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- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
wonderful thing, and it’s become extremely effective at fundraising for lots of good causes,” says Reed, who cofounded the charity with his father, Sir Alec Reed (OPM 17, 1991). It was his father’s idea to take the technology used for the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
by Ed Hajim (MBA '64), continued its important work and has identified and interviewed a number of impressive candidates for nomination to the board for next year. These have been busy months for the Alumni Board, and I am extremely... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
curated life. Growing up in a military base, extremely safe, extremely secure, you knew pretty much all your neighbors. Run around town and be out at night, playing around at 9, 10 PM—got in trouble a few... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
baseball and football first faced in the late 1800s; more contemporary models are extreme sports and professional poker, but neither was digital-first the way esports is. You can’t take anything for granted in this new world, Kennedy... View Details
- 19 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Investing in Breakthrough Technologies to Lead the Energy Transition
reduce its net carbon footprint and gain knowledge to scale Shell’s new energy business. Being part of these endeavors that have such a positive impact on our planet has been extremely fulfilling and inspiring. 2. Sharpening financial... View Details
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VCPE Database Comparison | Baker Library
Strong Standard Verticals Strong Solid Strong for tech related verticals None. Recommend using keyword search in Business Description Geographic Granularity Zip level City level City Level Zip level Downloading Extremely limited (10 rows... View Details
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5.3 Community Standards Outcomes & Sanctions | MBA
permanently ended by vote of the HBS faculty (a two-thirds majority of those present at a meeting or voting electronically); the action taken by the CRB is a vote of mandatory withdrawal with a recommendation to the HBS faculty that the student be expelled. It is the... View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
and wastewater systems of varying size, the majority of which are extremely small. Those systems—some investor owned, others government operated—have a variety of governance structures and infrastructures that are decades old. This... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
default are not encouraging. There is a mistaken view that these countries fared well after these actions were taken. In fact, acommodity boom helped Argentina reignite its economy, but not before extreme hardships took their toll—imports... View Details
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
managers at the expense of investors and tax authorities.” My comments below provide an overview of the financial and tax accounting systems and their treatment of incentive compensation. Independently, the topics of financial accounting, tax accounting, and stock... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
three things. First, we were starting an advisory business in mergers and acquisitions. Second, we were going to start a principal investing activity, what you’d now call private equity. And third, we were going to try to attract View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
level thanks to the extreme form of fiscal decentralization that the Brazilian government adopted in the Constitution of 1891, which gave states the sole right to tax exports. We also use indices of export prices for each state as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
extensive evidence that Walmart places extreme price pressures on its suppliers. This can translate, as it is claimed to have with Blitz, to a supplier realizing that adding commonsense safety features to a product can prevent it from... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
one possible future scenario: "A key part of capitalism is consolidation. Current business trends are pushing consolidation to extremes The long-term result is a world of winners and losers, where the few survivors of the massive... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
unprofitable, non-dividend-paying, extreme growth, and distressed stocks earn relatively higher subsequent returns. When sentiment is high, the aforementioned categories of stocks earn relatively lower subsequent returns. In Microfinance,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
supervision of a stressed-out boss. Holt attributes Mountain Dew's stunning success in the 1990s to PepsiCo's nimble transformation of the brand to fit these new ideological circumstances. A new advertising campaign, "Do the Dew," creatively combined... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad
of career recourses offered by HBS and HLS, it is extremely easy to recruit at both schools and to receive resume and interview guidance from both career services offices. During my time in the program, I interned at a private equity... View Details
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
recommend the treks organized by the Energy and Environment Club that go into Boston or out to Silicon Valley. Over the course of a day you might visit six to eight companies it’s extremely efficient exposure to a bunch of different... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
and award-winning author of three books on the food-service industry, was the conference's primary organizer. "I think everyone left with more energy than they had when they walked in," she said. "When you're dealing with a bunch of View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
extends beyond the business world and onto the soccer field. In 1994 he invested in the new Washington, D.C., Major League Soccer franchise — D.C. United. While the team did extremely well on the field, it suffered financially. Tierney,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young