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Giuseppe Morgana
ambitions fit into the big picture of the world beyond? I’m passionate about looking at how different forces, like technology, are forcing dramatic shifts in the ways businesses are run. But at the same time, HBS has a great focus on thinking beyond View Details
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Naeill Leigh
week later. What should the Ukraine do? What about other countries in the region? What about the world? At the end of the week, I read an article that addressed one of the options we discussed: the possibility of other states in the Ukraine going into View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
investing, also known as impact investing. "I wanted to understand how to use the financial capital markets and for-profit mechanisms to move the dial on the world's most pressing problems." Seegull had a unique perspective from an early... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
Resisting the impulse for drastic change, Bhidé offers a blueprint for correcting the historic misalignment between the numbers-driven financial sector and the innovation-driven “real economy.” He advocates tough, straightforward limits... View Details
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
sustainable, leaders must practice a clear set of principles. It is OK, even necessary, for leaders to be open with others, admit mistakes, and look to trusted friends and associates for advice and support. Use a crisis as an opportunity... View Details
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- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
Kenneth A. Froot spends more time thinking about natural disasters than the average business school professor. In addition to the rise and fall of the Dow and the long-term implications of the financial crisis in Greece, he has natural... View Details
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Field Course: Investing for Impact
commentary from HBS faculty. Demographics, city data, and more: Analyze Boston is the City of Boston's new open data hub, where you can find facts, figures, and maps related to our lives within the city – all in one convenient... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
of time the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has spent trying to write the regulations around it. The SEC wants to encourage individuals to make investment decisions, but they don’t want to open the door for scammers. At the same... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- News
Remembering Walter Shipley
endorsing employee well-being and diversity long before those topics became fashionable. Beginning in 1996, the Financial Times reports, he asked business units to submit plans on diversity, including the advancement of women. When... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
specializes in serving the financial needs of its venture-capital and start-up clients. “They weren’t sure what to do with their lives.” Four years later, venture capital is, at least, out of the rough. “We see a set of improving... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
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Ann Moore, MBA 1978
Fresh out of HBS in 1978, Ann Moore did the unexpected and accepted the lowest-paying of 13 job offers, as a Time financial analyst, because she loved magazines. The unexpected turned into the unprecedented when she rose through the ranks... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Entrepreneur Of The Year, Financial Services 2013 James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences opens at Eckerd College Tom James's entrepreneurial bent was apparent early on. An avid coin collector, at the... View Details
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FinTech Club | MBA
FinTech Club All recognized student clubs are part of a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax exempt organization, called Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. Each student club at Harvard Business School (HBS) is open to all matriculated HBS students and their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
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Donor Spotlight
Ann Moore (MBA ’78) When Moore retired as chairman and CEO of Time, Inc., she turned the company’s offer of a parting gift into a fellowship for HBS women. Crediting the School with having opened doors for her, she says, “This is my way... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
nearly double the amount in 2012. That's nothing compared to the bonanza expected when the SEC opens up the floodgates for nonaccredited individual investors to directly acquire equity in private companies—and for companies to directly... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
of systemic issues that have gradually worsened since the 2007-2008 financial crisis. At the heart of the problem lies the consulting firms’ aggressive pursuit of growth as their primary objective, which has fundamentally reshaped their... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
did not allow trade unions to operate freely. Similarly, openness affects the development of markets. If a country's capital markets are open to foreign investors, financial... View Details
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Confronting Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
Initiative's Twitter HBS Open Knowledge - This open forum by the HBS Digital Initiative aims to build community and expertise around digital transformation and technology at HBS and beyond. It... View Details
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Stock Exchanges - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
engraving by unknown artist. [Netherlands? early 17th century]. 19.2 x 29.8 cm AE n1 x The Amsterdam exchange, situated on the Amstel River, was designed by Hendrick de Keijser and opened in 1611. Trading was carried on in the View Details
Bernard A. Edison
Taking the helm of the family business from his father and uncle, Edison went on to lead it through its strongest period of growth and financial performance. He dramatically expanded operations, opening new... View Details
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