Maine - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
News

Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

ability to benefit had Iridium been successful. This ability to facilitate large, risky investments without jeopardizing sponsoring companies is one of the main benefits of project finance.” More and more firms are turning to project... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Air Transportation; Transportation; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Telecommunications; Information

01 Jun 2011
News

Alumni Books

reliable, and understood. Today, that landscape has been upended, and in its place a “C-Scape” has emerged: a world where consumers, not producers and marketers, make the choices; where content, not distribution, is king; where curation becomes a View Details

Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Feb 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

economies. It’s also testimony to a darker phenomenon. A recent study reported in MIT Sloan Management Review concludes that from April through September, the main reason for quitting in the US (10 times more important than compensation)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

will garner the best solutions from innovators if they let them choose whether to work as solo competitors or whether to work on a team. "Self-selection is the main driver of effort gains in crowdsourcing," Lakhani said.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

cross-listed firms that violate the law. What can be done to rectify this situation? Doesn't this undercut one of the supposedly main benefits of listing in this country? Jordan Siegel: The SEC faces two primary challenges. One is that it... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

versus white loan officers and automated systems, the researchers say. “The minority officers are particularly helpful in identifying creditworthy minority borrowers with atypical application profiles,” Sunderam says. The authors used three View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

01 Jan 2002
News

Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

President & Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Coffee Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education University of Washington, 1965 B.A., Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Statistics Other Jobs Touche Ross & Co.,... View Details

01 Jan 2003
News

Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969

Founder, Former President & Chief Executive Officer Centennial One, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©2003 www.RockyThies.com EARLIER EDUCATION Howard University, 1962 B.A., Business Administration LIFELONG IMPACT OF HBS... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty

on your time off. For Marty, one of the main differences between a vacation and a sabbatical is the ability to focus on something “outcome-based.” This can mean something aligned with one’s passion that they never got a chance to do, or... View Details

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

their lives. "It tells the story of pursuing a one-dimensional goal," Kraus says. "If you do one thing to the exclusion of all others, you might not be happy. People who say they're happy try to maximize across many categories of their lives." Kraus also discusses the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

realize how big the gap is between making decisions in established corporations and making them in start-ups. And that's one of the main reasons many first-rate executives find it hard to adjust to the entrepreneur's world. Not only are... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

01 Jun 2024
News

The Exchange: Chance Encounters

Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

differentiation: de-emphasizing the strategic orientation their main rival is emphasizing. Finally, we show that the greater the competitive intensity, the greater the contribution strategic orientation differentiation has on business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Philipp Schäelli

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I wanted to do an MBA for three main reasons: 1) Making the next step in my career, 2) Broaden my academic footing and 3) Expand my network of friends that follow a business career. From... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part

around issues of racism in the US and make long-term change. The team transformed the Anti-Racism Fund GoFundMe project into a nonprofit organization, ARF, and then set off to make that organization the best it could be. The Future of ARF The View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Sep 2016
News

The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards

traditional search firms have not adopted this proven approach. The reason is simple and makes sense—just follow the money. Board placements are not a significant source of fees for search firms whose main line of business is executive... View Details

01 Jan 2011
News

Robert Kraft, MBA 1965

Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Kraft Group Download Kraft profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1941 Born, Brookline, Massachusetts 1965 Joins Rand-Whitney 1972 Founds International Forest Products 1994 Buys... View Details

01 Jan 2012
News

Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977

Co-Chairman, Loews Corporation Download Tisch profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1949 Born, Asbury Park, New Jersey 1971 Earns BS, Hotel Administration, Cornell University 1971 Joins Loews as Marketing... View Details

01 Jan 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

H-1B visa, the ticket to temporary employment for skilled immigrants that can lead to the coveted “green card” providing permanent residency. Along with college admissions of international students and and new hires by non-profit organizations, it is one of the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

production, foreign investment, and trade of both final and intermediate goods by multinational corporations. Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment (FDI) affects host economies. This paper reviews the main... View Details