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- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
she would still probably be wise (from an economic standpoint) to focus on investment banking and to pay others to paint her house for her, rather than to paint it herself. This is because her comparative... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
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William Donaldson | Baker Library
Exchange, and later helped overturn regulations so DLJ could be the first investment bank to go public on the NYSE. He went on to cofound Yale’s School of Management and to head the NYSE. Among other... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Sustaining a commitment to the environment
Paul Zofnass (AB 1969, MBA 1973) is a 24/7 environmentalist who embraces the synergy between good business and the conservation of natural resources. In 1990 he founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, which provides financial advisory and View Details
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Megan Gardner
Circles.Work Experience: Tech Start-ups (Board member, Advisor, CEO/Founder), Investment Banking (including M&A) - Deutsche Bank, SoundView Technology (bought by Schwab), Strategy Consulting / Business... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
financial advisors to make saving and investment decisions. Low literacy and lack of information affect the ability to save and to secure a comfortable retirement; ignorance about basic financial concepts can be linked to lack of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Liquid and Efficient
president and COO of Goldman Sachs, with a background in both trading and investment banking as well as an electrical engineering degree from MIT, Thain is known for his understanding of markets and... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have identical preferences and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
beliefs play a central role. I have worked on projects that study beliefs and important economic decisions, in the context of corporate investment in general, and banking and the financial crisis in... View Details
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Sophia Virani
Even as she worked in investment banking and hedge funds, Sophia Virani felt drawn to science and medicine. "I really wanted to be in a career that was more service-oriented, that allowed me to interact... View Details
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Contemporary Corporate Archives | Baker Library
of Venrock Associates, a venture capital company founded by members of the Rockefeller family. Lehman Brothers Records Records the history of the investment banking firm from 1868 until 2007, the bulk of the... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- News
At Home with History
Over the last five decades, Richard H. Jenrette (MBA 1957), cofounder of the investment banking firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, acquired and restored a dozen historic properties in North and South... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
the Chinese banking system on reasonably firm footing. Less optimistic views envision everything from a more violent transition to a pull-back to a more dogmatic form of Communism by a threatened leadership. Is it possible that the very... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
outsiders as a monolithic whole, but is in fact just the opposite. There are huge differences in the ways Asian countries approach renewables, said Han-koo Yeo, senior investment officer at the World Bank... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’
Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-048.pdf The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking Authors:Victoria Ivashina and Anna Kovner Abstract This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2017
- HBS Case
This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly
consortium of asset management companies (AMCs) that included the Turkish branch of Lehman Brothers. When Lehman went bankrupt, Turkasset acquired a $200 million portfolio of non-performing loans (NPLs). After that, it continued to acquire more debts from other View Details
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Lauren Booker
management, and supervising people." Transitioning into investing and economic development While her work at Goldman was satisfying, Lauren "wanted to transition within financial services to View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence.... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Renaissance Man
Turning the page: A collection decades in the making tells the story of a lifelong passion. Image Copyright Sotheby’s (Photo Credit: Nathan Keay, Tiny Mechanism) Thomas Brooker (MBA 1968) acquired his first rare book in 1959, during a junior year abroad in Paris. At a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
International Finance A Casebook by Mihir A. Desai (John Wiley & Sons) These case studies, by Associate Professor Desai, consider how major financial and investment decisions must adapt to the opportunities and obstacles in a rapidly... View Details