Educational Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2019
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From Retail to Real Estate

(Drake Real Estate Partners LLC) (Drake Real Estate Partners LLC) When Nicolas Ibañez’s (MBA 2011) grandfather opened the doors of a grocery store in the 1950s, it was Chile’s first supermarket and an immediate success. Over time the business expanded into Distribución... View Details

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Research Brief: Staying in the Game

Illustration by Peter Hoey In Monopoly, declaring bankruptcy has a very permanent consequence. Game over; you lose. In the paper “Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy,” HBS professor Shai Bernstein... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

in employment at small firms in high-tech industries, which are a frequent target of patent trolls. By contrast, the laws have no significant impact on employment at larger or non-high-tech firms. Anti-troll legislation is also associated with fewer business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
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Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

December 1995 (Revised December 1995)
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Yale University Investments Office

By: Josh Lerner and Jay O. Light

Yale University's investment office was responsible for managing its endowment, which totaled nearly $4 billion in June 1995. Yale had developed a rather different approach to endowment management, including substantial investments in "less efficient" equity markets... View Details

Keywords: Assets; Private Equity; Investment; Investment Return; Management; Markets; Strategy; Education Industry

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Corps Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Millennium Challenge Corporation New Profit New Sector Alliance NewSchools Venture Fund New York City Public Schools New York Public Radio Nonprofit Finance Fund OneTen Coalition,... View Details

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

had settled on a candidate nor the candidates’ vote shares. This suggests that voters who shift to another candidate are influenced by other types of information, such as media coverage of the campaign or personal discussions. Debates failed to persuade even young and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

McGinn Abstract—Using a randomized control trial, we examine whether offering adolescent girls nonmaterial resources—specifically, negotiation skills—can improve educational outcomes in a low-income country. In so doing, we provide the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 1998
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Simmons Family Endows Professorship

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Julia and her sister, Elizabeth ("Liza") Simmons Hoke, also actively support higher education. "It's clear, now more than ever, that education is the key to the future," says Liza, who works in... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Program and Executive Education. With physical distancing guidelines and international travel restrictions in effect, Executive Education pivoted to an all-virtual program portfolio from its traditional residential program model. The... View Details

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

people. And I really liked the media space; it’s competitive and interesting – especially when you really believe in the content they make.” Mizuho spent her internship summer deep in reflection, “struggling to move out of finance and... View Details

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Peggy Mativo-Ochola

number-crunching, understanding macroeconomic indicators – these and more are better covered in business school than in education school." "I was initially intimidated by my finance classes,"... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

30 Mar 2023
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Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

my job in finance before HBS, I saw the professional and personal struggles that women, and particularly women of color, face. I’ve strived to help recruit more women into male-dominated places. I am passionate about helping advance... View Details

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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Q1Q2 3.0 The Coming of Managerial Capitalism Tom Nicholas Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite Benjamin N. Roth Natalia Rigol Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Entrepreneurial Finance (also... View Details

22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22

Compensation and Firm Performance Authors:Joanne Horton, Yuval Millo, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (forthcoming) Abstract Using a sample of 4,278 listed U.K. firms, we construct a social... View Details