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  • 31 May 2016
  • First Look

May 31, 2016

benefit of increasing equity risk declines. We show that there is an interior optimum and that it is reached at lower leverage for firms with high asset risk. Empirically, the risk anomaly tradeoff theory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

road person does not talk to the power person who does not coordinate with the zoning authority. Or, where a “bridge to nowhere” gets funded, absent market demand for the crossing. Much of the above sounds... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
  • 17 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

for predominantly white spaces is still not enough to keep Black people safe – and there isn’t a job title or degree in the world that can protect Black communities from institutionalized and systemic... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

they sell, the more they are helping to keep our oceans free of plastics. Because companies find success using our certified material, it creates demand for more material —and that further incentives... View Details
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

when harnessed to development work. In 1992, having come under pressure from the Green Party in Germany, DaimlerBenz (as it was then known) started looking for ways to use more renewable natural fibers in its automobiles. At the same... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

bond markets, commodity markets, and derivatives markets. In fact, so did all asset classes — not to mention those that benefit when bonuses are big, from vintage Bordeaux to luxury yachts. But these boom years were also misery years,... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • Web

Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

CFO, everyone wants you on their board,” she says with a laugh. “If you’re a mere mortal, you need to fit a pretty specific profile that a board needs. I have digital, but I also understand cybersecurity, finance, and inclusion,” making her a valuable View Details
  • Profile

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

so you can fail and learn and get back up.”“ By doing deep “smoke-testing“ and analysis of the marketplace, Marcelo knew there was huge demand for a service like Care.com. From $400,000 in... View Details
  • 09 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

It was a brief dalliance, just a few weeks in length, over text and video only. The end of the affair was nonetheless just the beginning for Stephen Easterbrook, the McDonald’s CEO who went from being hailed as the company’s “savior” by... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Screen Saver

that's our most valuable asset . . . the fact that these parents were dropping off their daughters at our place, each with a $20 bill in their hand, God bless them. The trust they've placed in us to provide a clean, View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

What's the Word?

first-time investors.” “These stocks are likely to fall in value, which is not a great recipe for some of these excited, first-time investors.” Meme stocks are reminiscent of past price bubbles in asset... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 13 May 2025
  • News

If I Knew Then

this is going to be an amazing asset for the young graduates. This episode of Skydeck was edited by Jocelyn Gonzalez from PRX Productions. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience
  • 07 Jan 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

creative talent." For example, most CEOs have little difficulty with a top-down management style and expecting their directives to be executed. But that model wouldn't fly at Chanel (or for that matter,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

From Where We Stand

operators or planners. That's fine, but there is more demand for people who can get results and make money for an organization. Maintain professional involvement if you decide... View Details
  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Books

of capital and the demand for financing. The book's final chapter suggests areas for further study. "Much is not yet known about the venture capital industry," write Gompers... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

totally on seniority. Japan should try to preserve its view of employees as assets to be nurtured and developed. However, this does not mean that the job has to be for life, and that individual employee... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Diversity and Community

quality of life, drain needed government resources, and place new demands on our companies." Indeed, while business may be commended for its social responsibility efforts in many areas, in others it exhibits... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • Web

Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Fellowship Fund grantee Financial need is not required for eligibility, but preference will be given to applicants who have had a demonstrated financial need while a student (as determined by HBS MBA Financial Aid), particularly if... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Down the Memory Chute

(Written and Oral Communication); and MC (Management Communication). For generations of MBA students indentured to a demanding Muse, the trials and tribulations of report writing became legendary. As far... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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