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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
philanthropist, and president of the First National Bank of New York, Baker was an extraordinary business leader. At the age of 23, he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
professionalism is the idea that, even when serving private clients, professionals are providing a public good. In economics, the provision of View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
came about over 25 years, the result of another civic- and business-led effort. And it’s wonderful, many agree. But there are still a good number of Chattanooga residents who’ve been left out of the picture. As in so many American cities,... View Details
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ICIC - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
private sector investment to create jobs, income, and wealth for local residents. The organization strengthens inner city economies by providing businesses, governments, and investors with the most... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
lesson is as true in my personal life as it is in my professional work. —Roy Hitchings (MBA 1974) Howard Head took his company public and wanted to largely run it like it was... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
disproportionate stock price hit to an earnings miss reflects that informational problem. The promise of private equity involves solving that gap between owners and managers. Buybacks must be interpreted... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
securities firm, Carl Ferenbach entered theworld of investment banking, spending five years as the head of Merrill Lynch's mergers and acquisitions group. In 1984, he and four other HBS alumni organized what... View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
that they want to invest in for the long term.” “Private equity firms look at water as a critical asset that they want to invest View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
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Harvard Business School
profitable strategy investing in communications companies targeting urban neighborhoods. The corporation's long-term investment in Radio One, a... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Carla A. Harris, MBA 1987
talking about great things,” says Harris, who, two years later, enrolled at HBS as a first-year student. Harris thrived at HBS, and the experience launched her career at Morgan Stanley. She joined in 1987 and worked her way up, holding... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship
Justin Ernest (MBA 2019) had interned at Sidewalk Labs. Stan reached out to Justin for coffee and conversation. “He said the culture was great,” Stan says. “Justin had a great experience there working on deals to invest View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
and in our success as a family," notes L.E. Simmons (MBA '72), founder of L.E. Simmons & Associates in Houston, which manages a private equity... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
While attention to business environment issues is important for all automakers, GM is more likely than most of its rivals to feel strong pressure to pursue public policy goals such as domestic employment that are not normally pursued by... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions
limited to working at law firms, management consulting firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, government... View Details
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Judges - Alumni
New Venture Competition Judges 26ms 2025 Alumni Track Global Judges Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Bio: Tina... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
1932. A typical property bought in 1920 would have retained only 56% of its initial value in nominal terms two decades later. An investment in... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Daniel Sheyner
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 View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
services. Institutional investors, such as endowments and pension funds, often have “vice clauses” prohibiting investments in Schedule I industries. Even private investors are... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson