Personal Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2007
News

Avon CEO Jung on Leadership

leadership, the company introduced new lines and products, repackaged old standbys, invested heavily in research and development, and expanded overseas. Redubbed “the company for women,” Avon now operates in more than 100 countries,... View Details

Keywords: makeup; grooming; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

Harold Stanley

personally known for his stern defense of the “old-guard” investment banking industry during the 1930s and 1940s when the government tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to prove that the industry was... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2011
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Donor Spotlight

Penny and Bill George Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices FAQ Penny and Bill George (MBA ’66) Bill and Penny George’s... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Kaplan Named Senior Associate Dean

Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm. He is the author of several case studies, articles, and the book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Mar 2025
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What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jun 2015
News

Fever Pitch

their favorite investment, while some 1,600 students and alumni voted on awards for impact and innovation among finalists from 14 global regions. Best Investment Selected by HBS Alumni Angels StreetShares (Mid-Atlantic US Region) Mickey... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

Thomas J. Watson, Sr.

Though Watson had to personally secure a loan to reshape the company’s finances, he turned it around in a matter of years and officially incorporated it as International Business Machines in 1923. Over the next 30 years of Watson’s... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Dec 2011
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FAQ

Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices Why is this a good time to establish a charitable lead trust? Record... View Details

09 Oct 2019
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Building a Tradition of Giving

Barry Sternlicht (MBA 1986) Barry Sternlicht (MBA 1986) Over time and experience, Barry Sternlicht (MBA 1986) has developed an approach to philanthropy that bridges both his professional and personal lives, delivering impact to both. He... View Details

19 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech

President Obama’s Cabinet as Administrator of the US Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. [Image: TommL] Related Reading Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

employers make an investment in you," and it behooves them to be accommodating so they can realize the value on that investment. She attributes her success to having excellent support. "I'm lucky enough to be able to afford a... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

2008
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A New Generation of Pension Fund Management

By: Robert C. Merton

In talking about pension plans at this point in American economic and corporate history, we need to discuss three linked issues: the defined-benefit (DB) corporate plans that worked for our parents; the defined-contribution (DC) plans we're getting today because... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Compensation and Benefits; Risk Management; Retirement; United States

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California PERS (A)

By: Jay O. Light, Jay W. Lorsch and James O. Sailer

Examines California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the world's fourth largest pension fund. Dale Hanson, CEO of CalPERS, has a problem; how does he use CalPERS' influence as the holder of a small percentage of 1,300 American companies to put pressure on... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Retirement; System; Asset Pricing; Performance Improvement; Corporate Governance; Investment Funds; Investment Return; California

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Career Coach

Ildi Nielsen

Coach at Boston Consulting Group; Executive Search Consultant for Investment Banks, Asset Management and Hedge Funds; Independent Career and Job Search Coach for post-MBA professionals Work Experience: Career Coach at Boston Consulting... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

it." Still, companies around the country are managing to pick their way through such uncomfortable territory in an effort to respond to their employees' deeper yearnings. While spirituality is a highly individual and personal matter,... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

Career Coach

Betsy Edwards

Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience. Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in the health care, energy and... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing

01 Sep 2012
News

Results and Recognition

Viking Global Investors based in New York City, has made a gift to the Dean’s Fund for the past 13 years, knowing that the investment will support important ideas and initiatives at HBS as they arise. John Hansen and Katherine Vogelheim... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

13 May 2025
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If I Knew Then

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

credit: Library of Congress / Dorothea Lange READ MORE Hi, this is Akilah Rogers. I graduated in 2009, companies were rescinding offers, and the only companies that were hiring were investment banking, consulting, and CPG. It was a really... View Details

12 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

should weigh the decision to change jobs carefully, because their major value is in the company they currently work for and the teammates they work with. If they do change jobs, they should make sure that the new employer is invested in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports

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