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- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
modern-day doomsayers, referred to the specter of another Great Depression. This was not total hyperbole. While different analysts weighted the "fundamental" causes of the crisis differently, most recognized that the increased... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
take initiative is in the top 5% of analysts I have ever worked with now that’s what makes you stand out”. I reached out to my recommenders 3-4 months before deadlines, informing them why I wanted them specifically to write my... View Details
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
to the point where analysts can “fingerprint” particular authors by the probability of how they use connecting words like “the,” “and,” and “that.” More recently, machine learning has moved into the realm of detecting emotion by examining... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
industry. As more firms go public, an industry is 'put on the map'; analysts begin to track these groups of firms and to compare their values, developing a marketplace for investors which, in turn, spurs the growth of the firms."... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 23 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience
expect from a former analyst at Google Malaysia—or from a student at HBS—but she says there are pockets of creatives in the MBA program. “My section mate is building her own zero waste fashion design startup,” Jo explains. “She has been a... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
Meanwhile, analysts were pushing for more international expansion, but efforts at building business in South Africa, Canada, and Australia had been slow, with only 16% of revenues coming from outside the UK in 2013, a figure little... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
Sherwood came to HBS with the aim of being a securities analyst on Wall Street, but she graduated without a job offer. "I guess I picked the stodgiest firms to interview with, and Wall Street wasn't very open to women at the time," she... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- Web
Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog
partner-based organization. In addition, many more also prepare to enter other careers where their roles will be more advisory than operational. In most cases, these students have no direct advising background whatsoever. For those who have worked as an View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
years as an analyst at Susquehanna International Group, Anquetil began launching a series of medical technology companies. The first, in 2006, was Aretais, Inc., which developed a continuous, accurate, non-invasive blood glucose monitor... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
http://wber.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/12/09/wber.lhs031.short?rss=1 Do Analysts Add Value When They Most Can? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs Authors:Feldman, Emilie R., Stuart C. Gilson, and Belén Villalonga... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
the temp agency advised her to take a temporary job at Continental, just to get her foot in the door. She began as a temporary secretary. Having studied finance, this was not her ideal position, but she was at the company she loved. One day, a temporary financial View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 17 Jul 2020
- News
Support System
a B2B company that supplied bulk shea butter to brands and distributors. Akuete initially started down a different career path, having taken a job at JPMorgan Chase after business school. But when her mother became ill in 2015, Akuete left her job as an View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
publications, including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. His paper "Investing in Distressed Situations" received the... View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. Sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993 and the company sold stock to the public for the first time. Analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993, then the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
climate report warns that harmful carbon emissions have never been higher in human history. First, the encouraging news: Data analysts at EVAdoption.com reported record sales in the U.S. in the first half of 2021, despite global chip... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49606 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Can Analysts Assess Fundamental Risk and Valuation Uncertainty? An Empirical Analysis of Scenario-Based Value Estimates By: Joos, Peter R.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
anywhere. A little serendipity, a passion for making a difference, and degrees in computer science, math, and engineering (plus his MBA) brought him to this point. After HBS, Khan was working as a hedge fund analyst in Boston when a young... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
Case 218-095 Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A) Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the country. Over the next three weeks, 14 View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
negotiations with a potential acquirer's CEO. Instead, we researched who the CEO would turn to regarding acquisitions. Of course, his CFO would be pivotal. Continuing to map backward, we turned up an analyst in the finance department whom... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius