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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
industry. Joined in 1979 by Douglas M. Schair (MBA '71) and another partner, Hawes followed an ambitious agenda. By 1988, the firm had completed more than one hundred deals and outdistanced even the leading Wall Street investment banks in... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
block of apartments overlooking the Nile River. She graduated from Cairo University in 2006 with a degree in economics, followed by a master's in environment and development at the London School of Economics. After stints as a researcher and analyst at investment View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
trust of the communities they serve.” For the Oregon Community Partners, that has meant teaming up with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a micro-lending organization providing entrepreneurs of color with opportunities for financial coaching and access to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
based primarily on data from a 2007 World Bank study of global economic prospects for 2030.* We showed it to important business leaders — some HBS alumni, some not — from around the world and asked them for their views on potential... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
States with food banks and distribution networks. For its part, H-E-B realized its corporate values of contributing to the communities in which it operates and generated goodwill and brand enhancement in this new market. Other case... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
same way. A home mortgage is a simple example of how our work is commonly applied. Most mortgages allow the homeowner the option to prepay the mortgage before its term is up. That option to prepay has a value, and banks need to know how... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
issues that came out of that bust. So they’re almost too conservative. They’re not investing in infrastructure as much as they could or should. I’ve literally called banks while working on real estate development projects, and they’re... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
collection, a unique research and teaching resource that comprises more than 140 videos of HBS faculty interviewing business leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The five new videos feature South African business leaders in the View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
University before heading to HBS. His business thinking was influenced by faculty giants such as Georges Doriot, who taught industrial management and is widely considered the father of venture capital, and commercial banking authority... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
much more connected, pervasive, and easy to use. Greater customization will result, and the consumer will call the shots. "Companies that return power to the consumer will be the ones that thrive," Ballmer said, mentioning online banking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
software bus and plug applications into that." As simple as it sounds, this insight had a dramatic impact on the financial services institutions that were among Ranadivé's first customers. (TIBCO is an acronym for The Information Bus Company.)In 1985, investment View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- News
A Diversified Portfolio
extensive strategic and financial experience included consulting at McKinsey, investment banking at Salomon Brothers, and leading business development at several Internet and media companies. The pair started investigating and found a lot... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
Small Business Administration and Bank of Boston, the center opened its doors in 1995. That year the budget was $350,000; today it is $2.5 million. “Our growth has been slow and steady,” Silbert notes with pride. “We don’t plan to expand... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
opportunity to start my own business. I actually wrote the business plan in one of my HBS courses as the final project. I then took this business plan to the bank and was able to secure a loan to start a real estate investment company... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
campus on the banks of the Charles. “Dean Donham was an extraordinarily innovative and productive leader,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “Many iconic HBS elements—including our mission, residential campus, case method teaching, the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
move, but his perseverance paid off once again. Today, Petzel works in London at a comfortable altitude—24 meters (79 feet)—as a managing director in the firm's Merchant Banking Division, one of four divisions that put capital to work. "I... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Publishing The 2008 financial crisis triggered a worldwide recession. Unlike the American banking system, which experienced massive losses, takeovers, and taxpayer-funded bailouts, Canada’s banking system... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- News
Shedding light on business issues and opportunities in Asia
development banking at Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, Swiss Bank Corporation, Union Bank of Switzerland, and the Asian Development Bank. He is currently a member of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
So what we’re saying is, OK, if people are going to buy homes with low down payments, we need to recognize that these sorts of mortgages are riskier. Regulators should limit the use of adjustable-rate mortgages for these loans, which compound the risk to the homeowner.... View Details