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- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
Name: Alice Liu Child: Mia (almost 3 years) Student Status: EC Where are you from? China and Canada Professional pathway pre-HBS: Investment Banking Little one’s favorites: Mia loves "Wheels on the bus", cooking with mommy, and giggles... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
the fact that a large portion of new businesses is created in the informal sector. The authors identify the main obstacle to this area as the country's insufficient access to credit for small entrepreneurs. The chapter is devoted to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
politics. "It had extremely high inflation rates and extremely low economic growth rates." But then two things happened, says Domínguez: First, the government began enacting serious reforms—the kind of fiscal and public policy changes that made for more effective... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
firm credited with creating the first mutual fund in 1924. (In 1959, Robinson was featured on the cover of Time, with the magazine proclaiming, perhaps somewhat prematurely, that the mutual fund was "a household word.")... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Global Entrepreneurship Course Number 1631 Professor Paul Gompers Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Formerly known as Entrepreneurship Outside of the Valley Overview: Entrepreneurship has been shown to be a major driver of... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
bank on the popularity of k-pop and k-dramas to drive broader interest in Korean culture? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-038 Signet Jewelers: All That... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2025
- News
Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) grew up in Rego Park, Queens, the son of Spanish immigrants. As a boy in the 1940s, he would watch the airplanes fly over his backyard and into LaGuardia Airport,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
Emory University, where she graduated with 40 percent more credits than required. A year out of HBS, Wallace and classmate Alex Nelson cofounded Quincy Apparel, an online retailer providing stylish, affordable work clothes for women in a... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
from the 1950s to 1960s (an era that Light identifies as the "first burst" of success for the mutual fund). During those years, Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. (MBA '25) led the Massachusetts Investors Trust, the Boston firm credited with... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
transactions and vice versa. This paper examines how service quality, competition, and poverty are related to demand and inventory (of electronic credit and physical cash) where, in this setting, service quality consists of pricing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
it. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/01/the-big-idea-creating-shared-value/ar/1 Minimal Settlement Assets in Economies with Interconnected Financial Obligations Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Publication:Journal of Money, Credit and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
many high-growth businesses in China, Gome has only moderate financing needs. Its charismatic and ambitious chairman Wong Kwongyu has built an expansive retail network in China and successfully used trade credits by suppliers and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
afforded Middlebrooks precious peace of mind at work, knowing her children were in a safe, loving, and familiar environment. In addition, she credits husband William, who owns a customer service and training firm, with sharing equally in... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
education program has modest effects, increasing demand for bank accounts only for those with low levels of education or financial literacy. In contrast, small subsidies greatly increase demand. A follow-up survey confirms these findings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
those who were usually called 'raiders' in the eighties - entrepreneurs who were putting their own money and reputations on the line." Jensen believes that most current mergers undertaken to reduce excess capacity and combine related services (such as the recent... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003 Authors:Sergio G. Lazzarini and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a growing literature comparing the performance of private vs. state-owned companies. Yet, there is little work... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208088 Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) Harvard Business School Note 208-113 This lesson integrated Merton's (1974) contingent claims model of debt and equity claims with the CAPM, which allows us to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
creating a personal-finance software. Intuit was established in 1983 but a string of some twenty venture-capital firms didn't believe it had much of a future. Cook, who describes himself as "risk averse," ended up draining his savings, hitting up his parents and others... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
crossed with small incentive (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open a bank savings account. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings account in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace