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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
to pull, rather than taking out a loan at a higher interest rate later to pay for a new roof.” So far buyers have loved it. They say it helps them look at a prospective purchase with a broader perspective,... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
bigger issues, but they may actually be quite solvable and allow you to begin the trust rebuilding process, but you’ve got to get in there and figure out what they are. DM: You also talk about at the outset building a "good enough" plan, right? And I found that so... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
This led a flood of new investors, from part-time novices to deep-pocketed hedge funds, to get into the game, pushing the sector to a record-breaking $344 billion in deals in 2021. So when the Federal Reserve raised interest View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Tokyo, MBK Partners focuses primarily on buyouts of consumer-facing businesses in China, Japan, and Korea. With nearly $30 billion in capital under management, the firm is raising its sixth flagship fund, targeting $8 billion; the firm’s average aggregate internal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
interest — on this mostly Republican $10 trillion debt, up from slightly less than $1 trillion when Reagan took office, is equivalent to about 40 percent of all the personal income taxes Americans pay each year. Imagine what would happen... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
BYFORD: Changing careers is well worth the effort. Grenville Byford (MBA ’79) was practical when he decided to pursue his interest in international relations. “Unless your name is Kissinger, you have to specialize in a particular area of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
relativity. Those interests led to degrees from the Technical University of Vienna and even some opportunities to work on projects at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. But his life plans took a sharp turn on a Tuscany... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
While a non-depository CDFI like the Reinvestment Fund can assume risks that a traditional bank cannot—“banks can’t take losses,” Young, who once worked at a CDFI, explains—it must also set higher interest View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
Philippine tech incubator behind a number of remarkable companies, including Ayannah, which uses social media and mobile platforms to provide digital commerce and payment services to the world’s unbanked; PawnHero, an online pawnshop that allows people to borrow... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973
every year since its inception, is the only firm of its kind in Brazil that has been awarded an MQ1 rating by Moody's. Jakurski, who serves as managing director, focuses on fixed income, equity, and currency trading in global markets and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
that owners of minority businesses are not only rejected for loans more often than white borrowers, but they also are charged significantly higher interest rates, on average. Overall, more than half of small business owners say their... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
after it was reconfigured following a merger, Barford then took up the reins of Valleydene Corporation Limited, a family-run holding company that has a majority interest in GSW and also oversees warehouse facilities, oil and gas... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
productivity is going up significantly around the world. Globalization is creating higher growth rates and overall lower costs of production. However, the U.S. stock market is ahead of itself.” Views on investing in emerging markets: “We... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
not-for-profits for environmental science, law, economics, innovation, and advocacy increase at far greater than historical rates. Capital for new clean tech ventures has also increased at a rate commensurate with the resulting needs. To... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
Board of Governors to formulate monetary policy, ensuring that its policies take into account conditions in every state and across all economic sectors. Each Reserve Bank is supervised by a nine-member board of directors. With the Federal Reserve potentially poised to... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
Alex Popa, MBA 2007
prime minister’s cabinet before coming to HBS. “Giving shouldn’t be about age,” Popa insists. “It should be about capability and what really matters.” His fellowship gift—to support MBA students with a strong interest in genomic research,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
the phone, and a second where he prefaced the ask with, "I'm so sorry about the rain!" The first version produced a successful outcome only 9 percent of the time; the "weather apology" version had a success rate more than five times... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
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SVB Crash Analysis
Bank's Failure Say About the State of Finance? Silicon Valley Bank wasn't ready for the Fed's interest rate hikes, but that's only part of the story. In Working Knowledge, HBS professors Victoria Ivashina... View Details