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- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
that cleans up to 80 may benefit by preventing criticism from environmental NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and by hedging against a toughening of regulation in the near future. However, a firm that spent $50 million more to get to... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
history and turning his company into one of the world’s largest hedge funds. Since achieving such enormous success, Paulson has avoided the limelight. The father of two daughters continues to run his firm and focuses on giving back. “My... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
Emeritus André Perold, who taught an investment management class and with whom Callaghan did research. Callaghan's subsequent career included portfolio management at Equitable Capital and hedge fund Odyssey Partners; small capitalization... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Dear Future Author…
your book as you do writing it.” —Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997), investor, entrepreneur, and author of Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth “[Investment consultant and fellow author] Charley Ellis (MBA 1963) told me to make sure I... View Details
- 22 Mar 2022
- News
Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year
(MBA 1999), who organized the event with H4A’s Alex Lee, and cohosted with Cindy Young Montano (MBA 2005). “There was no organized program, but we did go around the table and introduce ourselves,” says Tao. “We had authors, data scientists, View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
and financing decisions reflect managerial, tax, and hedging motivations. As such, these cases serve as a platform for teaching the lessons from the large-sample research. Second, the cases of the course have served to inspire further... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
up discovering that banking was not for me. I was interested in the buy-side. It appealed to me for its directness; you invest with conviction in undervalued assets and reap the rewards for your insights. I transitioned to a hedge fund,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Profile
Damali Brown
Damali, "and became a co-Intercollegiate Representative responsible for building those connections." During her summer internship, Damali plans to return to Morgan Stanley to work within the FrontPoint Partners hedge fund.... View Details
- 06 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
A Letter from the Women in Investing Club
we hosted a career trek to New York City, with a dual-track program visiting private equity firms and hedge funds. 3. Equity in Diversity As the first club to focus on investing with the lens of diversity, we recognize its importance in... View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
pricing. Hedge fund firms often hired the duo for speaking engagements, which led to informal post-speech chats with various fund managers, many of whom also sported PhDs. Cohen and Malloy found that these social exchanges went especially... View Details
- Profile
Kayode Ogunro
How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? My HBS experience played a very important role in shaping my career path. More than anything my MBA experience gave me a platform on which to explore my passions and career interests and define my path. I found... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
just participating,” he said. All agreed that starting a company is a significant risk and that an HBS degree is a solid insurance policy in case things don’t work out — but you can’t expect success by hedging your bets from the get-go.... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
because they're driven by mutual funds or hedge funds and are rewarded in the short term. Long-term funders can expect to see more opportunities coming their way, he continued. According to moderator Josh Lerner, a Harvard Business School... View Details
- Profile
Philipp Schäelli
started out exploring options ranging from Venture Capital to activist hedge fund investing and joined several clubs like the Entrepreneurship and VC/PE club to learn more about these industries and start to build a network. When it came... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
question the wisdom of using its own stock to hedge merchant investments rather than contracts with bona fide counterparties. It failed to monitor the conflicts of interest that the board itself had approved involving Andrew Fastow’s dual... View Details
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
LaneHarvard Business School Case 112-004 A Chinese company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange is accused of fraud by a hedge fund. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112004-PDF-ENG Sino-Forest (B) David F.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
transit countries or all Chinese-owned firms. When weighing these options, we recommend policymakers leverage rich new sources of microdata, which can paint a different picture from aggregate statistics. “Businesses hoping to hedge... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
Long-standing obsession: cricket. (He supports Pakistan’s national team.) Amyn helped organize the first trek to Pakistan and also participated in the Alpha Fund, a student-run hedge fund affiliated with the HBS Investment Club. What’s... View Details
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
of the class discussion, which enables students to reflect on concrete managerial implications of the analysis. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/918041 Harvard Business School Case 118-047 PrimeStone Capital and dormakaba London-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
compared to the outsized results of private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund investment banking professionals, consulting partners have asked, “Why not us?” While there was once an acceptance that consulting yielded moderate... View Details