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01 Sep 2024
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Advancing the Mission

Growing up in India as the children of government workers, Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) had an innate sense of the inequalities and problems facing their country and an optimism to want to do something about them. Together, the siblings cofounded... View Details

21 Jul 2010
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HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

catastrophe that followed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September. In fact, had the reform legislation been in place starting in the 1990s or early 2000s, we might well have avoided the worst aspects of the financial crisis... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
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The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (C)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton

The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008 and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition of Rohm and Haas. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Chemical Industry

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25 Jun 2020
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Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

were able to understand how firms are approaching the tremendous uncertainty related to COVID-19. One of the aspects of this research that has impressed me the most is how, for many companies, this crisis has created an opportunity to... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Tradition and Outreach at HBS Club de France

monthly luncheons, guided visits to major art shows, and the annual Management Prize award ceremony. Since the late 1980s, notes Executive Director Marie-Hélène de Rancher, the club has been instrumental in securing loans for French View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

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Evaluating a Sponsorship Offer? | MBA

first year and decide to decline in your second year, you will not qualify for need-based scholarship funds. Repayment options often change dramatically if you choose not to return to your sponsor after graduation. You cannot use student... View Details

March 2010 (Revised January 2012)
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Bank of America-Merrill Lynch

By: Guhan Subramanian and Nithyasri Sharma

In September 2008, as Lehman Brothers struggled to survive, John Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch, realized that his bank was also on the brink of failure. Throughout the weekend of September 13–14, 2008, Thain successfully negotiated a deal with Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States

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23 Oct 2019
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After the Storm

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes “And then there’s this crisis that’s happening, and I just was like, you know, how am I and how are we going to do all of this? And with kids, you don’t get second chances.... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2009
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HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008

The business of business education produced another year of strong results for HBS during fiscal 2008, which ended last June. Applications for the core MBA Program reached a five-year high of 8,661, and the percentage of admitted students... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Apr 2018
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Pushing the Next Generation Forward

On any given day in his job as COO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), Kwame Owusu-Kesse (AB 2006, MBA/MPP 2012) might find himself analyzing funding sources with the nonprofit organization’s CFO, lunching with a student mentee,... View Details

01 May 2012
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Best in Show

$400 loan from the HBS Student Association. Proceeds from ticket sales quickly paid that off, with enough left over to purchase lights for future productions. (The first show premiered in Baker 100, a... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (227) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Naina Lal Kidwai

more familiar legal and judiciary system, better protection for intellectual property, and strong English language and engineering skills. The Indian banking system is improving and has a much lower percentage of nonperforming loans than... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

04 Jun 2024
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ClimateCAP 2024

ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business brings together MBA students, business leaders, and experts from around the world to assess the implications of climate change for business and investment. At the Summit, View Details

03 Dec 2012
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HBS Cases: Against the Grain

Corruption doesn't announce itself with a capital C. It is subtler and thornier than that—as one HBS student found out the hard way during a recent summer internship in Tanzania. In a new case detailing his experience, the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

perspective, we reached out to alumni who had confronted similar challenges—including the OPEC crisis, the Vietnam War, the Financial Crisis of 2008—and we asked them how they made it through those difficult times. And in this special... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

in other areas. But we didn’t have a course that would help students understand consumers and the financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, and brokers, as well as a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

04 Jan 2021
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Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021

Individuals and groups offered support, guidance, and resources knowing that the only way to get through one crisis after another was together. In that spirit, we look forward to supporting our recruiting partners into 2021, just as you... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

distinct sets of challenges. Having weathered a myriad of issues during the global financial crisis that included operational shortfalls, failed partnerships, bankruptcies, lender consolidations, lagging tenant demand, low investment... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

private equity and the industry has spawned a number of “unicorns.” We hope to engage not only with students interested in the restaurant industry, but also those interested in food and sustainability, applications of technology and,... View Details

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