capital deployers in the U.S., NextEra has been a driving force behind significant investments... View Details

08 May 2012
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Screen Saver

former investment banker, Apkon found the ideal focus for his passion for film by forming a nonprofit group in 1998 to purchase the defunct Rome Theater, a 1925 historic landmark located near his home in downtown Pleasantville, New York.... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

reflect fundamental values in the current environment. After announcing the alternative valuation methodology in September 2009, he must convince industry participants—ship owners, appraisers, and bankers—to adopt the new valuation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2006
Teaching Note

Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures (TN)

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Investment Funds; Auto Industry

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08 Aug 2024
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Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015)

everything. In school and in her career, she enjoyed starting as a generalist before specializing and was energized by exploring industries and functions. The consulting world, specifically McKinsey, offered that exact opportunity. “I... View Details

15 Sep 2020
News

How To Make Diversity a Reality

deal sources, right? The people, the investment banks, the middle market investment banks who provide deals—and underlying all of that is two critical problems, right? One is... View Details

2024
Working Paper

What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences

By: Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay and Hanbin Yang

We present an empirical model of portfolio choice that allows for the nonparametric estimation of investors' (subjective) expectations and risk preferences. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset of 401(k) plans from 2009 through 2019, we explore heterogeneity in asset... View Details

Keywords: Stock Market Expectations; Demand Estimation; Retirement Planning; Defined Contribution Retirement Plan; 401 (K); Finance; Investment Portfolio; Investment; Retirement; Behavioral Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Lauren Booker

management, and supervising people." Transitioning into investing and economic development While her work at Goldman was satisfying, Lauren "wanted to transition within financial services to View Details

01 Oct 1998
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Going Against the Flow

startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence.... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

carved out business opportunities despite formidable odds, including Madam C.J. Walker, a daughter of slaves who founded a million-dollar hair-care enterprise. Gail J. McGovern, president of Fidelity Personal Investments in Boston, asked... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

major power-generation assets in the course of the break-up of RAO UES, the Russian electricity monopoly. The case highlights the decision-making process by the company executives in the context of possible political risks to foreign View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

professionalism. Those are missing now, and those are exactly the qualities that are needed before we'll see any significant change in the prevailing lack of trust, he said. Our securities industry is broken. It's in terrible shape.— D.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Jun 2016
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Rethinking Housing in the Motor City

thinking ‘where is the best opportunity going to be for me professionally?—I couldn’t move back to Detroit,” Rhea says. Instead, he went into finance in New York. After the financial collapse he left banking for a position as chairman and... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

(about Martin Luther King Jr.). Savvy From The Start U2's business savvy in the earliest days serves as a lesson for any MBA student. In an industry notorious for its focus on short-term hits and for taking control of an artist's work and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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Ann Lucena

turn, they learned from us about marketing and business practices across the globe." This summer, Ann will take on investment banking with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Where Are They Now?

media wanted Glauber’s expert opinion. After all, he played a key role in setting up the Resolution Trust Corporation to handle the S&L bailout in the late 1980s, and he helped formulate regulatory reform of commercial banks in the early... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

28 May 2019
News

Ask the Expert: In Security

Illustration by Taylor Callery Remember a decade ago, when the main cybersecurity worry was a retail breach of credit card information? “Obviously that still happens,” says Chris Young (MBA 2003), CEO of the security software company McAfee, based in Santa Clara,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; cybersecurity

01 Apr 1998
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Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

profits. In his first visit to HBS, Corzine spoke in January to a large Burden Hall audience about opportunities in, and the outlook for, the investment banking sector. He predicted good times ahead for the... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

14 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 14

Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape... View Details