Wall Street - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2006
News

Profiles from the Class of 2006

made from that research. I felt that through economics, I could really make a difference.” With medicine off the table, Bandourian soon discovered the world of finance and landed on Wall Street as an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders

it out he did, and sophomore year Westphal secured an internship in banking and equity research and junior year he did a banking internship at Credit Suisse. From Wall Street to Harvard Way After graduation,... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

Facebook which have first-party data? That remains a big question.” Gupta expects companies will adapt in the post-cookie era by relying more on contextual advertising—a bit of a throwback. “If you’re reading the Wall View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Sep 2011
News

Green Day

awards and accolades from the World Economic Forum, the Wall Street Journal, and MIT’s Technology Review. “This is a $170 billion market screaming for a fundamental innovation,” says Evans. “It’s a fantastic... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna;Sarah Auerbach; Agriculture; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

20 Sep 2016
First Look

September 20, 2016

find that the effects are stronger among innovating Massachusetts firms, particularly those facing greater Wall Street scrutiny. The evidence is consistent with staggered boards improving managers'... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

encountered skepticism from both European consumers and investors about the unfamiliar self-storage concept and internal debates on how much to adapt the U.S. business model to European lifestyles. Wall View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

year. Those megamergers, combined with thousands of smaller transactions around the country, reached $650 billion, "nearly twice the dollar volume and the number of deals of the peak year of the 1980s," according to the Wall View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

1971 after incurring heavy losses. But the deathblow to the company came when RCA followed the advice of Wall Street and spent millions of dollars turning itself into a conglomerate that included everything... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

advocates, to Wall Street executives— have helped us accelerate our growth. Also, in our main operating country, Rwanda, we have an all-African staff that's involved in all aspects of our work, including... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

01 Dec 2001
News

September 11: A Community Reflects

fundraisers for relief operations, or offering free goods and services, there are countless instances of HBS graduates who mobilized to help. Henry M. ("Hank") Paulson, Jr. (MBA '70), chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, was one of the first View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

the subject of a front-page profile in the Wall Street Journal. And, at the age of 42, the father of twelve-year-old twins Mark and Melissa has become president and COO of a $5-billion energy company. But... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend, and corporate apprenticeships leading to full-time employment. Courtesy Year Up As a young Wall Street banker in the 1980s, Gerald Chertavian... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

09 Sep 2024
News

Basket Chase

back from it if it didn’t work out. But being a CEO now for nine years, being in my 40s, I can tell you, it’s totally foolhardy. I would absolutely hire a failed searcher. And so I really would encourage anyone listening not to think about search as like, “Yikes. I go... View Details

19 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

Harvard Business School Case 718-022 Hank and Nancy: The Subprime Crisis, the Run on Lehman and the Shadow Banks, and the Decision to Bailout Wall Street No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

the U.S. in the last few years. About a year ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about how Fed rate cuts had forced many retirees in the U.S. to "pinch pennies" (WSJ, July 7, 2003). Many... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

dean. Then, in 1991, a chance encounter with Morgan Stanley’s John Mack led to a position on Wall Street as the firm’s chief development officer, responsible for human capital and issues of organizational... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

the Wall Street Journal that laid out his cybersecurity plans, President Obama noted the cultural challenge: “We’ll do more—including offering scholarships and forgiving student loans—to recruit the best... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street executive, she navigated the investment management world to generate attractive investment results for clients. And as the Chief... View Details