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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Finance & Accounting track. Introduction to Financial Accounting LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus Bundle featuring complimentary lessons on AI fundamentals.... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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Skydeck - Alumni

Revolution Bright Horizons CEO Stephen Kramer (MBA 1997) on what modern parents really want from their workplace What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street” Taylor Becker (MBA 2025) shares personal anecdotes and life lessons from his collaboration with the late... View Details

May 2022
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Deborah Quazzo at GSV Ventures

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith and Nicole Tempest Keller

As COVID-19 swept across the globe in 2020, the education sector faced unprecedented disruption. Schools and colleges worldwide shut down, forcing over a billion students and teachers to move to online learning. Investor interest in the EdTech space exploded as... View Details

Keywords: Edtech; Technology; Online Learning; COVID-19 Pandemic; Education; Information Technology; Venture Capital; Change Management; Strategy; Education Industry; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; California

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Mammon: The Money Devil - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

24-26). 24 Le Grand Diable d'Argent Patron de la Finance view image Hand-colored etching by unknown artist. [France, early 19th century]. 25.5 x 34.9 cm, image CF f13 xx Pour courir au diable d'argent On se donne un mal impayable On se... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

trustee of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and serves on boards of the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School and the University of Illinois College of Engineering. Mr. Burgstone actively supports... View Details

18 Jun 2024
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What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

based on a large online survey and was cowritten with Boston College Professor Lucas Coffman and Boston University Professor Keith Marzilli Ericson. Understanding the aspirations of non-binary people Relatively little research has been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

LTV constraints and be forced to reduce coverage substantially, meaning insurance markets may shrink even as losses from natural disasters rise. Keywords: Climate Change ; Risk and Uncertainty ; Insurance ; Personal Finance ; Consumer... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Dwight Raiford

years, but only recently have they truly come together. “My life is finally aligned,” says Raiford with a warm smile and easy laugh. After a successful career in finance — including twenty years at Citibank — he is now using his business... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

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Profiles - MBA

experience across a range of sectors from finance to government and furthering my education across a variety of fields from statistics to economics. These tools, and the support of the Technology Innovation Fellows Program, will empower... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Faculty Brian K. Baik Accounting & Management Sebastian Hillenbrand Finance Ebehi Iyoha Entrepreneurial Management Elisabeth Kempf Finance Jacqueline Ng Lane Technology & Operations Management Joseph Pacelli... View Details

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1971 Born, Hong Kong 1986 Enrolls in Milton Academy as boarding student 1993 Earns AB, Economics, Harvard College 1993 Joins McKinsey & Co., Business Analyst 1997 Earns MBA, Baker... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-054.pdf Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis Authors:Venkat Kuppuswamy and Belén Villalonga... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2020
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My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

insurmountable burden. With that in mind, I attended the college that awarded me the best scholarship and sought out external scholarships and work-study opportunities to avoid relying on student loans. So, when I was admitted to HBS, my... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

their paddle and walks off the court tomorrow, the real estate itself is a great counterbalance and risk mitigator. “That, to a finance guy, was the pixie dust,” Gordon says. Not that the numbers are headed in that direction yet. In fact,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Our Team - Impact Investments

Our Team Our Team Principal Investigators Shawn Cole John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration Shawn Cole is a professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches and conducts research on financial... View Details

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Runner-up for the 2024 Best Paper Award from the Journal of Corporate Finance for "The Stock Market Valuation of Human Capital Creation" with Matthias Regier (April 2023). Charles C.Y. Wang : Winner of the Best Paper Award at the 2024... View Details

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links The Railroads: The First Big Business Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, local railroads around the world served as a means of... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

Credits “A river of red ink runs through American history.” — Lendol Calder, Financing the American Dream (2000) There is a myth of a lost golden age of economic virtue. Once upon a time, the story goes, people lived within their means... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Supreme Court rejecting race-conscious college admissions as unconstitutional sent shockwaves through corporate America for its potential to be applied in other contexts; a surge in so-called “anti-ESG” shareholder proposals sought to... View Details

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