Asset Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Feb 2022
News

Holding Business to Account

financial return and social change on behalf her clients. Following Walden’s acquisition, she founded Boston Common Asset Management, in 2003. By the fall of 2020, Boston Common had $3 billion under View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

A founding father of Silicon Valley venture capital guides entrepreneurs

their companies, they would usually invite us in.” Johnson later founded Asset Management Company in 1967, investing primarily in computer and health care concerns. His advice and counsel also have benefited... View Details

19 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

minimized." Mercadona always takes store operations into account when making supply-chain decisions, Ton continues, and pays particular attention to the design and management of store processes. It also treats labor as an View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage

20 Mar 2019
News

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

From left: Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), president, HBSASC; Jennifer Nash, director, HBS Business and Environment Initiative; Professor Rebecca Henderson; Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director,... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2010
News

The Natural World

and net assets of $4.6 billion, with over 119 million protected acres in thirty countries, WSJ.com reported (June 10, 2010). Two months after Tercek assumed his post, the recession hit, delivering a powerful blow to the funding that... View Details

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

25 Aug 2022
News

The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto

submerge nearly all of the crypto-ness under the hood, and the fact that it’s managed on a blockchain is just how they make the architecture work. The thing that will be helpful for consumers is the fact that, with these crypto... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

13 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw

software update to the Falcon security platform managed by CrowdStrike, the giant cybersecurity company. “What happened in CrowdStrike is an illustration of the risk of picking up an upgrade immediately.” Greenstein’s work focuses on... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Information Technology; Computer; Web Services

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

and Healthcare. Devon's role prior to HBS was the Director of Development at The Global Good Fund. Alsey Davidson (MBA 2022, Section F), Summer Internship: MBA Summer Associate, Sustainable Investing Team at BlackRock BlackRock is the world’s largest View Details

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

move assets (capital and human assets) into higher and higher value-added enterprises. This, I believe, is roughly analogous to large corporations. But countries have additional challenges, without much analogy. They must View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

Blog

Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application

Management for Corporate Leaders in 2016 when she was working at QIC, an Australian-headquartered asset management firm. The timing for the program could not have been better;... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

management capability and skills once reserved for institutions or wealthy individuals. They provide a strong incentive to save and invest and have been a great source of wealth accumulation for individuals. Mutual funds also represent an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

18 Nov 2020
News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

worldwide, the two-day event opened with a special interactive presentation by HBS professors Joseph Fuller and William Kerr called The Future of Work—And Managing the Impact of COVID-19. Fuller and Kerr serve as co-directors of the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

29 Sep 2022
News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

countries closed their borders. Diagne’s first task was to work closely with the ministry’s leadership team in crafting an economic response to the pandemic. Worldwide, crisis management involved very similar challenges—layoffs and... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Mar 2007
News

LBS Picks New Dean

BUCHANAN: LBS an asset to business around the globe. Photo COURTESY LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL When it came time for the London Business School to appoint a new dean, a ten-month global search turned up the right candidate close to home. Late... View Details

Keywords: dean appointment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2006
News

Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have had a successful career are... View Details

06 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

company to transfer assets and liabilities to certain so-called special purpose entities (SPEs). According to the Powers report, which was published by a special committee of Enron's board after the company entered bankruptcy protection... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman

10 Feb 2016
News

Helping Young African MBAs Go Home

As a student member of the Africa Business Club, Tomiwa Igun (MBA 2012) learned how companies on the continent are struggling to find experienced managers to lead their organizations—and also how many young Africans are leaving their... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

estate you have an asset with stable cash flow plus appreciation over time. It’s proven to be a good investment.” So good in fact that money managers now regard real estate as a new View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring

restructure in one way or another in order to survive in an uncertain economy. The only sure thing, according to HBS professor Stuart Gilson, is that restructuring itself has become more than just a last-resort action of desperate View Details