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  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

views of how foreign direct investment works. "I think a glimpse into private sector flows has shown that our conventional wisdom might not always align with the reality on the ground," he says. He chose to write on foreign... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2005
  • What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

Summing Up Management is a complex process. Good plans executed poorly may be worse than poor plans executed well. This is never truer than at times of disaster, in which plans made from afar have to be implemented by those on the scene first, often with limited... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

herding behavior in anonymous risky environments. In an experiment similar to information cascade settings, but with no private information, we find no evidence for conformity. On the contrary, we observe a significant amount of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2020
  • Chapter

Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

By: John D. Macomber
As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Housing; Mortgages; Geographic Location; Real Estate Industry
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  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

In the early 1790s, a flood of newly issued public and private securities sparked an investment boom in the nascent United States. In New York, the bustling commercial district along Wall Street emerged as the center of the city's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 2016
  • Blog Post

Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS

Today, we’re catching up with Andrea Coravos (HBS ‘17). Before coming to HBS, Andrea worked in private equity at KKR Capstone. She also spent three years at McKinsey in the Houston and then DC offices. This summer, she interned as a... View Details
  • 29 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

energy investment group. Those two seemingly separate worlds coalesced into one; I was able to use the tool kit I’d built over the years from my private sector experience in consulting and traditional banking in a space where I felt I was... View Details
  • Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—India

presence in South Asia Nonprofit organizations Government agencies, especially those working closely with the private sector An Exceptional Learning Experience When you participate in an HBS Executive Education program, you enter an... View Details

    Malcolm S. Salter

    Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

    In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

    Keywords: arts; automobiles; energy; investment banking industry; retailing; venture capital industry
    • Program

    Senior Executive Program—Africa

    Should Attend Experienced senior executives in African companies who have significant responsibility in strategic decision-making. Participants typically represent growth-oriented organizations, including: Established private or... View Details

      Stephen A. Greyser

      Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management.  A... View Details

      Keywords: sports
      • 17 Sep 2024
      • Blog Post

      The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

      Zoe Sun (MBA 2024) is a recent graduate from China. Prior to HBS, she worked at an Asia-focused private equity fund in Hong Kong. At HBS, she was Co-Chief Admissions Ambassador and Social Chair for Greater China Club. She is a recipient... View Details
      • Program

      Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East

      companies, either private or state-owned Entrepreneurial ventures—either new companies or new ventures within established companies Growing family businesses Multinational firms with an increased presence in the Middle East Nonprofit... View Details
      • 03 Jun 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: June 3

      Specifically, we examine the impact of the annual July turnover of residents in American teaching hospitals on levels of resource utilization and quality relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. We find that, despite the... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Stories

      researchers, she feels entirely at home. Work of Art Work of Art Trading private equity for the arts, Jason Price is incubating a world-class art center in New Haven, Connecticut—and developing an impact model for transforming communities... View Details
      • 19 Dec 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      $15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

      $25,000 of annual revenue Private foundations After removing these and a few other special cases for which tax data were not available, we were left with 1,625 organizations. Of these, 1,190 organizations disclosed the size of their... View Details
      Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
      • 20 Oct 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: October 20

      technology. Private capital flows—debt finance, equity capital, and foreign direct investment (FDI)—became larger than current and past official capital flows. This new era of foreign capital mobility has also been characterized by low... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • Web

      Hiring Organizations

      Dhabi Investment Council Accion Venture Labs Accompany Health Acontor Innovations Private Limited Actis Active Surfaces AdaptHealth Adenia Partners Adept - adept.ai Admaius Capital Partners Adobe Advent International Aid Pioneers AIRS... View Details
      • Web

      Students on the Job Market - Doctoral

      a form of public knowledge widely provided and relied on by the private sector. To study the effects of growing government involvement in this critical public good, I build a new empirical model where high-tech firms choose software... View Details
      • Web

      MBA Experience - Health Care

      DMD/MBA Harvard School of Dental Medicine MBA/MPP Harvard Kennedy School MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Harvard Department of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 600+... View Details