Personal Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

a congested public streetcar. The inequity was further exacerbated by government-supported redlining that prevented Black Americans from subsidies and underwriting that effectively prohibited them from obtaining private financing for home... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

doctors, administrators, and finance folks, all trying to work through the nitty-gritty details of how to implement this patient-care innovation. “What does the transition plan look like to get from where we are now to a new model?” asks... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

30 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 30

associated with a product's production heightens consumers' attraction to the firm, which in turn increases purchase interest (Experiments 1-3). In fact, cost transparency has a stronger impact on purchase interest than emphasizing the firm's View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

personal conversation prior to the task. The effects of metacognitive CQ in enhancing creative collaboration were mediated by affect-based trust in Studies 2 and 3. Giving Time Gives You Time Authors:Cassie Mogilner, Zoe Chance, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Jeremy Andrus

finance, and ethics. I also spent some time at Lehman Brothers in London learning about international finance and business. I can’t say enough about the people I met at the School. During the IPO road show, for example, at one of the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

shepherded a multinational corporation to record earnings. A fascinating and engaging memoir from one of America’s leading female executives, Why Should Guys Have All the Fun? is an inspiring and uplifting true story of how an ordinary View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

05 May 2023
News

Fail Better

country's history. Greece was three years into a debt crisis, with the Samaras government implementing unpopular tax increases and spending cuts and leading intense negotiations with the IMF, the European Central Bank, and Eurozone View Details

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

(retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). If there are no perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

thriving personal and professional life at the same time, including TV writer and producer Shonda Rhimes, news anchor Gayle King, Wall Street maven Sallie Krawcheck, and entrepreneur Liz Lange. Even the Odds: Sensible Risk Taking in... View Details

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

that in Singapore: Empower the people to take action. The third thing was this balance he created. He talked about the three-legged stool. Kapur was one leg, the finance director the second, the creative director the third; each had equal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

attests to the idea that ritual behavior stimulates goal-directed action (to consume). Experiment 3 found that performing rituals oneself enhanced consumption more than merely watching someone else perform the same ritual, suggesting that View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

American voters want their government to reign in rising drug spending, according to recent polls. They spend twice as much a year per person on medications than the average Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

previously lived outside India rely significantly more on diaspora networks for business leads and financing. This is especially true for entrepreneurs who are based outside software hubs—where getting leads to new businesses and accessing View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

have traditional investing or finance backgrounds. Pre-MBA internships and winter internships with corporate partners can provide those opportunities for talented professionals who bring transferable skills from operating roles. Providing... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

18 Sep 2015
Blog Post

A Peek Inside Peek Weekend

also realized that finance does not equate to business; you do not have to spend years on The Street to be admitted to HBS. Lastly, I learned that passion is the ultimate luxury good, because many cannot afford to think about it. The... View Details

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

assumptions. The first is that people are more altruistic towards individuals that agree with them and the second is that people's well-being rises when other people share their personal opinions. The act of voting is then a source of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

entrepreneurship as a trip on a roller coaster, not a rocket ship,” says HBS professor and entrepreneurship expert Bill Sahlman, an early investor in E Ink and longtime adviser to Wilcox. “Very few companies go straight up, and E Ink is no exception. It’s come close to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

very appealing. “I have always been extremely curious. I have found some success in finance and investing, but to get to where I was from where I started, I had to neglect a lot of other interests,” he shared. “I was also looking forward... View Details

November 2008 (Revised January 2017)
Case

Maggie Lena Walker and the Independent Order of St. Luke

By: Anthony Mayo and Shandi Onise Smith

As America struggled to regain its balance in the aftermath of the American Civil War, Maggie Lena Walker did her best to actively effect change by finding solutions to the social and economic problems facing blacks and especially black women. Taking charge of the... View Details