Personal Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

and continuity of the firm” This pattern of unequal pay was much more extensive than anticipated among the 717 private equity partnerships studied by HBS finance professor Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

01 Jun 2004
News

Fellowships Open Doors

fellowships. This year’s event was attended by more than 400 people at Kresge in mid-April. Student speaker Mart'n Curiel (MBA ’04), recipient of the LeBaron-McArthur- Ellis Fellowship, spoke eloquently of the gratitude he felt for the View Details

Keywords: HBS; MBA; Fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

not have to travel far to make deals, change jobs, or find professional partners. John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins is fond of saying that the Valley is a place where you can change your job without changing your parking spot. Shared values also bind longtime Silicon... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

01 Sep 2018
News

From Das’s Desk

cycle: Early-career alumni are going through a period of discovery while establishing themselves in their industry or field. Mid-career alumni are in the process of investing in and expanding their careers, their professional selves, and... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

24 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Create a Content Marketing Strategy for your Talent Acquisitions Team

most important? Leveraging existing technology or social media platforms paired with in person events such as interviews, career fairs, on-campus or club events is a great way to learn more about your target audience. Once you have... View Details

24 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

needed. For example, a 2023 report from the Global Center for Adaptation suggests that over $100 billion per year is needed to invest in infrastructure, weather forecasting, and protecting agriculture in Africa to address both poverty and... View Details

Portrait Project

Sarah Shanfield

opens her home, invites into conversation, asks for opinions, shares confidences. She is generous with her time and generous with her attention. I will spend my life cultivating openness and connectivity – deliberately. I will be the View Details

Portrait Project

Shibani Joshi

meant fame and wealth, but today I see the meaning as much more profound. Now breaking free involves resisting the temptation to return to the investment bank I previously worked for and instead pursuing my dreams in the entertainment... View Details

Profile

Tariro Goronga

to date?” Taking an open-minded approach Tariro’s BP experience awakened an interest in finance. To expand his business skills, he turned to HBS—and discovered even deeper lessons than he had expected. “Before I came to HBS,” Tariro explains, “I had preconceived ideas... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

31 Jul 2014
News

Making Private Equity Public Knowledge

©Rick Friedman As Daniel Sheyner (MBA 2014) tells it, most private equity firms have a very specific target in mind when recruiting: "The best athletes." The highest-ranked investment banking and consulting analysts; the elite. "Goldman... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

05 Nov 2020
Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

Goats and Horses Maverick Ventures is the venture arm of Maverick Capital. The team focuses mainly on investments in tech and healthcare across a variety of different verticals, and my first day with them got off to an unexpected start.... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Alumni Books

investment in business performance (IT helping divisions and departments boost profitability), and personal value (CIOs contributing well beyond their area of specialization) — and then communicate these... View Details

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

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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA

average need-based scholarship awarded over two years 50 % of students receive need-based scholarships Shared Investment in Your Future Business school is a valuable investment in your future. Harvard... View Details

03 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)

Well-intentioned people often start the new calendar year with a long list of personal resolutions, only to abandon most of them before Valentine’s Day. Alas, it’s a lot easier to make New Year’s resolutions than to keep them. That’s one... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 18

Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that the initial stage of socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 May 2025
Blog Post

How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value

guided me through all of the company data, operations, and functions, coordinated intros with all the department heads, and even was a sounding board as I thought about my own personal career ambitions.” Jessica returned to View Details

05 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Intensive Bootcamp Kicked my Entrepreneurship Goals Into Gear

and extremely invested in the idea. I was so thankful to have a team that backed my initial idea and ran with it. Additionally, my team was a great combination of skill sets and backgrounds. I made a point to recruit outside of my section... View Details

21 May 2025
Blog Post

Mentorship in Action: When an HBS Student Proposes a Project

and functions, coordinated intros with all the department heads, and even was a sounding board as I thought about my own personal career ambitions.” Jessica returned to investing after graduation and said... View Details

Profile

Dan Vallone

School, I was primarily interested in finance—that’s why I did my summer internship in investment banking. My larger ambition was to help underserved and underbanked communities gain greater access to capital. My firm was great—a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

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