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Investment Strategies William Vrattos Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Managing and Innovating in Financial Services David Scharfstein Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Market Perspectives Robin Greenwood Richard Ruback Fall 2025 Q1Q2... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

or local companies. It was also the sheer spread of businesses it owned beyond packaged consumer products, including African trading, plantations, specialty chemicals, paper and packaging, transport, advertising, and market research companies. It was not surprising... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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Chari: Exploring Fintech in Morocco

By: Karen G. Mills and Ahmed Dahawy

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Morocco. It highlights Morocco’s unique economy where cash remains a dominant player in the market despite global advancements in digitalization. The case also explores the various cultural and... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Morocco

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31 Aug 2010
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Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships on the terms of their syndicated loans. Using a sample of 1,590 loans financing private equity sponsored leveraged... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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What You Can Support - Alumni

practice worldwide. Financial Aid Need-based fellowships make HBS accessible to talented future leaders and enable them to pursue a wider range of career paths. MBA Program Ongoing innovation in teaching and... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Institute of Science in 2024. 2023 Amy C. Edmondson : Winner of the 2023 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the Year Award for Right Kind of Wrong (Atria Books, 2023). Amy C. Edmondson : Ranked #1 in the 2021 and 2023 Thinkers50... View Details

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

justice—particularly the disproportionate effects on marginalized communities locally and globally. Impact Weighted Accounts The mission of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project is to drive the creation of financial accounts that reflect a... View Details

17 Jun 2014
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Working Papers Putting Skin in the Game: Managerial Ownership and Bank Risk-Taking By: Bouwens, Jan, and Arnt Verriest Abstract—This paper examines the relation between managerial ownership and bank risk exposure for a large sample of international View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Distinguished Management Educator in 2020. Maria P. Roche : Recipient of a NSF Science of Science and Innovation Policy Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, 2019–2021. 2019 Rebecca M. Henderson :... View Details

18 Nov 2014
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the continuing battle affect management, talent, and the company's financial performance? Purchase this case: https://hbr.org/product/Turkcell/an/715009-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-024 Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Question: How has the coronavirus affected financial flows?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
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From Big Pharma to Startup

Sciences Track at the 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge, a University-wide competition hosted by the Harvard Innovation Labs, which identifies student ventures with significant potential. The experience... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Oct 2017
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Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

ever about innovative financial endeavors. So that brings me to the subject of digital money or “cryptocurrency,” a form of encrypted digital money. How should we think about the future of a currency that is... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Leadership in 2020. Rosabeth M. Kanter : Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time (PublicAffairs, 2020) was selected as a January 2020 Financial... View Details

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the European Central Bank. She serves on the editorial boards of the Review of Financial Studies, the Review of Corporate Finance Studies, and the Journal of Financial... View Details

December 2023
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Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia

By: Jorge Tamayo, Raffaella Sadun and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago

Set in 2022, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda— a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate—and the bank’s upskilling and reskilling... View Details

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11 May 2009
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The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

Richard L. Nolan are professors at Harvard Business School while Shannon O'Donnell is a consultant with Cutter Consortium's Innovation Practice and a PhD fellow at Copenhagen Business School. The three teamed up via email for the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2019
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MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

will evaluate innovative strategies to create new marketplaces and opportunities, we will examine the key challenges in competing with large incumbent firms, and how incumbents can defend their market shares. We are going to discuss View Details

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Publication:Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 10 (2009): 4129-4156 Abstract Many investors purchase their mutual funds through intermediated channels, engaging and paying brokers or financial advisors for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2023 (Revised February 2025)
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Doing Business in Athens, Greece

By: Alan D. MacCormack, Carlota Moniz and Emilie Billaud

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Greece. It highlights Greece's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2023 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details