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01 Dec 2000
News

Looking to the East

policies of Western entities such as the IMF and the World Bank are often contrary to India's best interests, he told the newspaper that a strategic agreement between India and Japan would greatly benefit both countries over time. Kulkarni predicted that an alliance... View Details

01 May 2015
Blog Post

How Being an HBS Partner Changed My Life

that I was willing to hear and ready to answer the single question HBS has asked its community for generations: “what do you want your life to be?” And as a response, I recently decided to leave my law firm... View Details

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Career Outcomes | Research Associates

training with for-credit courses. Sample Next Steps Graduate Programs PhD, Harvard Business School PhD, Stanford University PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD, London School of Economics JD, Harvard Law School JD, New York... View Details

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Ben Seipel

seizing a post-graduation, pre-child-raising opportunity to cycle across the country. When they return, they plan to settle in Boston where Ben has accepted a sales development role with Google, and Kate has found a law View Details

Keywords: Tech

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Fanele Mashwama

variety of reasons; this debt might exacerbate downturns,” explains Fanele. “Those firms likely earn Naira revenues but have to service dollar denominated debt.” Fanele’s second research interest concerns sovereign immunity. “There’s an... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

Private Equity under Investigation

capital.” Now modern-day trustbusters have again launched an investigation into collusion in financial services, this time focusing on private-equity firms. The Justice Department is concerned that private-equity firms are teaming up to... View Details

Keywords: Josh Lerner; syndication; antitrust enforcement; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Oct 1996
News

Starting Now — Bruce Wasserstein (MBA 1971)

this day, the two siblings remain "very close," says Wasserstein, who readily defers to his sister's fame. "More often than not," he says affectionately, "I'm just known as Wendy's brother." After finishing his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, with Elizabeth McNair

01 Mar 2003
News

Restoring Order

founded the investment firm that bears their names, has chaired the New York Stock Exchange; served as chairman and CEO of Aetna; and was the founding dean of the Yale School of Management. While noting the fundamental soundness and... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

01 Mar 2025
News

Patch Work

memory. Since founding Winning Connections in 1997, Jameson has been a pioneer in politicking over telephone lines. It’s work that has made the firm one of the political industry’s leading consultancies, generating $15 million in annual... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets. We wanted to know in what ways forces within capitalism itself might create... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

scrutiny from various directions. "We foresee a world in which investors evaluate firms and exchanges in real time on their quality of execution. And as U.S. markets become more fragmented thanks to new technology, regulators will... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

consumers who have access to vouchers must generally be lower than those of consumers who do not have access to vouchers. Offering vouchers tends to be more profitable for firms that are patient or relatively unknown and for View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

that the Chinese wall was no protection at all for the independence of the analysts. Trying to sell IPOs, analysts gave glowing recommendations to firms which collapsed within months. Trying to support the stocks of View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

17 Jul 2000
What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

defending the right to innovate or standing up against the Government's regulatory bias. There was some feeling in this group that Microsoft was unlucky in drawing a judge who turned out to be hostile to their cause. Matt Deter's remarks typify this position. As he put... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Dec 2021
News

Truth Be Told

regulators have the necessary tools to encourage people to come forward with information? Heese: Our research focuses on specific legislation known as the False Claims Act, which was the first cash-for-information whistleblower law in the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Jun 2007
News

2020 Vision

for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; and served as EVP at Dunk.net, Shaquille O’Neal’s footwear and apparel company. She is currently the CEO of Insomnia Consulting LLC, an Atlanta-based firm specializing in investment, development, and... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

August 2003 (Revised January 2013)
Case

Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations

By: Geoffrey Jones and Cate Reavis

Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates about divestment from and sanctions against South Africa from the 1950s. Includes case studies of companies that... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Prejudice and Bias; South Africa

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01 Dec 2016
News

How DC is Taxing the Country

because it doesn’t factor in people who have abandoned their job searches. Few predict the situation will improve soon: Almost half (47 percent) of the HBS alumni surveyed for the report expected US firms to employ fewer people in three... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Sep 2008
News

Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

appropriate to try to understand what major problems might lie ahead for market capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

liquid hydrogen rocket engine that was subsequently used in many of the major space exploration programs, and Fern taught in the first public high school in Palm Beach County to be integrated.” One of the goals the couple had when they moved to Florida was to save... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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