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15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

companies, when the CEO doesn't do well, the CEO gets replaced. When the CEO does do well, there is almost no chance that person will be replaced. If he or she has led the company to success, that person is... View Details

Profile

Arthur Rock

a simple but profound desire: he wanted to help talented people build great companies. “Anyone who comes into the office and says `I have this business plan and you’re going to make a lot of money if you invest with me’ doesn’t stand... View Details

13 Oct 2016
News

Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

years.” Similarly, he says, the company has developed scientific leadership from within: “We invested substantially to develop the careers of brilliant scientists who joined us early in their professional lives, helping them to address... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe

But his longtime fascination with both the stock market and inventors came to the fore when he entered the New York investment world. After setting up a science and technology investment banking group at... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Finance

2025
Working Paper

Climate Risk and the U.S. Insurance Gap: Measurement, Drivers and Implications

By: Parinitha Sastry, Tess Scharlemann, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva

In a world with rising risk, how much are U.S. households willing to pay for homeowners insurance, and what does their demand imply for the future of insurance markets? We provide the first estimates of household willingness to pay for homeowners insurance and the... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Personal Finance; Consumer Behavior; Mortgages

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16 Nov 2016
Blog Post

My HBS Journey

heartbroken, as I will miss so much everyone I connected with here, but I am completely certain that choosing to pursue an MBA at HBS has been one of the best decisions I ever made. The HBS experience is meticulously designed to maximize your View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (227) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of Work HBS Students Impact... View Details

28 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Online Match-Making with Virtual Dates

overly favorable qualities. My advice is to try to stay calm and resist being invested in one person until you've actually gotten to know them. Avoid long e-mail correspondences because they tend to heighten... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Publishing

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

Portrait Project

Lynn ElHarake

shaking hands under my desk, I repeat to myself: "I am an honest person a hard worker a good daughter " And on that day, September 11, 2001, I add for the first time: "I am a Muslim-American." I will forever honor that... View Details

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”

end-user’s experience, gathering the resources needed for development, and building a business model to understand the value of the investment for the company. On a more personal note, Stan says that before... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

Jennifer McCrea and Jeffrey C. Walker (MBA 1981), with Karl Weber (Deepak Chopra) This book is a guide to the art of activating resources of every kind behind any worthy cause. Through personal stories, many innovative suggestions, and... View Details

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

and the Allocation of Investment Authors:Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob, and Martin Jacob Abstract When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). If there are no perfect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

exclusive than the approximately 7,000 companies worldwide that received a venture investment in 2010. Birchbox was among the just 823 companies—11.8 percent—that had at least one woman founder. The number with a woman of color on the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Dec 2008
News

Lesson from the Fall

opportunities for executives to reap enormous personal gains from gaming accounting and SEC rules. If Enron-type breakdowns are to be avoided in the future, corporate boards need to keep in mind seven propositions that collectively... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

the great cities of America. But there will likely be massive arguments about how to raise the money and how to invest it. The solution may lie in finance models that have proven successful in several nations across the Atlantic Ocean—not... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

01 Jun 2016
News

Fellowships Have Impact

More than 500 fellowship donors and recipients gathered on April 21 in Shad Hall for the annual MBA Fellowship Dinner. (photo by Susan Young) “The generosity of donors has acted as a quiet reminder to me to be the best person I can — I... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Warren Law Remembered

baeaf807ff44b783a02acf3d1d6a1e8a Warren A. Law, the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, in December. He was 79 years old. “Warren Law was an extraordinary View Details

Keywords: obiturary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

investing in space is going to take off even more? What do you think needs to happen, if anything, before that occurs? Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux: That's a really interesting question because on one hand there is an enormous amount of... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

Profile

Shantanu Rege

a clearer understanding of the issues." New ideas about leadership After a semester at HBS, Shantanu's ideas about leadership have changed. "Before, I thought of it as achieving success. But now I think in terms of personal... View Details

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