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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Complements to the Case Method
Coleman Professor of Financial Management. “We are surprised by how teams come in and say we talked to the CEO,” laughs Cohen. One of the key lessons in Cohen and Malloy’s field course, Stock Pitching, is that the market is almost always... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
he successfully implemented his ideas. When McArthur became Dean, the School was on tenuous financial footing, relying heavily on the MBA Program for revenue. He grew the publishing division and executive education offerings, both of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Faculty News
from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. John P. Kotter, the former Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, a noted authority on leadership in complex business organizations, joined the HBS faculty in 1972. He taught for... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
for the course was later published, and Paul asked me to become his research assistant. Working with him was critical to me, because he was one of the few economists at the time whose work really integrated sophisticated mathematics and View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
they need. “It’s all about who gives the other person access to what is essentially their ‘page,’ ” says O’Grady. These days, though, O’Grady rarely needs to shorthand blockchain. Its most famous application, bitcoin, has become an increasingly mainstream investment,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to Achieve Superior Performance, Paine has condensed twenty years of research and teaching in the oftenmaligned field of business ethics to argue that companies can — indeed must — be... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
even harder to help those in need. Lu, who began doing volunteer work at an early age, has a deep-seated interest in public-sector work. Rather than pursuing the traditional private-sector path the summer after her first year at HBS, Lu chose to serve as a View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
oversee the ongoing business. Private-equity directors typically spend more time with their companies after the buyout than many of their public company counterparts. Private-equity boards are typically small working groups composed of individuals with relevant... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
new electives - Negotiating Complex Deals and Disputes: Real Estate, Sports, Public-Private Partnerships, and Litigation, taught by newly promoted Professor of Management Michael A. Wheeler, and Dealmaking: View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
investment banking, law, and management consulting firms — are unique in that they have no products, manufacturing plants, or distribution systems. Their financial success depends entirely upon the capability and performance of their... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
financial terms.” Obremskey’s firm, RHIA, on the other hand, is a social impact fund focusing on reproductive health to improve maternal care and combat rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Avestria invested with RHIA to develop a fetal... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the Justice Department, Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He frequently comments in the news media on... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
recent study, “The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS,” Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun and her coauthors conclude that a singular leader is far less effective in these large and complex public... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India
says the second-year MBA student. “I believe an indigenous company that understands the way India works will be better able to tackle the complex problems that drive up costs.” Bhandari points to innovations such as telemedicine, which... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
To Educate Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World
concerns facing 21st century business, including the impact of technological innovation on society, the complexities of globalization, and the challenges of leadership as corporate America tries to regain public confidence. A midday... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
place," he explains. "The team just needed a coach to get them organized to run the right plays." He cites HBS for providing that know-how, and more: "Do we need to be able to build a decision tree and create a net present value on a View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
engineering firm. "It was tough in those early years," he says. "I learned that it's easier to bring sound business practices to organizations that have major environmental mandates and are facing really complex problems." As a principal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
creative new markets. Lessons in Corporate Finance: A Case Studies Approach to Financial Tools, Financial Policies, and Valuation by Paul Asquith and Lawrence A. Weiss (DBA 1989) (Wiley) This book explains... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
to succeed in this more complex world, and to increase our scale and reach to bring our mission to even more people, requires a relentless dedication to innovation." John Hess (AB 1975, MBA 1977), CEO of the Hess Corporation and chair of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
seventy HBS students who participated in the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program, which gives financial support to MBA students who choose to work in the public and nonprofit sectors during the summer months. Sponsored by the... View Details