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Wendi Zhang
Previously, for the last 2 years of her ~8 years tenure at Google, Wendi was the Business Development Partner for Gradient Ventures (Google's AI Fund), where she advised Gradient's portfolio companies on their business challenges and... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
may not make a good portfolio if, for example, seven of the twenty all impact a single department of an organization. The confusion can result in an implementation disaster. The portfolio View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2013
- News
George H. Strong, MBA 1951
directors analyzes, deliberates, and decides.” Participating in case discussions and writing weekly WACs (Written Analysis of Cases), says Strong, “allowed us not only to observe, but to take part in figuring out how to solve business... View Details
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Cindy Horowitz
experience in a PE portfolio company. Other areas which she enjoys include advising on work life balance and dual career families. Work Experience: CFO of Hollinger International, Group CFO at Primedia, Division CFO and Corporate Staff at... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
New Releases
principles to guide it. This is the challenge. Managers must rise to it, for they are the force at the center of the storm." Managerial Decision Analysis Series four new titles by David E. Bell and Arthur Schleifer, Jr. (Course... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
(with Sumantra Ghoshal), Michael Porter, and Pankaj Ghemawat. “I enjoy the variety and intellectual challenge of the problems that managers confront” More seasoned managers seeking pragmatic guidance on day-to-day decision making can turn to the book's extensive View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Sustainable investing and ESG resources
Responsible-Investor
News service reporting on responsible investment, ESG (environmental, social, and governance), and sustainable finance. Includes news and analysis targeted to the global institutional investor community. ... View Details
News service reporting on responsible investment, ESG (environmental, social, and governance), and sustainable finance. Includes news and analysis targeted to the global institutional investor community. ... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
The timing is an unfortunate coincidence. Far from a response to any poll, the decision to include GMAT scores as one piece of an applicant's portfolio is based on systematic analysis of data gathered over... View Details
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
the American Mathematical Society , no. 4. New York, N.Y.: American Mathematical Society, 1951. * Samuelson, Paul A. Foundations of Economic Analysis . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1947. * Samuelson, Paul A. " Rational... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Climate Finance SIP
wide range of critical topics emphasizing the roles of financial institutions in addressing the risks and opportunities of climate change. Topics included climate and the economy, incorporating climate developments into business analysis... View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-073.pdf The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms' Corporate Tax Planning Authors:Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz, and Sonja Olhoft Rego Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
The Internship Search: “Is this just a personal interest, or is there a real professional opportunity here?”
equity with Berkshire Partners, Aaron came to HBS “to gain an understanding of how businesses function from a perspective beyond the financial analysis and business due diligence lens.” But during his time at Morgan Stanley and Berkshire,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
develop an effective strategy (with tools such as SWOT analysis and strategic-change agendas); plan execution of the strategy (through portfolios of strategic initiatives linked to strategy maps and Balanced... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
findings imply that firm oversight is important during market booms, just when stock prices suggest all is well. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/GovMisFirms_v39.pdf Visualizing and Measuring Software View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition
culture, and a sign that the Zoom life might not turn out to be that bad. Opportunities without Boundaries The Maverick team ensured that the interns had exposure to many different parts of the venture life. This included everything from sourcing to due diligence to... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
technologies to address climate change at scale, where he accepted a summer internship as a Portfolio Greenhouse Gas Impact Analysis Intern. Kaelyn refined her broad career interests after hearing a guest... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
account for 96%–97% of this variance. Further analysis reveals that customers report relatively consistent satisfaction across transactions, but that some customers are habitually more satisfied than others. An empirical investigation of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
at the firm, served as a director of a number of its portfolio companies, and became one of the leading women in the US venture capital field. A steady stream of individuals who trained at HBS entered the Quartermaster Corps, and Doriot... View Details
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Evan Rachlin
New therapies, especially those in biotechnology, are very exciting to Evan Rachlin. In his first business-related internship, Evan examined the economic side of life science at Pfizer in New York City. There, he cooperated with the View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
2003. An open-economy after-tax capital asset pricing model is used to derive the hypothesis that JGTRRA should lead to a portfolio reallocation by U.S. investors towards equities in tax-favored countries. A difference-in-difference View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace