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was named chairman of Salomon Brothers International and remained with Salomon until 1981, when he opened his own Wall Street investment banking boutique, James D. Wolfensohn, Inc. From 1980 to 1986, in... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Hope for Reform Dims

for claw-backs when investments go sour, and give executives significant equity stakes in their companies. “Two firms with compensation plans like I just described, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, both failed. So having the right... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

report from the Global Center on Adaptation suggests that more than $100 billion per year is needed to invest in infrastructure, weather forecasting, and protecting agriculture in Africa to address both poverty and climate stresses. Yet... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

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Ryan Kim

investment banking analyst. He studied Environmental Science & Public Policy in college. Ryan lives in Newton, MA with his wife and two young children. Work Experience: Search Fund/Independent Sponsor... View Details

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

November 2007
Case

The 1995 Release of the Institutional Investor Research Report: The Impact of New Information

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Derek Haas

In 1995, Institutional Investor magazine began selling a complete ranking of the best equity research analysts. This report allowed research firms to assess the relative quality of each analyst across the industry, and this enabled firms to know nearly as much about... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Investment Banking; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Evaluation; Banking Industry

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01 Sep 2010
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Noted & Quoted

“If I had been leaving Harvard in 2010, this would be the area I would want to be going into.” — Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69), a founder of the European venture capital industry, referring to his latest venture, Social Finance, a social View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Dec 2008
News

Alumni Books

investment bank in the world. Ellis, a strategy consultant to Goldman Sachs for over thirty years, explains how it rose to leadership in the United States and abroad, made many partners great fortunes, and... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

28 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

(Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Access to credit is critical to... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking

28 May 2019
News

Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble

December 2016, reached almost $20,000 in December 2017, and retreated to as low as $3,200 in December 2018.) So we called in an expert: Dianna Raedle (MBA 1993), CEO, president, and founder of Deer Isle Group, an investment View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Sep 2012
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Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone

booms, plateaus, and shake-ups in global finance —and now, a new generation of future business leaders are benefiting from his extensive experience. After graduating from HBS, Roscini, formerly a nuclear engineer, entered the world of View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Mar 2010
News

Sole Mates

I’m the CEO of Invest Macedonia, the primary institution in the country responsible for attracting foreign investments. The prime minister asked me to take the job, and I report directly to him. It’s the highest nonpolitical position in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

October 2012 (Revised June 2015)
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Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium

By: Samuel Hanson, Erik Stafford and Luis Viceira

Keywords: Equity Valuation; Investment Banking; Equity

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01 Mar 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

(Photograph by Stephen Voss) World Bank VP and Treasurer Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) has a clear sense of why she likes her job: “You bring very sophisticated finance tools to tackle the world’s most challenging problems.” Originally from... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Bruce Gago

experience has enabled me to pursue three of my greatest passions: starting and running my own business, investing in real estate, and helping others less fortunate than myself. However, I most look forward to the entrepreneurial aspect... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Real Estate; Services

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

reluctance to open up the banking system and promote the yuan as a global reserve currency. These were the conclusions of nearly all respondents to this month’s column. Nevertheless, there was an undertone to the comments suggesting that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback

strategy. And the export of U.S. venture investment dollars is going to be a big, important change in the business over the years ahead.” Hardymon points to Silicon Valley Bank’s recent investment scouting... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

19 Jan 2024
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Blockchain for Good

After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details

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