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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Alumni Books Ptaath’s Hammer by Wim Baren, i.e., Barry Wemple (MBA 1973) Westminster & York Ltd. A 17,000-year-old city is discovered, predating all other known civilizations. A nightmarish blight threatens to spread over the world and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11
second office at Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza. She’d just finished a breakfast meeting with advertising clients and was preparing to return to CNBC’s Fort Lee, New Jersey, headquarters when the first plane struck the World View Details
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
trade war continues (TonyO), leadership or lack thereof (Harry White), actions by the current US administration to encourage firms to bring jobs home and promulgate “America first” policies (Todd Z.), reduced dependency on foreign oil,... View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
Security and Exchange Commission mandated that publicly traded companies had to disclose all material information to their investors at the same time. The researchers found that after the introduction of that rule, the return spread of... View Details
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
interface, is poised to take another bite out of the hearts (and profits) of companies from Doubleday to Putnam. "Traditional trade book publishers are scared," says Harvard Business School professor Peter Olson. "The View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
Republican administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the Democratic administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton during its implementation. It created the largest free trade area in the world... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
What I Do: Philippe Hellich (MBA 1996)
ever-present too, be it a customer tripping on a display or an entire country divorcing itself from established trading protocols. “The diversity of risks is what makes this job so exciting,” says the man whose task it is to prevent... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
relationship. In this paper we look at this era as economic historians, trying to set events in a longer-term perspective. In some ways China's economic model in the decade 1998-2007 was similar to the one adopted by West Germany and Japan after View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
book excerpt Firms As Actors From Chapter 1 Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World By Geoffrey Jones Entrepreneurs and firms have been important actors in the making of our modern global... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
you see as some of key factors that led to this? Luis Viceira:The Dow is an index that has traditionally included the largest companies traded in the US stock market. Its growth since its inception reflects the growth and profitability of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
property access, which then lead to the creation of private property rights because that's the only way of solving the problem," he said. Solving the problem by treating water like any other commodity sparked lively discussion. “If the View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
African coffee supply with African coffee demand. Now five years old, Neo has nine locations around Lagos, its own branded capsules for Nespresso machines, and plans to grow. To do that, the Dozies will have to nurture a coffee-sipping culture in a part of the View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
routine part of most people's lives, there is no doubt that technology—especially Internet technology—is having a huge impact on the financial services industry. With much hype and headlines, Web trading has revolutionized the securities... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
point out that the old players still have a strong competitive advantage. Schwab, for instance, "finds the Merrill Lynches of the world to be much more frightening than the E*Trades," according to McFarlan. Unlike the new online entrants,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
the Modern Administrative State, 1912–1925: Trade Associations, Codes of Fair Competition, and State Building By: Sawyer, Laura Phillips Abstract—From its founding in 1912 through the interwar years, the Chamber's history shows a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
under the bridge — ancient history, like the history of imperial China. Markets have short memories. Many young traders today did not even experience the Asian crisis of 1997–1998. Those who went into finance after 2000 lived through seven heady years. Stock markets... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
Business Administration (INCAE). After enlisting in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 during World War II and graduating with honors from Harvard College in 1950, Lodge began his career as a reporter with the Boston Herald. A 1954 interview... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
1984 Joins Bear Stearns, M&A Managing Director 1988 Named Partner, Gruss Partners 1994 Launches Paulson & Co. 2007 Makes what many call the “greatest trade ever” on subprime mortgage market 2012 Contributes historic donation to Central... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Introduction - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
more than twenty-five years ago to the impact and growth of his groundbreaking work in the current academic and financial communities. The Black-Scholes option pricing model established the everyday use of mathematical models as essential tools in the View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
negotiate Japan into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and secured nondiscriminatory treatment for Japanese exports. Vernon's role in Japan's postwar recovery and development was recognized by the Japanese government when he was... View Details