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- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
Purchasing catastrophic reinsurance coverage protects your job—but only if a hurricane hits. Spending all that cash will raise your boss's eyebrows because it raises the pressure on him. "People are shortsighted," explains Froot. Froot found that the major... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Data’s Double Duty: Research and the Real World As Raffaella Sadun was wrapping up her Corporate Strategy course last fall, one of her students sent her a four-page analysis of the private equity industry in India, a topic the class had... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
repatriated earnings from foreign affiliates exceeded net capital investments by $1.1 trillion in 2010 dollars; and from 1950 to 2010, repatriated earnings and net interest from foreign affiliates exceeded net equity investments and loans... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Finding Your Family at HBS - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Fostering a Supportive Community
After graduating from Cornell University, where he majored in policy analysis, Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021) spent seven years working in education and for a nonprofit that advances equity and economic mobility in the southern United States. That experience challenged his... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Case Study: A Place at the Table
time. In September 1963, eight female students enrolled in the Class of 1965, alongside 676 men. The School has come a long way toward gender equity since then, with women making up 41 percent of the Class of 2015. But a recent case study... View Details
- Blog
When Generations Learn Together
What happens when a father and son team up to attend executive education programs together? Bracken Seaberg (BS) and Jim Seaberg (JS) discuss their shared experiences in Private Equity and Venture Capital and Changing the Game:... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
CEO is the highest paid executive and almost always out-earns her direct reports by a significant margin. Also, multiple studies have found that the more equity the CEO holds, the more compensation she commands. However, the patterns are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
allocation to this new asset class of social investment, the same way that venture capital and private equity benefit today from such allocations.” The idea is taking off in the United States. President Obama proposed $100 million in his... View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
John Rice (MBA 1992) John Rice (MBA 1992) Will the weeks of protest and statements of support for racial equity lead to lasting change for the country—or will we once again lose steam and move on to the next crisis, without making... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
of Ogilvy Consulting, who praised the contributions of some fifty volunteers as well as top sponsors Accenture and Citigroup Private Bank. "We are determined to move forward and make a difference. I believe everyone walked away with a greater understanding of View Details
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
1990s and 2000s magnified these challenges, as illustrated by the deployment of the descendent of the NCSA HTTPd server, otherwise known as Apache. This study asks whether this experience could produce measurement issues in standard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Faculty & Research | MBA
Initiatives cover a range of topics, from sectors of the economy to societal issues that businesses must address in an ever-changing global marketplace. Business & Environment Initiative Business History Initiative Entrepreneurship (Rock... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
are experts at diagnosing and solving a variety of issues for their clients, are struggling to apply their own management principles internally.” To regain equilibrium, over the past two years, some major consulting firms have... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
heartened to see that many of our alumni are leading these efforts. In my own work, I have observed growing interest from boards of directors in tackling environmental issues as well as the tremendous social challenges of racial View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
businesses, the problem isn't so much agency issues within the firm as much as it is public cronyism, with companies jockeying to curry favor with government for preferential investments or loans based on political connections. "In that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund. The fund will be used to issue grants to organizations working on racial equity and social justice matters. As reported in the Boston... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
cash flow to ensure this. Evidence shows that there are limits to venture capital as a solution to the funding gap, especially in countries where public equity markets for venture capital exit are not highly developed. We conclude by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
A Vision for Venture Capital: Realizing the Promise of Global Venture Capital & Private Equity by Peter A. Brooke (MBA ’54) with Daniel Penrice (New Ventures) This book chronicles the career of Peter Brooke, who has been called “the... View Details