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Maren Quezada

When Maren Quezada was eighteen, her parents took a trip from their home in Peru to the United States. “We didn’t know their plans at the time,” she says. “I thought it was a vacation, but it was a life in a new home.” Maren hadn’t... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Career Services Shifts into High Gear

Many members of the Class of 2008 were just settling into new jobs as reverberations from the financial crisis were felt around the world. While employment figures for the class remain strong, MBA Career Services has continued its support... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Pamela Thomas Graham

giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

enterprise resource planning systems, security technology, and systems that enable enterprise applications to talk to one another. People can look at this as a lull, he said, or as a return to a more realistic pattern. The panelists... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

central planning tool for the project and guides the early development of the project. Research on financial distribution channels for Enterprise solutions to Poverty Spring 2014 | Focus: View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Transitioning Students into Alumni Ted Fischer (71st PMD) galvanized his committee to focus on improving students' understanding of the resources available to them as alumni as well as the School's financial needs and organization. The... View Details

Keywords: John Hoffman

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

Financial Literacy, Financial Decisions, and the Demand for Financial Services: Evidence from India and Indonesia Authors:Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Abstract Why... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1997
News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

Sebenius's Dealmaking: Financial and International Negotiations, and Professor Joseph L. Badaracco's seminar, The Moral Leader. "These and other small courses showcase the exciting areas that faculty are exploring," says Salter. "Many... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

FIELD 2 in Accra

initiative that creates unprecedented intellectual, logistical, and financial challenges. Gifts to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation play a critical part in enabling such ambitious undertakings, which help ensure that the School... View Details

Keywords: FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Information

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

Nitin Nohria planned to step down as dean of Harvard Business School on June 30. But in March, as the University shifted to remote learning in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, President Lawrence Bacow asked Nohria to extend his term... View Details

24 May 2017
News

John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

industrial planning in Europe, sparking a lifelong interest in large-scale planning across multiple sectors. In the 1960s and 1970s, as the McArthurs raised their two daughters, John taught corporate finance... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 18

Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-033_d218ec59-b694-4f4f-ba4e-0e64b54e4c34.pdf Financial Development and Technology Diffusion By: Comin, Diego, and Ramana Nanda Abstract—We examine the extent to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2020
News

All Hands on Deck

been upended by the global pandemic. We wanted to provide flexibility to those whose employment, health, visa, or financial situation may have changed significantly since they applied,” says Chad Losee (MBA 2013), managing director of MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 1998 (Revised May 2000)
Case

Guidant Corporation: Shaping Culture Through Systems

By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila

Guidant is a successful IPO start-up selling pacemakers and defibrillators. The case describes how managers install systems to balance innovation and control. Three parts of a shareholder value strategy are described. Controls include incentive systems, beliefs... View Details

Keywords: Innovation Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Planning; Risk Management; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Value Creation; System; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

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01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

Record-keeping? Control?) —S.B. Master (MBA 1980) DITKOFF: Your first stop is probably a lawyer or tax advisor to analyze the financial impact on your specific portfolio. Your next goal is to find high-impact organizations that you care... View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)

thorough understanding of the problem and a surgical plan to address it. Your job is to execute that plan with as little variation as possible. The ‘same way, every time’ is the mantra of the surgeon. Once... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

Summing Up Management is a complex process. Good plans executed poorly may be worse than poor plans executed well. This is never truer than at times of disaster, in which plans... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

marketing has undergone immense changes over the past decade, and those changes are driving an increasing need for data analysis. Marketing today combines both art and science: Managers must combine creative thinking with rigorous analysis when making decisions.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

Investors NVC Demo Day is invitation-only and tickets are non-transferable. We will send out additional instructions to invited investors. Coming to Campus When planning your trip to Harvard Business School for NVC Demo Day, we encourage... View Details

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