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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
private-sector capital flows. They charged that mismanagement, stemming from a bloated bureaucracy, lack of accountability, and an unwillingness to adapt to a rapidly changing world, was widespread. Wolfensohn and his team are responding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
internal coordination issues with the company's sales force, and the financial returns versus other uses of capital for the company. The case raises issues in aligning business strategy and sales management systems, motivating and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
goal of getting into business in India, Khare thought HBS would help him gain professional credibility while establishing a network of valuable business contacts. "Whatever field I ended up in," he notes, "I knew I would get a world-class... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
given its popularity, I’d suggest they combine a newsletter strategy and opinion for more in-depth audio. That would allow them to gain more of the market via the new medium, without the extensive investment required for video. They could... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
Working PapersEquity-Debtholder Conflicts and Capital Structure Authors:Bo Becker and Per Strömberg Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine equity-debt conflicts in the vicinity of financial distress.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
“put yourself out there.” Akash Pradhan (MBA 2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016) How did you find out you had been named to the 2019 "30 Under 30?" Akash Pradhan, investor, TPG View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges; and, when all else fails, a receivership process to restructure, sell, or liquidate a failing company. Bottom line, no firm should be too... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
Ah, Nairobi! I love my home city...every time I return home, I am inspired by how much has changed, and motivated by how much opportunity there still remains for change. My family has been involved in public service since Kenya gained... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program
LLP, a multinational corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. While there, I divided my time between their Private Equity/Mergers and Acquisitions group and their Capital Markets group. I had the opportunity to work on an IPO... View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
of leaders who have been in the space for decades, reminding the hundreds of future leaders in attendance that regardless of the political landscape, this movement has been growing for decades and has gained significant support, so we... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)
I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish them as quickly or as effectively. I know I had a burning desire to start a company and would have done so with or without HBS, but I don't think I would have been able to gain the customers, or... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Projects/BPEA/Fall-2014/Fall2014BPEA_Weinzierl.pdf?la=en Working Papers Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
John Smith-Ricco
experience got me thinking about the role of industrialization in economic development. The viability of South Africa depends on that development and the equitable distribution of resources." Eager to learn "how capital is... View Details
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
departures of senior partners; and (c) the departures of senior partners have negative effects on the ability of funds to raise additional capital. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50943 Big History, Global Corporations, Virtual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog
systemic problems that lie beyond the capacity of any single social enterprise or organization. Gain insights into how different sectors can work together towards common goals, understanding the roles of policy, business, and non-profit... View Details
- Web
How Sharing Smart Ideas on Social Can Boost Sales | Working Knowledge
steadily during the period. The researchers suggest that because the benefits gather momentum over time, the gains could compound if the system continues. The best-practice posts generated measurable engagement, receiving 6 times as many... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
while at the same time, a range of stakeholders can question, claim their share, or put up guardrails around that headlong rush toward change. I think all the attention being paid to the current problems — particularly by business itself — will help keep our system of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Web
Print View - Course Catalog
investor. However, the course is also appropriate for students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital and angel financing... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
competitive advantage because trust can increase the gains from trade for firms and their suppliers. In this study, we document a particular type of competitive advantage conferred by trust. Using adoption rates of a new product as a case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
opposite: in today’s world, capital is mobile. If American companies cannot employ the best talent in the United States, they have two choices: risk becoming less competitive in an intensively competitive world; or locate your View Details
Keywords: by Staff