financial openness - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2002
News

Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11

“We cover the financial community as our beat,” says CNBC president and CEO Pamela Thomas-Graham (MBA ’88/JD’89). “So in many ways the terrorist attacks felt very personal to us as a news organization.” After doing a headcount to... View Details

Keywords: terrorism; leadership; television; news; stock market; decision making; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

17 Jun 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience

hosted a panel and networking reception during San Francisco Climate Week at the University Club of San Francisco focused on how communities, businesses, and governments can respond to climate-driven disasters through innovative financial... View Details

06 Nov 2014
News

Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement

includes the provost and the Harvard school deans), making the case that the project’s model—open to startups employing a graduate of any Harvard school—would offer the kind of cross disciplinary collaboration sought by the “One Harvard” movement. The board agreed,... View Details

04 Apr 2014
News

Increasing Access to Education

Describing HBS as “one of the best experiences in my life,” Melinda J. Mount wanted to help the next generation of leaders transform their lives by earning an MBA from HBS. In honor of her 25th Reunion, she established a fellowship to support women students. “HBS View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Case Study: Growing the Family Business

There are no long-term commitments, although reservations are required, especially during the busiest times. The centers are open later in the evening than most centers in the area (9 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 11 p.m. Friday) and on Saturdays... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

01 Mar 2014
News

Social Enterprise Initiative Marks 20th Anniversary

notes SEI faculty cochair Herman B. (Dutch) Leonard. "In addition to helping us stay close to practice, alumni provide financial support for initiatives that sharpen the perspectives of social enterprise executives and View Details

Keywords: SEI

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

this leave the classic strategy with its reliance on the one financial advisor office as the sole channel of distribution? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719411-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-448 JPMorgan... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Ryu Kawano

As a Japanese citizen who grew up in Indonesia, Ryu Kawano is certainly no stranger to multicultural diversity. But when it was time to get a college education, he came to the United States to experience even greater variety, despite a family-owned business that was... View Details

01 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 1

believe that such acquisitions are overpriced. In fact, however, those are the ones that can pay off spectacularly. Read the paper: http://hbr.org/2011/03/the-big-idea-the-new-ma-playbook/ar/1 Mindful Leadership Author:William W. George Publication:The European View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Honoring HBS’s Organization Men

students and junior faculty working in the area of organization design, as well as more senior contributors to the field. Their goal was to define and discuss the open research questions that trace their beginnings back to Lawrence and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Profile

Dan Vallone

be prepared to defend it while remaining open to learning from other perspectives. There’s also a very big thing here, what I call an interaction with the entrepreneurial spirit. There are so many ideas here, so much willingness to take... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services

08 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

can also be stored underground to cool down the greenhouses. The company currently uses some natural gas to supplement this circular heating/cooling system. However, by 2025, Baan plans for Koppert Cress to be completely fossil-free, compelled both by environmental and... View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Examining Global Workforce Management

long-term financial health. This finding, combined with the great human toll involved, indicated to her that layoffs must be undertaken only as part of a broad strategy, not simply to cut costs. The “how” is also key: Sucher’s recent case... View Details

Fast Answer

Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

href="https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/search?spc.page=1&query=india&spc.sf=score&spc.sd=DESC&">World Bank Open Knowledge Repository: reports, policy briefs, and working papers from the World Bank. View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

He Begs to Differentiate

Worldwide, J. Walter Thompson, and Hill & Knowlton. Through his clients, Sorrell has his finger on the pulse of a wide range of industries. Speaking of the Internet, he observed that "the great analogy for the Web is the nineteenth century flotation of the railroads,... View Details

21 Dec 2018
Blog Post

A Chance to Thrive

HBS opened many doors. “The imprimatur of HBS is powerful. People are willing to give you a shot if you have an HBS degree,” she observes. While the School might have helped launch her career, Zollar’s track record speaks to her ability... View Details

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

so,” Kempf says. “We see it in views of the economy or views of certain risks, like the risk posed by certain political events or climate change or by the pandemic. There’s even the growing importance of partisanship in determining who works together and who does View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

01 Sep 2007
News

How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

influence can equal any government’s. Based in Switzerland, UBS is a financial services company with no obligation to comply with the Kyoto Accord or European Trade Union restrictions on carbon emissions. It has a strong internal culture... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

24 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 24

Publications August 2013 Financial Analysts Journal The Low Beta Anomaly: A Decomposition into Micro and Macro Effects By: Baker, Malcolm, Brendan Bradley, and Ryan Taliaferro Abstract—Low beta stocks have offered a combination of low... View Details