Project Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

will be a combination of case discussions, guests, panels, and workshops. Fintech: Disruptions in Credit, Payments and Real Estate The advent of new technologies and big data promise to revolutionize the finance world by disintermediate... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

John Macomber (@cleantechcities) is a senior lecturer of business administration in the Finance Unit Gary P. Pisano: In-person meetings will be less important All organizations will learn that they can leverage technology much more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

spectrum of the energy business, including EP, oil field service and electric power,” he says. In addition to the featured guests, all of the chats and panels included HBS alumni from the energy and finance industries. The club’s... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

that as a philanthropist, impact investor, board member, employee or corporate partner. Fintech: Disruptions in Credit, Payments and Real Estate Faculty: Marco Di Maggio The advent of new technologies and big data promise to revolutionize the View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for the war effort. Under the... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Economic Association . Marco E. Tabellini : Recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Refereeing Award from the Review of Economic Studies . Marlous van Waijenburg : 2021: Recipient of a National Science Foundation Research Grant (No. 2116150, $329,925) for "Investing in... View Details

31 Jul 2017
HBS Case

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

to change them.” Blame it on the alcohol Schlesinger’s student coauthors worked with Tam Le as part of the HBS Neighborhood Business Partnership, a field-based second-year course led by Schlesinger and Senior Lecturer Kristin Mugford. (The case was the end product of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

that this could become much larger than a summer project and be a real opportunity to make a difference for marginalized communities in the workplace. And thus, The Equity Network was born! At HBS, we set out to turn The Equity Network... View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

relativity. Those interests led to degrees from the Technical University of Vienna and even some opportunities to work on projects at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. But his life plans took a sharp turn on a Tuscany... View Details

28 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

valuable learning experience. Swapan Mehra (MC/MPA 2022) explained “I have a background in climate project finance and policy and felt that MIINT would help me enhance my repertoire of skills. I learned... View Details

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

Hear more from Professor Debora Spar, Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp, CEO & Co-Founder of Social Finance Tracy Palandjian, former Carnival CEO Arnold Donald, Professor George Serafeim, Professor Peter Tufano, and... View Details

30 Oct 2017
Blog Post

How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA

inner workings of the company. For instance, I was curious about the management of its supply chain, the types of analyses that were conducted to develop, validate, and review business strategies, how incentives were designed to drive performance, and considerations... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

courses are completed successfully, learners will earn a Certificate of Specialization. HBS Online is currently offering a Learning Track in Leadership and Management , Strategy , Entrepreneurship and Innovation , Business in Society , View Details

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Book

An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe

By: Joanne G Horton, Richard H. Macve and George Serafeim

"Fair value" is currently the central topic of debate in the development of accounting standards. While it has now been defined to mean an exit price in US GAAP, the IASB is still considering its own definition, and some commentators are arguing for versions of entry... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Financial Instruments; Framework; Market Entry and Exit; Insurance; Revenue Recognition; Fair Value Accounting; Standards; United Kingdom

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03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Box Office Power of Stars

of that product. That can work in a variety of ways. For example, in the case of films, powerful actors and actresses can help guarantee financing and push a movie through the development process; they can aid in generating interest from... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

16 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

the MBA program. Kareem Stanley (JD/MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Queens, New York. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was in Energy in Project Management / Process Engineering. Post-MBA industry and role? Undecided. Why did... View Details

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime Innovation ARD DEC View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

industries and functions. We asked members of the MBA Class of 2024 what EC course will help them succeed in their various sectors, why they pursued an MBA, what advice they would give to prospective MBA students in their fields, and more. View Details

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Harvard Business School

of Boston who served in World War II, Herb Lyken became a professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and taught for 15 years. He was also a founder and board member of the Unity Bank and Trust in... View Details

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

company's policy had been "to finance research, development and expansion of business out of profits, and certainly the security provided by its patents has contributed greatly to the success of that policy." 20 Land concurred: "It is... View Details

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