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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
of an estimated secular increase in the cross-country correlations of both stock and bond returns since the late 1990s. Increased correlations of inflation shocks are also an important source of the shift in View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
knowledge that the industry today bears little resemblance to the industry of the late 1980s. In fact, real estate now is widely viewed as a new asset class that competes with stocks and bonds for investment capital. It earned that... View Details
- 15 Sep 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Debt Redemption and Reserve Accumulation
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
- 07 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
The JD/MBA Seminar: The Perfect Practice Ground
contentious parts of the debate and how to resolve those pieces. We will never forget the long-lasting, personal bonds forged in this seminar. In the future, this cohort gives us both the strength and the sounding board we need to help... View Details
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
students, with an average fellowship of $43,949. Students Arrive Incoming MBA students moving in to the residence halls. During START, MBA students bond both with their section and their class as a whole. Incoming MBA students are seated... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
development relies on investor protections offered by national laws and regulations. So why did investors flock to Brazil's stock and bond markets between 1882 and 1915, when national protections were relatively weak? A: Investors in... View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
The Softer Side of Business at HBS
hopes and dreams – and an equally important time to learn from and bond with your groupmates. I know I learned more from their stories and how they dealt with adversity than many other classes put together. If you couldn’t already tell... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
professor for taking the place of a male student who needed to support his family. She shot back: "Why can't I support mine?" "It was lonely; the women were very few and we didn't really bond together," she says of her HBS days on campus.... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
options to their employees, ranging from indexed bond funds to microcap equity funds. Second, sources providing advice and information about mutual-fund investment results proliferated, with companies like Morningstar supplying individual... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
viewed as a new asset class that competes with stocks and bonds for investment capital. It earned that newfound status on the strength of market-stabilizing structural changes that took root after the last crash. "Everything we do... View Details
- January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Innovation at the Treasury: Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (A)
By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter A. Hecht and Christopher Edward James Payton
In 1997, the U.S. Treasury was deciding whether to proceed with a proposal to issue inflation-indexed bonds. This case explores the challenges facing innovation in the financial markets as the Treasury tries to determine whether to introduce Treasury... View Details
Keywords: Inflation; Innovation; Federal Government; Securities; Debt Securities; Risk Management; Bonds; Investment Portfolio; Capital Markets; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention; United States
Froot, Kenneth A., Peter A. Hecht, and Christopher Edward James Payton. "Innovation at the Treasury: Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-112, January 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- 29 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Latinx Women in the Spotlight: Marimar Pérez-Riera (MBA 1994)
colors and the same diverse socioeconomic backgrounds as the rest of America. Make friends, lots of them. Stay connected. And above all, be a proud Latino citizen and bond with each other. You won’t regret it. View Details
- 05 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Section Experience at HBS
stronger bond with a smaller group of students and made the section feel like “home”. Families and significant others are welcome to join in all section events. Children were a huge hit in my section. An HBS section is not just a group of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
New Course for General Managers Broadens Managerial Scope and Builds Confidence
pharmaceuticals. According to Bower, this "homogeneous mix" - a group that was demographically diverse but similar in managerial function - brought significant advantages to the classroom. "The participants' shared perspectives created a powerful View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
did in 2006 was to boost competition. We now have nine approved rating agencies instead of three. However, if you are a bond issuer and you don't like what one rating agency says, you can choose another. So now, you have tripled the... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
From Germany to HBS
lucky I am to be in this great place, surrounded by people who are striving to make a difference in the world. For me the two most important aspects of HBS are the classroom experience and the social bonds I have formed during my time... View Details
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Trade Publications - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
Click on the links to see one or more sample issues. Report of sales of stocks and bonds ([Boston]: Boston Stock Exchange, 1852-1876, 1922 [Gaps]). Full text available as a networked resource. The Credit World: The Official Organ of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
investment bank in the world. Ellis, a strategy consultant to Goldman Sachs for over thirty years, explains how it rose to leadership in the United States and abroad, made many partners great fortunes, and became a leader in IPOs, M&A, View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna
Path Iyer’s time at HBS helped her clarify what direction her career should take. At the School, she forged lasting bonds with classmates and encountered a diversity of thought, which prompted Iyer to start making gifts to the HBS Fund... View Details