International Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
News

Not Your Typical Business Conference

Buttner's (HRPBA '58) informative talk on the importance of financial investing for women, to the three upbeat and entertaining panels on how to succeed in corporate, nontraditional, and entrepreneurial career pursuits, to a moving speech... View Details

21 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

natural gas strategy to the water and broadband businesses, the unprofitable international power development strategy, the perverse financial incentives for executives, the aggressive use of mark-to-market accounting, the performance... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and grow the Big Apple’s economy.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

of the planet. Those of us with power and money need to redirect our concerns with that in mind.” “You can’t just shrug your shoulders and say, ‘Africa is a hell of a problem,’ and then forget about it.” During thirty years in View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

had been suspended for several years. One of the first women to graduate from HBS, Franklin is used to breaking down barriers. She has worked with five Presidents of the United States, founded an international trade consulting and View Details

10 Nov 2020
News

Learning to Fight

Courtesy Rick Sontag Courtesy Rick Sontag In 1994, Rick Sontag (MBA 1968) was the president of Unison Industries, an aviation component manufacturer he had grown from one Midwest factory into a 1,500-employee international business. He... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Jul 2016
First Look

July 19, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316156-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-021 Doctor My Eyes: The Acquisition of Bausch & Lomb by Warburg Pincus In early 2010, senior partners at Warburg Pincus met to review a report on Bausch & Lomb... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 12

will do so, which results in market inefficiency. Second, the model provides a new argument for why it is usually entrants, not incumbents, who bring major technological innovations to the market. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-080.pdf The View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

eight major North American and European financial services companies as well as an international internet survey in collaboration with journals and organizations. The present paper gives an overview of the initial findings of 61... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

response to policies that maintain low interest rates, money funds change their product offerings by investing in riskier asset classes, are more likely to exit the market, and reduce the fees they charge their investors. The consequence... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

economic growth and competitiveness—including reforming the corporate tax code, easing immigration for high-skilled immigrants, investing in infrastructure, and aggressively addressing abuses in the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Sekou Calliste

particular." The head of Sekou's investment banking group, Richard W Thaler, Jr., was an HBS alum. And the full-time employee who took him under her wing, Tiffany Craig-Herring, preceded him into HBS by one year. Sold on leadership... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Combating Climate Change

If global temperatures rise by 6 degrees celsius by 2050—as they are on track to do—officials at the International Energy Agency say the changes would bring “devastating consequences for the planet.” And those consequences will extend to... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

On a blustery late-December afternoon, sixty students sit watching a video case presentation in a darkened Aldrich Hall classroom. Participants in a special HBS orientation program for new international students,* they hail from thirty... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

Web

Timothy C. Draper | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

International Robert Higgins Highland Capital Richard Jenrette Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Dean LeBaron Batterymarch Erling Lorentzen Aracruz Dan Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Thomas Murphy Capital Cities/ABC Joseph O’Donnell... View Details

01 May 2013
News

Thompson Dean, MBA 1984

how I look at problems, which has been really helpful to me in my investing career,” says Dean, who cofounded the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners in 2005 after 20 years with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Avista is currently... View Details

01 Jan 2009
News

Henry M. Paulson Jr., MBA 1970

and motivating others to do difficult and important things.” Hank Paulson’s leadership spans the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. During his 32 years at Goldman Sachs, Paulson rose through the ranks, becoming head of investment... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage

United States, rather than investing massive sums to regain technological preeminence, is much better off becoming the best country at incorporating such advances in new products and services, no matter where the ingredients are produced.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

chief scientific officer, in particular — aren't really the deciding factors for investment bankers," Higgins explains. "It's these executives' professional ties and company connections, their access to information and resources... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

commercial EVs (up to $40,000 for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles) means they will achieve price parity with diesel trucks in 2023, five years sooner than previously forecasted. This is leading to big investments by EV battery... View Details

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