Extremism - Publications - Faculty & Research

Portrait Project

Kaelin Goulet

moment of extreme income inequality, when the "have-nots" suffered disproportionately because of the actions of the "haves." Maybe it was working to develop savings instruments for lower-income communities during an... View Details

04 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

and international technology. Rushing to dismantle the business groups that now fill these institutional voids could do more harm than good. It would simply reinforce the inefficiency of the private sector and may intensify social distress, which emerging economies are... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

Walter E. Sachs

In addition to continuing Goldman, Sachs’ success in the underwriting business, Walter Sachs expanded the company’s other business areas, his most notable venture being the creation of the investment trust arm, the Goldman, Sachs Trading Company. Despite the wildly... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

extreme volatility as Bitcoin, and does volatility impede transactional utility? In other words, can Bitcoin really function as a “currency”? — Jay Precourt (MBA 1962) Bitcoin has been volatile, though it has had periods of stability (in... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

productivity revolution due to the loss of skills in society. "The other key underpinning is education," he continued. "In South Africa in particular, the legacy of apartheid was extremely destructive, and human capital... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1998
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

I have recently returned from the Board's winter meeting at HBS, and, as usual, I found being back on campus extremely energizing. Our subcommittees on information technology, alumni career management and development, and global alumni... View Details

Philip K. Wrigley

halted production, he continued his father’s trend of quirky advertising schemes, allowing the gum to rise to extreme levels of popularity in the post-war years. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

10 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

countries. There is a popular intuition that these countries are extremely risky and, consequently, capital budgeting practices reflect this notion by requiring extremely high rates of return on activities... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Jun 2009
News

Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs

outrageous. Others would argue that these are exceedingly high-skilled talents working brutal hours in an extremely demanding and competitive environment, that the firm was risking its own capital and doing things that the world as a... View Details

Keywords: Finance

22 Jul 2014
News

Hungry for Change

pounds of sweet corn that would have been left in the fields to be tilled under. There is a huge opportunity for innovation and creativity in this work, which is part of what makes it extremely fun." In 2013, Zeaske estimates that Second... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Apr 1997
News

Manager's Notebook

frequent-flyer programs) when discounts on future flights or other products and services are offered in exchange. "Many of our MBAs plan to run their own business after graduation. Having a good partner is extremely important." "Many of... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

William R. Kelly

Kelly was a pioneer in creating the temporary employment agency. During the post-war era, American industry was in great need for clerical workers and Kelly’s idea of temporary office help became extremely popular among women (accounting... View Details

Keywords: Services

24 Apr 2014
News

Helping smallholder farmers feed the world

background, having seen destitution and poverty, not just in Africa, but in South America and Asia,” he says, “the global human issue of deep poverty and extreme hunger is close to my heart.” (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Meet the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Class of 2020

"What I find most exciting about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program is the opportunity to pursue directed self-optimization along a number of axes, both technical and non-technical, and the chance to learn from the insights of View Details

23 Aug 2017
News

Developing Leaders Behind Bars

area of focus as a photographer is environmental portraiture – especially humans in extreme environments. I mostly shoot in polar regions, but when I was given this opportunity, it occurred to me that humans in prison have a similar... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

15 Jun 2021
News

Elevator Pitch: Dress Code

music, but not fashion, which is an extremely nuanced category requiring constant training and retraining of the model,” says Koen. Stats: Founded in 2018 and launched in May 2020, The Yes currently employs 40 and is the subject of a... View Details

Keywords: online shopping; fashion; mobile technology; entrepreneurship; startup; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2007
News

Eyeing the Dominoes?

Is America ready for another Harvard MBA as president? As the final years of the George W. Bush (MBA ’75) presidency wind down, there seems to be no lack of potential candidates eager to replace him. In the event that the Democrats and Republicans choose candidates... View Details

Keywords: American presidency; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

29 May 2013
Blog Post

Gaining Career Traction

site. As previously mentioned, I’m trying to go into education, which is an extremely wide field. Adding more work to my plate is the fact that I’m not exactly certain which area I’d like to be in this summer—I’m considering working in... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Mar 2006
News

Venture Capital, Post-Dot Bomb

so much global liquidity, too many dollars are chasing too few opportunities. “What’s going to prove me wrong?” Initially, Sahlman found little resistance to his gloomy forecast. “It’s an extremely hit-driven business that’s becoming more... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

other domains, such as rail or hospital passenger flow. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55098 Bayesian Ensembles of Binary-Event Forecasts: When Is It Appropriate to Extremize or Anti-Extremize? By:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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