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Parker Treacy
Competition in 2016, becoming the first Latin American startup to receive the award. In 2019, Cobli was elected by LinkedIn as one of the top ten startups in Brazil. Previously, Parker founded First Help Financial, the tenth largest independent vehicle finance company... View Details
- 21 May 2016
- News
Homegrown Heroes
When he founded One Championship in 2011, Chatri Sityodtong (MBA 1999) had a simple goal: to bring mixed martial arts competition (MMA) to the place where it all began. “Asia’s been the home of martial arts for 5,000 years, but no one’s ever tried to commercialize it... View Details
Nimi Katragadda
Harvard Business School. In 2017, Nimi was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital. She is originally from California, and now calls New York her home with her husband Dave and daughters Ava and Zoe. View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
The Alum Building a Brand New City in Panama
Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski (MBA 1980) is the man behind what Forbes calls “the most audacious real estate project in the world”: the redevelopment of Howard Air Force Base along the Panama Canal. After the United States left in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Happening Fast
and on the shortlist of possible successors to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA ’82), Forbes magazine (September 12, 2011) reported. “The rare female comet in the male-dominated firmament of Wall Street,” Erdoes seeks “work/life integration”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Ghosh Is Entrepreneur in Residence
Shikhar Ghosh (MBA ’80) has been named the HBS entrepreneur in residence for 2005–06. A veteran of the technology sector, he was chosen by BusinessWeek and Forbes as one of the leading Internet and technology entrepreneurs. Ghosh will... View Details
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News Coverage - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
(August 2014) Utah Hospitals Try the Unthinkable: Get a Grip on Costs USA TODAY Julie Appleby (June 2014) Retooling Hospitals, One Data Point at a Time KAISER HEALTH NEWS Julie Appleby (June 2014) Fixing The Health Care System And Other Practical Lines Of Business... View Details
Alex Jiang
founding investment team members at Sinovation and invested in 60+ startups. His led the angel and series A investments in a number of unicorn startups. He achieved over USD350m exit with an average return multiple of 8x for investment at Sinovation and WI Harper... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
A Tough Assignment
“When he graduated, he had $3,000 in his bank account, an ailing six-year-old Isuzu Trooper, and $80,000 in debt,” reported Forbes (March 28, 2005). That was when O’Neill decided to start the Shackleton Schools, named for the intrepid... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
recent MBA graduates and corporate recruiters. U.S. News is alone in asking deans and MBA program administrators for their views on top schools, and it gives significant weight to undergrad GPAs and GMAT scores. Forbes relies solely on... View Details
- 12 Feb 2022
- News
Industrialist Rahul Bajaj Dies at 83
the time I was about 12," Bajaj told the HBS Alumni Bulletin in 2005, when he was named a recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award, the School’s highest honor. A remembrance in Forbes notes that, under his watch, “the [Bajaj] group... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
He Loves New York
wretch at heart? It turns out that Wasserstein, CEO of Lazard, had at one time pondered a career in journalism, been an editor at his college paper, and worked one summer at Forbes magazine while attending HBS, according to the Times.... View Details
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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade
the merger. Many prominent American China traders worked for and made fortunes at Russell & Co. throughout the nineteenth century. Forbes Family business records Mss:766 1803-1942 107 volumes, 44 boxes Collection Guide The View Details
- Portrait Project
Adam Gassin
subtly whispers its doctrine of the month: Cosmopolitan promotes promiscuity, fame, and luxury as means to happiness. Time depicts presidents, executives, and entertainers at the pinnacle of power. Forbes preaches the gospel of wealth,... View Details
- November 2008
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Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin Forbes
This paper examines how financial constraints and product market exposures determine the response of multinational and local firms to sharp depreciations. U.S. multinational affiliates increase sales, assets, and investment significantly more than local firms during,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Currency; Private Equity; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin Forbes. "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 6 (November 2008).
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Private companies: fast growing
cities in the U.S. publish books of lists that include fast growing companies. Note: Some cities' lists (ex. Chicago, Los Angeles) are available only in print in the Stamps Reading Room (ask at the desk for help). View Details
- 10 Apr 2019
- News
Rakuten’s Mikitani Bets $5.5 Billion To Shake Up Japan’s Telecom Industry
A recent feature in Forbes outlines Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s plan to disrupt Japan’s mobile phone market. Named Rakuten Mobile, the company hopes to build the network in “half the time and at a cost of up to 40% less than what it... View Details
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Madhav Datt
tech and social impact, was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and has received recognition from HRH Prince William, and the World Bank. Madhav is particularly well equipped to help students in three areas: (1) making progress towards... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
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A Classics Enterprise
Forbes magazine reported (January 29, 2007). Over 700 pages long, studded with clear, helpful maps, notes, and appendixes, Strassler’s Thucydides was hailed and embraced by scholars and ordinary readers alike. Shortly after its... View Details