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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

paid project assignments. Werk Founded by Anna Auerbach (MBA 2010) and Annie Dean (a recovering Wall Street attorney), Werk makes companies flexible. Their technology puts flexibility insights and data into... View Details
  • October 2002
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Differences of Opinion and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

By: Karl B. Diether, Christopher J. Malloy and Anna Scherbina
We provide evidence that stocks with higher dispersion in analysts' earnings forecasts earn lower future returns than otherwise similar stocks.  This effect is most pronounced in small stocks, and stocks that have performed poorly over the past year. Interpreting... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Forecasting and Prediction; Price; Valuation; Investment Return
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  • 13 May 2019
  • Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

the best one at HBS.  Anna Marie Wagner (MBA 2017) Perspective on having a baby at HBS vs. outside of HBS  I often joke that HBS was my “two-year maternity leave.”  My son Jonathan was born 12 weeks to the day before the first day of RC... View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

Introduction to Business Analytics ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Business Analytics $1,850 Next 8-week session starts January 29th Enroll Now Unlock actionable insights by... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Runner-Up A tool built by the trans community that addresses clinicians’ barriers around learning and advocacy. SeaCycle Hande Ilhan (MBA 2025) Jakob Spiess (MBA 2025) Social Enterprise Track Crowd Favorite Pioneering sustainable... View Details
  • July 2014
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Smart Money? The Effect of Education on Financial Outcomes

By: Shawn A. Cole, Anna Paulson and Gauri Kartini Shastry
Household financial decisions are important for household welfare, economic growth and financial stability. Yet, our understanding of the determinants of financial decision-making is limited. Exploiting exogenous variation in state compulsory schooling laws in both... View Details
Keywords: Personal Finance; Investment; Decisions; Behavior; Financial Condition
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Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

By: Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner
This paper examines how organizational structure affects behavior and outcomes, studying the performance of different types of venture capital organizations. We find a strong positive relationship between the degree of specialization by individual venture capitalists... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Behavior; Financial Services Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1

of capital within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for performance measurement and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

structural estimation methods. Our results confirm the belief expressed by industry experts that in the fast-food drive-thru industry, customers trade off price and waiting time. More interestingly, our estimates indicate that consumers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs

By: Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner and David S. Scharfstein
This paper argues that a large component of success in entrepreneurship and venture capital can be attributed to skill. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are more likely to succeed than first time entrepreneurs and those who have previously... View Details
Keywords: Return On Investment; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Success; Experience and Expertise
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AASU50 - Alumni

Obinna Isiadinso, MBA 2002 Duane Jackson, MBA 2013 J. Dennis Jean-Jacques, MBA 1997 Allison Johnson, MBA 1997 Anna Johnson, MBA 2010 Allison Jones, MBA 1988 Jacqueline Jones, MBA 1997 Jonathan Kelly, MBA 2007 Maurice Kuykendoll, MBA 2012... View Details
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Events - Private Capital Project

Walker (HarbourVest Partners), led by George Serafeim (Harvard Business School) for the Limited Partnership Perspective. The Academic Perspective was provided by Josh Lerner (Harvard Business School) with... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2023
  • News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions

By: Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu and Michael Schwarz
How should players bid in keyword auctions such as those used by Google, Yahoo! and MSN? We model ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider... View Details
Keywords: Online Advertising; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Game Theory; Mathematical Methods; Competitive Strategy
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  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

level. Inheriting Losers Authors:Li Jin and Anna Scherbina Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We show that new managers who take over mutual fund portfolios sell off inherited... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards By: Ludwig, Edward J., Anna Elise Walton, and Michael Beer Abstract—Over the past years, forward-looking CEOs have adopted a higher-ambition approach to strategy and leadership. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2023
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Taking Stock of the Implementation Gap in Climate Policy

By: Taryn Fransen, Jonas Meckling, Anna Stunzi, Tobias Schmidt, Florian Egli, Nicolas Schmid and Christopher Beaton
A gap persists between the emissions reductions pledged by countries under the Paris Agreement and those resulting from their domestic policies. We argue that this gap in fact contains two parts: one in the policies that countries adopt, and the other in the outcomes... View Details
Keywords: Emission Reduction; Outcome or Result; Policy; Environmental Regulation; Equality and Inequality
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Finance Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2024 Elisabeth Kempf : Winner of the 2024 Second Place Jensen Prize presented by Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Corporate Finance... View Details
  • 30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

develop the curriculum for this Executive Education program. It will feature new cases, as well as in-person visits by US Senator Tammy Baldwin, actress Anna Deavere Smith, and designer Debbie Millman, with... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • May 2005 (Revised May 2011)
  • Background Note

Inequality and Globalization

By: David A. Moss, Anna Harrington and Jonathan Schlefer
Inequality represented a major issue at the dawn of the 21st century. By many measures, inequality had increased over the previous several decades, within both developed and developing countries. Whether global inequality (measured across countries or among the people... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Income; Globalization
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