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- 16 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations
media space; it’s competitive and interesting – especially when you really believe in the content they make.” Mizuho spent her internship summer deep in reflection, “struggling to move out of finance and find what I want to do long term.”... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
that the prices are right, because they usually are," says Harvard Business School finance professor Lauren H. Cohen, who serves as an editor of Management Science. "From there, you can look for the small corners where they are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
senior partners from two dozen top-tier VC firms, who visited with government officials and entrepreneurs in each country. Hardymon ranks the trips as “among the biggest recent events in the VC world.” SVB’s Wilcox says the trips helped... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Bolivia, to an energy project in India. Classroom discussion is supplemented with workshops (including a four-day finance workshop), study groups, and out-of-class projects. The week-long Poverty Module, established by the Bank, puts EDP... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
Steve Rattner, who chaired the government task force, found the initial assessments of their needs woefully understated and badly documented, reflecting decades of lost market share and destroyed shareholder value. The deal that was... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena
William H. Draper III (MBA 1954), one of America’s first venture capitalists, financed hundreds of high-technology companies. He also was chosen by President Reagan to be president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
include: Agriculture, which receives massive government subsidies. Universities, which enjoy tax-exempt status and direct subsidies through government research grants. Health care, which receives a huge tax... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
the end, that’s what an effective government does: It provides services to citizens and gives them the basics to do better. Today’s system creates fewer and fewer of those opportunities to move up,” says Ballou-Aares, who was selected as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
years, that’s an enormous technological transition. So the questions of how firms can organize themselves to do it, and what kinds of governance mechanisms will support and encourage them to do that, seem to me a natural extension of what... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
need substantial additional financing before ever becoming profitable. But the prospectus certainly included pages of disclaimers, reviewed and approved by a law firm, that were intended to protect the bank from any recourse by a furious... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
world and has been rated the top place to do business in Africa,” reports Goldstein, who devotes his time there to informal meetings and discussions with government and business leaders. The Goldsteins’ summer 2015 Rwandan entourage... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
Administration I study business leaders, government leaders, religious leaders, social activists, and other individuals — past and present — who exercise real, worthy impact. As a historian, I don’t see huge differences among political... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
identify emerging Internet leaders that combine long-term fundamental growth and strong cash flow. In China, virtually no company of any size exists without government investment. How does that affect how you invest in Chinese firms? The... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
second-most critical bill overall, and clearly ahead of rent.” For policymakers, the advice is clear: Know that the insurance crisis hasn't quite hit yet, but that it’s coming quickly. Shoring up the economy and connecting employees who suddenly lose coverage to... View Details
- 26 Aug 2010
- News
Income Inequality and Financial Crises
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
A Man without a Pause
Between the ages of 30 and 40, James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) lived a life most would find enviable. An Olympic fencer and graduate of both law and business schools (he cofounded a laundry service at HBS), Wolfensohn landed in London during the “Eurodollar revolution” as a... View Details
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Curriculum | MBA
Politics and Ethics in Unstable Times One HKS Elective Course Joint Degree Program Seminar taught by HBS faculty Summer Policy-related or international development-related summer internship (recommended) Year 2 Harvard Business School Fall Term Financial Reporting and... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
to challenge the leadership of large companies, and ballot initiatives were rare. Today, firms like RiskMetrics and Glass Lewis evaluate everything from executive compensation to minutiae in corporate governance provisions. And as the... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
firm with fewer than 500 employees, in my book I focus on three kinds: sole proprietorships, Main Street businesses, and suppliers. All three groups seek financing from loans and have traditionally used banks as their source. Of the 30... View Details