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Creating the Modern Financial System

Creating the Modern Financial System offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and... View Details

2022
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Organizational Behavior Reading: Managing Differences

By: Robin Ely and Colleen Ammerman

This reading provides principles and practices managers can draw upon to leverage differences in social identities - such as gender and race - to create more effective work relationships, teams, and organizations. The Essential Reading's first section draws upon... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Groups and Teams; Prejudice and Bias; Identity; Management Practices and Processes

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14 Jun 2022
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Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

volunteer per RC (first-year) section to serve as a “JSA Rep.” These students will help to both spread the word about various programs to their section mates and ensure that our leadership team is aware of... View Details

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

succession plan is in place for your position? Is the organization engaged in any significant legal action? What is your leadership style, and how is the organization managed? Were there any significant accounting adjustments resulting... View Details

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Varnika Menghnani

leadership? While I was aware that leadership is very subjective and many kinds of leaders thrive, I have truly come to appreciate this over time. What has stayed with me is that View Details

03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2018 (Revised January 2019)
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The Financial Crisis: Hank Paulson in 2008

By: Adi Sunderam, Robin Greenwood, Sam Hanson and David Scharfstein

On the afternoon of Monday October 13, 2008, Hank Paulson Jr., the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, walked into the large conference room across the hall from his office in the Treasury Department. Joining him were Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,... View Details

Keywords: Bailout; Regulation; Financial Crisis; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Decision Making; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s View Details

01 Dec 2023
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3-Minute Briefing: Nathaniel Fick (MBA/MPA 2008)

As a Marine, I led some of the first units in Afghanistan and Iraq. What I loved about that experience was the intersection of a mission with building and leading teams. I came to HBS to develop the tools around that work, but in a very different context. On the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

07 Jun 2021
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Nine Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

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Digital Innovation - Alumni

Transformation Leadership Donor or a Digital Data Design Leadership Donor —please contact Ellen Harkavy, Managing Director of Development, at eharkavy@hbs.edu or 617.495.6883.... View Details

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Jeffrey O. Greenberg, Melissa Littlefield, and David W. Bates. George Serafeim : Awarded the 2019 Kim B. Clark Fellowship in Responsible Leadership at Sa d Business School at Oxford University. Suraj Srinivasan : Recipient View Details

May 2013
Case

Wendy Peterson

By: Linda A. Hill and Alisa Zalosh

Wendy Peterson was recently promoted to Vice President of Sales at the Plano, Texas, office of AccountBack, an accounting software and services company. To penetrate a perceived market niche, Peterson hires Fred (Xing) Wu, whose familiarity with and access to Chinese... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Conflict Management; Salesforce Management; Rank and Position; Performance Evaluation; Management Teams; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Accounting Industry; Texas

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30 Mar 2023
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Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

The WSA final review sessions have become invaluable to everyone! We also have WSA-only career fairs, workshops on negotiating your offer letter, and more. Events & Community The WSA acts as a conduit between faculty, students, and the broader female View Details

04 May 2017
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Helping MBA Students Scale Mount Everest

23 Jun 2023
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Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

spring meeting earlier this month. "This is a place where we work hard, we are focused, we are cutting edge, for the public good," said Weinzierl, who is also the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration. During... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

discuss how these findings advance understanding of how organizational structure and corporate leadership interact and of how organizations can more effectively realize the... View Details

08 Feb 2023
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Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

the first place. Fortunately, retaining the benefits of inclusion—and protecting the collaborative, innovative cultures that many organizations worked so hard to create—requires many of the skills executives... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
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Buro Happold

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman

Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details

Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs

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