advisor - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2019
News

Lessons from the Ashes

with all these ideas that the company could be taken over and it’s not being well run and a lot of youthful naivete and enthusiasm. So in those first few months of '87 after my dad died, I'd study for my cases that night, go to class. But then in the evening, I'd be... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

to clean oil spills Bickley Stevens II (MBA 1969) Stevens Capital Advisors Cambridge, Massachusetts Advisory and investment banking services to clean-technology companies and investors Alexander Taussig (MBA 2009) Highland Capital... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

10 Mar 2021
News

Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia

to go back in person. And my next journey may start with a question like the one that changed my life: When can you get here? Connie Baher, president of US Business Communications, is an advisor to Cambodian Living Arts and the Mekong... View Details

Keywords: mentorship; nonprofit management; retirement; leadership

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

early 2010s, Sun was close to filling all BrightStar’s crucial executive roles but had to consider whether some longtime leaders were the right fit for the company’s current needs. As she thought through the composition of her senior team, she also revamped her board... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2024
News

The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown

higher up in your organization, you’re going to face more slippery slopes, so being aware of the controls and your advisors becomes increasingly important. Because defrauding others is never okay. View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

05 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea

Meet Rebekah Emanuel – she’s the senior advisor for social impact at the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-lab). A McKinsey alum and HBS grad, Rebekah served as executive director of Imagine Boston, the first long-term plan for the City of... View Details

04 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy

also spend time as a Student Career Advisor through the Career and Professional Development office. What are some common questions or pieces of advice that you have for students exploring career options in the energy and environment... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

Hayes teaches in and runs the Executive Education offering Strategic Finance for Smaller Businesses, serves on several committees, and is an advisor to the Dean. He also teaches in and runs the two-week summer session Analytics, an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

early advisor to the program's founders; John Whitehead (MBA 11/'47), provider of initial funding and ongoing support for the Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE); Robert Halperin and Nathaniel Foote, who together started the program... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

Experiments 1A and 1B found that advice influenced participants more when they thought it came from an algorithm than when they thought it came from other people. This effect was robust to presenting the advisor jointly or separately... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

proud of the turbulence of our own making and the actions we took out of despair. This book sets out to change that. Belsky draws on his experiences building Behance, selling it, and then working as an investor and advisor to distill... View Details

25 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation

capital sources including TopCo equity, project equity, grants, debt, and government support. There is no one correct approach on how to fund these projects. The uniting characteristics of projects that do successfully fundraise are a team and View Details

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

mutual funds and the income the funds earned from securities lending. Securities lending involved temporarily transferring securities from mutual funds managed by Star Advisor to short sellers and other investors. Income from these loans... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

strived for the formal integration of risk management with performance management (the risk function as 'Strategic Controller'). The achievement of the Strategic Advisor role in some banks and the Strategic Controller role in others,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2021
News

Higher Returns

with a “t.” $68 trillion of wealth transferring from baby boomers and older generations to millennials and younger generations over the next 25 years. Most studies suggest that 80 percent or more of the heirs of that wealth will look for a new financial View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

accepted for the competition must develop their plans in an elective course or field study. They will also work closely with a faculty member. Many if not most HBS students will start a new venture someday, say Professor William Sahlman and Senior Lecturer Joe... View Details

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

34 Doriot first served as chairman of the board of advisors of ARD and in December 1946 assumed the role of President of the company, by which time he had left active duty in the army. 35 William E. Barbour, Jr. quoted in "They're... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Banking on HBS

'59) RELATED PROFILE: World Banker, James D. Wolfensohn (MBA '59) A key early supporter and informal advisor to Wolfensohn during the intellectual evolution of EDP was former HBS Dean John H. McArthur, an MBA classmate of Wolfensohn's,... View Details