Long-term Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

Wolfensohn Center for Development, a new global poverty research initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is also relishing the opportunity to work with his son, Adam, and daughter Naomi at Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a privately held firm that View Details

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

empowered and included. I’m excited to be part of elevating more BIPOC talent into senior leadership roles." Matthias Argenyi (MBA 2026)Matthias brings three years of experience from social finance, where he played a pivotal role in scaling an impact View Details

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MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 | Baker Library

available to qualified women. Women were assuming leadership positions in more traditional male arenas such as banking, investment management, government, insurance, and manufacturing as well as in retailing, publishing, and nonprofit... View Details

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

any bearing on private sector financing choices. The authors first consider the government financing problem in isolation, arguing that the government may try to "borrow cheap" by issuing short-term Treasury bills, which embed a premium relative to View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources

professional development programs are being cut from corporate budgets, I encourage you to renew your connections with HBS. As I enter my fifth year on the Alumni Board, and now as board president, I can tell you that HBS genuinely cares about the View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

everything from the decline of the U.S. automobile industry to the low penetration of techniques such as TQM and continuous improvement. Yet a vigorous tradition in the accounting literature establishes that firms routinely sacrifice View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

sees 65 percent turnover, Turkasset became choosy about its employees, hiring less than one in 100 applicants. Once hired, it paid them higher salaries and performed more in-depth training. The investment paid off, dropping the turnover... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2004
News

Alumni Clubs Click with New Web Services

events are big hits; nontechnical volunteers can build and maintain a club Web site; and the low cost appeals to small clubs with limited resources. HBS signed a long-term agreement last fall with Harris Internet Services, a leading... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; alumni groups; website; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

of Associate Professor Karthik Ramanna, the Henry B. Arthur Fellow of business ethics at Harvard Business School. In a nutshell, the case goes like this: "Jim" accepts a summer internship as a loan officer from a US-based social View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business, it invests heavily in conservation efforts, both directly, with communities and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

on the world. A long-term view Prior to pursuing a joint degree at HBS and HKS, I worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in Southern Africa, supporting the Ministries of Health in Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and South... View Details

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

approached with pragmatism, innovation, and broad coalitions in order to deliver the optionality that different countries and regions need to meet aggressive goals. A wide range of technologies must continue to be invested in and... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

01 Dec 2002
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

Considered one of Wall Street's most influential young executives, Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA '93) has gained that stature by working hard at what she has always loved. “My father was an investment banker, and I think my interest in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

results versus long-term capabilities. The first four chapters try to help the reader understand that managers are playing a very delicate balancing act. And perhaps the most fundamental tension is the one between profit, growth, and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup

invest a lot in making that a valuable experience. There is a lot of team building and we hold fun, casual events for our employees, including our interns, on a regular basis,” said Belsito. “When we learned Kevin would be joining the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

01 Mar 2005
News

House of Bread on the Rise

her House of Bread was soon doing a brisk business. “Frankly, the first bakery was successful from day one, and I just thought everything was so easy,” says McCann, who also invested heavily in an information system that tied cash... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54899 forthcoming Management Science How Do Sales Efforts Pay Off? Dynamic Panel Data Analysis in the Nerlove-Arrow Framework By: Chung, Doug J., Byungyeon Kim, and Byoung G. Park Abstract— This paper evaluates the short-... View Details