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05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

refugees view the politics of postconflict reconciliation and reconstruction. We find that refugees desire peace in Syria more than anything else, yet they also desire harsh punishments for the perpetrators of violence, especially against civilians, from View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

information, we may rely on the legal bases of “performance of contract” in order to fulfill our contract with you to provide Services and on “compliance with legal obligation” in order to comply with tax laws in the maintenance of View Details

2017
Book

Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who... View Details

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16 May 2017
News

Facing the Board

the best way to learn is from your failures,” Baum said, adding that is what led to BlackRock’s culture of collaboration, something that was lacking at Merrill Lynch. Broad Institute COO Samantha Gray (MBA 2004) agreed, adding that the principals at BlackRock were... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

02 Oct 2012
News

Green Pioneer

Zofnass Photo courtesy Paul Zofnass A longtime environmentalist, Paul Zofnass (MBA 1973) founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG) in 1990, after 17 years in finance at Citibank and at Oppenheimer (where he was managing... 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

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Members of the Military | MBA

Financial Aid MBA Admissions and the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA) jointly host a Military Virtual Visit each fall and spring. Harvard Business School waives the $250 MBA program application fee for View Details

09 Mar 2021
Blog Post

New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk

Initiative in which she leveraged her structured finance background and expertise from her tenure at Citigroup to focus on issues ranging from the financial structuring of renewable energy and infrastructure assets to climate-related... View Details

01 Jan 2003
News

Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

and great-grandmothers in the African-American community have always taught young people to help others in need. That's the sort of wisdom that anyone would do well to follow." Lillian Lincoln Lambert, the first African-American woman to graduate from HBS, grew her... View Details

Student-Profile

Fanele Mashwama

in similar questions. “There are several people in the program who think about the questions that matter to me, such as how to ethically regulate financial markets with a look to real outcomes,” Fanele says. However, it’s just as... View Details

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

March–April 2017 Harvard Business Review Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For By: Butler, Timothy Abstract—Aspiring to be innovative and agile, companies of all shapes and sizes want to recruit entrepreneurial managers. But... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

concept was that all personal computers were alike because they depended upon Intel processors and Microsoft software. The only possible differentiation in running a personal computer company, he posited, was to provide better View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

equity firm, leading a private-equity owned operating company, investing in private equity as limited partners, or providing advisory services to private equity firms. This course is also appropriate for all... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance

endow a chair at the School. After graduating from HBS as a Baker Scholar, he worked for a number of years at Unibanco, Brazil's third largest bank, including service as executive director. In 1983, he and three partners founded Pactual,... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

A Big Deal

Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) made big news in February when his Tata Group purchased Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steel producer, the Financial Times reported (February 3, 2007). The $12 billion deal was one for the record books as the largest... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

12 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Doubts about Applying to HBS

Street, I transitioned to working at Sponsors For Educational Opportunity (SEO) as an Assistant Director of Recruiting and Development. At SEO, I leveraged my experience in financial services and passion... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Honoring HBS’s Organization Men

A SEMINAL WORK: Lorsch and Lawrence, together again. A celebration of the past and a look to the future were all part of the program at an evening last December with HBS professor emeritus Paul Lawrence and professor Jay Lorsch, authors... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

02 Mar 2020
News

Educating the Whole Student

their families. The school, which opened its doors in East Palo Alto, California, in 2016, integrates academics with health care and family support services, all of which is offered tuition free. “We knew the education system was broken,”... View Details

Keywords: April White; Educational Services; Educational Services

February 1987 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Arley Merchandise Corporation

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Involves the initial public offering of a firm's stock. The offering includes a money-back guarantee to investors from the issuing firm which comes in the form of a "put" option. Option valuation is thus an important issue in this case. View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Stocks; Cases; Valuation; Stock Options; Service Industry; Service Industry