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Raja Bobbili

far? I work at a small firm with a big mandate – we have a pool of capital that we can invest in any asset class, industry and geography. I enjoy the intellectual freedom that comes with that and take pride in the sense of accountability... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

into electricity. The Jacobs Wind Energy Company would soon be a major player in creating machines that would electrify rural areas across America, and eventually be sold on all five continents. “We've lost the plot of these entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Lehman Brothers Deal Books | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

represented in the deal books are extremely diverse, from small companies that survived only a few years to Fortune 500 companies that still exist today.The collection... View Details

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

program in the 1960s to his role today as president and CEO of Pioneer Group, which creates affordable housing through the renovation and preservation of historic buildings in the American Midwest. Freeman grew up in a small Kansas town,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

23 Feb 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot

of night, you would see the glow from the mills that lined the river,” he recalls. Now Motley sees an entirely new city. Along the river are the offices of medical and technology companies. “Pittsburgh has successfully transitioned from an old economy to a new one,”... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Nov 2020
News

Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

because it was completely different.” She is grateful for the unexpected opportunity to explore a new career path she might never have considered otherwise. “I developed ideas for startup companies that use artificial intelligence in... View Details

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

professors (the most likely group to have strong job stability), PhDs/postdoctoral students (the least stable), and founders who had previously been employed at larger firms, small firms, and startups. In an email exchange, we asked Roche... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Steven J. Ross

Ross built a small family funeral parlor business into the world’s largest media company by the time of his death. In 1962, Ross took the funeral parlor business, Kinney, public at a market valuation of... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

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Paul Luning

"For real impact, we're going to need business to effect change." While there, Paul completed a six-month externship with Current Energy, a Dallas enterprise that reduces energy usage within small businesses. "It's the... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success

radically different company today," he says. "It's small enough that my fingerprints are everywhere -- you can get your arms around this place." Interbake's smaller size allows it to turn on a dime when it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

17 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Tech for the People

in ways that are consistent with my values and beliefs.” During his fellowship in San José, Tsai led several other public/private collaborations, such as a project to livestream city council meetings on Facebook Live. His collaborations also included a partnership with... View Details

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

personalization tools to create numerous reports. You can even set up alerts for new company or firm developments and transactions. LSEG Workspace PE data includes investments, portfolio View Details

27 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 27

crossed with small financial incentives (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open bank savings accounts. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings account in the full sample, but do... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2001
News

But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)

to New England. Industry observers thought his proposal for an LNG plant there, small by industry standards, was “totally harebrained,” Shearer recalled, but Trinidadian officials liked it. Three years of contentious negotiations with... View Details

Keywords: Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

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Clarissa Quintanilla

campus. After graduation, she worked at Edward Jones “because I was interested in its community-based distribution system.” After two years with the company (working in its Rotational Development Program and in marketing), she married her... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

expertise on how technology is helping leading companies gain an edge during the pandemic. For example, Lauren Cohen observed: “Technology will be most powerfully utilized . . . by those firms who apply it organization-wide to create more... View Details

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

the negotiation. In April 2001, the FTC filed a complaint accusing pharmaceutical companies Schering-Plough and Upsher-Smith of restricting trade. Upsher-Smith had been preparing to introduce a generic pharmaceutical product that would... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

01 Sep 2010
News

Fair Trade

status-symbol luxuries, like expensive watches or designer jeans. Why do consumers pay so much for products whose ingredients are well known to represent only a small proportion of the retail price? Beauty is certainly, as one recent... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

24 Apr 2014
News

Digital ID network empowers individuals, disrupts the data brokers

a way to verify their eligibility. As a result, he cofounded ID.me, a secure, user-centric identity network. Hall launched ID.me in 2013 with fellow HBS classmate Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010), a former Army Ranger. The company is a pivot... View Details

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

employers and 92 percent of small ones offer employees only a single health insurance plan. And even when companies offer three or four options, precious little distinguishes them—most managed-care plans... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

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