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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
microfinance institutions and banks in developing countries that make small loans to low-income women-and in some instances, men-so that they can build their own business and move beyond poverty. A customer... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: Can a 'Main Street' Crowdfunding Platform Take Off?
Arjun Goyal
Science, Diploma in French and his MBBS degree from the Universities of Melbourne and Oxford. He completed his postgraduate clinical training in Internal Medicine in Sydney. He received his M.Phil. in Bioscience Enterprise from University of Cambridge and his MBA from... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience
A seasoned mentor who can stand behind a novice entrepreneur is a valuable asset for anyone attempting a start-up, but especially for those who are now launching ventures in Asia’s complicated business environment. K.O. Chia believes that... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
accept a customer, but everyone has the right to save if they want to work to do that," Tufano says. "So let's think about what the characteristics of a universal savings vehicle might be: It's low cost, low risk, portable, available in View Details
- 10 Jul 2016
- News
Georgetown Dean Thomas Returns to Teaching
Business Experience elective for undergraduates and the Global Fellows Program. He also developed an online Master of Science in finance degree and opened centers of study on markets and ethics and global... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone
booms, plateaus, and shake-ups in global finance —and now, a new generation of future business leaders are benefiting from his extensive experience. After graduating from HBS, Roscini, formerly a nuclear... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
creditworthiness on purely financial and operational grounds, omitting the prejudice endemic among loan officers. The team used machine-learning techniques to sift through loan records from the Small View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves
Long a mainstay of the required MBA curriculum at HBS, the General Management (GM) course has been renamed and retooled. Its new name, The Entrepreneurial Manager (EM), reflects a sharpened focus on topics crucial to creating and managing companies in today's... View Details
Andre Meyer
Meyer was a skilled financier, with a great talent at devising and orchestrating mergers and other complex business deals. He engineered Lazard’s purchase of Avis Rent–A-Car System for $7 million, and its resale to ITT a few years later... View Details
Keywords: Finance
John Merrick
Merrick began his professional life as a barber, at one time owning five shops. However, by 1905, he devoted himself fully to his insurance company, and by 1919, the premium income was $1.2 million with insurance in force totaling $26 million, making it the largest... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report
achieving our strategic objectives for the year,” said Richard P. Melnick (MBA 1992), the School’s chief financial officer. The Harvard Business School 2003 Financial Report, scheduled for release this month, marks the second year that... View Details
Walter E. Sachs
In addition to continuing Goldman, Sachs’ success in the underwriting business, Walter Sachs expanded the company’s other business areas, his most notable venture being the creation of the investment trust arm, the Goldman, Sachs Trading... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
of online events marking its 20th anniversary. In May, Senior Lecturer Michael Chu moderated an event that addressed financing small and medium-sized businesses during the... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
Kuhns: Wrote the book on Chinese business realities. When it comes to investing in China, financier and industrialist John Kuhns (MBA ’77) looks backward to see the way forward. “I have always invested in China based on my belief that it... View Details
Jules S. Bache
Bache took over his uncle’s brokerage business and built it into one of the premier financial services firms in the early decades of the twentieth century. His operation helped to facilitate the reorganization of the American Spirits... View Details
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Howard L. Clark
Clark took American Express from a struggling travel service to one of the most recognized credit corporations in the world. When he took the CEO position, American Express was on the verge of selling its fledgling two-year old credit card business. Clark revived the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Research Is the Foundation
Neeley hopes her book—along with recent Harvard Business Review articles, academic articles, cases, an online learning global collaboration simulation, and insights she shares as a professor in the MBA and Executive Education... View Details