Financial Advisors - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Making Corporate Boards More Effective

Summary Faced with increasingly complex oversight challenges and demands for greater transparency, how can today's boards do more for their companies? In this board of directors education program, you will gain a deeper understanding of the board's responsibilities in... View Details

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

experimentation with financial stability. You will return to your company prepared to build change strategies that inspire organizational change and drive corporate success. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management... View Details

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

As a portfolio advisor in Houston, I learned people value advice more than just stocks; they’re also looking for informed opinions on trusts and estates, financial planning, insurance, and more, each unique... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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The HR-Executive Suite Connection

Summary Top companies manage their human capital as strategically as their financial capital—and bring their human resources leaders into the strategic decision-making process. This HR leadership program prepares you to apply your human... View Details

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PLD Module 5

company build and sustain a competitive advantage. You will emerge with the leadership skills and confidence to make high-level decisions that support your organization's financial needs, legal requirements, ethical obligations, and... View Details

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Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms

strategic planning or developing new businesses at companies in any industry (e.g., technology, retail, financial services, auto, insurance, consumer products, etc.) Executives, directors, vice presidents, and senior managers who want to... View Details

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Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

contribution. You will acquire the frameworks to align corporate strategy with financial reporting—and help your company operate more effectively in today's rigorous market and regulatory environment. You may also be interested in the... View Details

16 Feb 2024
News

Remembering Angela Chao (MBA 2001)

Chao Family Statement on Passing of Angela Chao Chao Family Statement on Passing of Angela Chao We are deeply saddened by the news of Angela Chao’s tragic and untimely death. Angela has been a valued friend to Harvard Business School for many years, serving not only on... View Details

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Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

Summary Performance measurement is essential for organizational innovation, learning, and success. Nonprofits, however, must evaluate social or environmental outcomes as well as financial performance, and the ideal metrics are not always... View Details

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual

health care delivery organizations, such as general managers, senior clinical leaders responsible for overseeing care delivery, and financial executives who direct cost management Senior executives or strategists from large organizations... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

Fall 2023 Q2 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling Mark Roberge Lou Shipley Spring 2024 Q3 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building, Managing, and Scaling the First Sales Team as a Founder, Investor, or Advisor Lou Shipley Spring... View Details

November – December 2008
Article

Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?

By: Anette Mikes

Risk management departments in financial institutions have been undergoing major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance, and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships

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15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

Investigation through the Special Advisor Program. After graduation, Matt participated in the HBS Leadership Fellows Program, joining the Boston Mayor’s Office as an Advisor to Mayor Tom Menino and staying... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

themes in the voluntary carbon market, including the tension between financial models and credibility, the challenges of measuring impact, and the broader implications for corporate climate action. Investing in Carbon Markets: A... View Details

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About - Business & Environment

Environment (SSEE) and the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). His research studies the Financial Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability focusing on the implications of climate change for firms’ valuations and View Details

24 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

and in contrast, such indirect costs appear relatively fixed in the face of sales declines in this industry. We discuss potential sources of these cost-structure patterns and their implications for cost management efforts as asset management firms move forward from the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Europe - Global

significant transformation. The ERC has contributed to much of the European-focused faculty publications and research projects across the School. Research topics have ranged from the challenges of European economic and financial... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

from HBS, the reality of the financial burden dawned on me. The HBS fellowship I received was generous but not enough to cover the entire tuition. Consequently, I turned to Mongolia’s government-sponsored education loan fund. I... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

treatment. “In theory they never have to ask another donor for a dollar. And I said, ‘I know what that looks like. Investing in promising early stage projects and having a small financial stake in the outcome: That’s venture capital,’ ”... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

(n=290, n=188), an organization-based field study (n=94), and a negotiation simulation (n=124), demonstrate that giving advice enhances the advisor’s sense of power because it gives the advisor perceived influence over others’ actions.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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