Institutional Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
News

Inside the Partnership

juggernaut.” While much has changed for Goldman and other investment firms in the last year, its rise to prominence — driven by extraordinary individuals — is a matter of record. The following excerpts from The Partnership look at two of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

From investment banking, to the federal government, to a beauty startup. From North America, to Africa, to Europe, to South America. Aisha Fatima Dozie (MBA 2002), founder of Bossy Cosmetics, has a colorful, vibrant, and inspiring life... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

ten most innovative programs in the United States even though the program was then in its 66th session. In the MBA classroom, Crum offered courses in corporate finance, bank lending, financial institution strategy, and View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, offers some insights into the causes and conditions at play. Zeenat Potia: Can you give some context around the downturn of the Indian economy... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

15 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons Not Learned About Innovation

Institutional memories are short. But internal business pressures also play a part as executives balance the need to protect current revenue streams with the imperative to get behind new concepts crucial to future success. And too often... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

But that hasn't happened. Why? To a large extent it is because of the inability of firms to obtain financing. All sources of financing collapsed in the country. With bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans skyrocketing from 5 percent to 33 percent from 2007 to... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

Robert T. Thakor Abstract—Financial institutions have both investors and customers. Investors, such as those who invest in stocks and bonds or private/public-sector guarantors of institutions, expect an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

Lerner and Scott Stern, 483-502. University of Chicago Press, 2012 Abstract Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Dec 2021
News

Learning Curve

Courtesy Patti Melcher Patti Melcher (MBA 1986) never intended to open a school. After getting her start in investment banking in Houston’s energy sector after her time at HBS, Melcher became an early employee at SCF Partners, helping to... View Details

09 Apr 2019
News

Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

Institutes of Health allocates only $76 million to food allergies, which affects roughly one in 10 Americans and has no FDA approved treatments,” says Elise. “Epilepsy, which affects one in 105 Americans, receives $163 million and has 20... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

to shareholders $7 trillion via buybacks and dividends, over 96% of their aggregate net income, prompting claims that "short-termism" is impairing firms' ability to invest and innovate. We show that, when taking into account both direct... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

or entirely missing.— Tarun Khanna Regarding his work on entrepreneurship with Professor Palepu, Khanna notes that "it is important to recognize that emerging economies, unlike those of developed nations, typically lack many of the essential supporting View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

Profile

Alex Slusky

Coast PEs focused on technology. “With Vector Capital, I brought my HBS training and perspective to the West Coast technology landscape.” In its first round of institutional funding, two-thirds of the View Details

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

for basic scientific research through newly created agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and through existing agencies such as the Department of Defense and Department of... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

multinational resource and related investments were highly enclavist and embedded in the institutional arrangements of Western imperialism and autocratic dictators. Western firms reinforced rather than... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

April 2009
Teaching Note

First National Bank's Golden Opportunity (TN)

By: Shawn A. Cole

Teaching Note for [208072]. View Details

Keywords: Saving; Product; Interest Rates; Personal Finance; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment; Problems and Challenges; Demand and Consumers; Product Launch; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; South Africa

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Purchase

04 Sep 2019
News

Accelerating Allston

many catalysts that are launched by this inspiring and large vision that is Allston.” Dupré expects that the Allston investment will have a ripple effect on the city of Boston. “We hope that it underscores and magnifies all of the amazing... View Details

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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

offered the following guidance to help organizations understand the metrics that serve as a baseline for diversity and inclusion initiatives and improve institutional processes, programs, and policies. Numbers and Narratives First, it is... View Details

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

organizations pursuing these strategies and identify four institutional logic shifts associated with these strategic transitions: (1) increasing external focus, (2) moving to greater openness, (3) focusing on enabling interactions, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/jlerner/private-equity-jobs-and-productivity-8-march-2014-with-ables-and-figures-clean.pdf August 2013 Strategic Management Journal The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment... View Details