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01 May 2015
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Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

societal progress by creating jobs, investing in communities, and bringing the world much-needed products and services. "In an era of budget austerity and political gridlock, business is called on to play a larger role in providing social... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

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Research in Action - Alumni

explains his action research, which aims to lower the cost of health care and engaging with practitioners. Using Data to Explore Uncharted Territories Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun explains how she uses data to explore how View Details

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

investment bank has a real interest in a company in some fashion; but this information tends to be buried in very small print in the back of the materials provided by View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

as how French people are like coconuts; Can you learn to argue like a French person? What books have changed French lives? And, most important of all, how do you keep your soup from exploding? New to Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, View Details

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Private wealth management

estate, alternative investments and other areas of interest. Preqin includes information and data on private wealth managers who invest in private equity. Click... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Recognizing Volunteers and Donors

particularly grateful to alumni who invest annually in HBS leadership and innovation through the Dean's Fund. Jeanette and Herb Evert have demonstrated their passion for the mission of HBS by making significant contributions for more than... View Details

16 May 2018
News

ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

investment bank Bpifrance’s incubator space “Le Hub,” where the three teams pitched their concepts before a panel of 11 HBS alumni judges and a crowd of more than 100 alumni, family and friends. In the end, Benoit Dupont (PLDA 20, 2016)... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

June 1995
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Banc One Corporation (A)

As Banc One's use of derivatives had proliferated, investors and analysts had expressed increasing concern about the size of derivative portfolios, the potential sensitivity of their value to interest rate swings, and the lack of standardized reporting on their use.... View Details

Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Investment Banking; Financial Reporting; Annual Reports; Banking Industry

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16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Reality of Web Services

being used to automate simple business processes—transmitting an order, acknowledging a shipment, describing an item for sale, etc. Over time the processes enabled via Web services will become more complex, but it's best to start small and build incrementally. Q: For... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant

01 Sep 2020
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Ink: The Habit of Innovation

seminal research into product failure notes, “knowledge gained from failures [is] often instrumental in achieving subsequent successes.” So capture knowledge to maximize the return on your investments in innovation. Celebrate success. Any... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

14 Oct 2014
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When it comes to climate change, companies must prepare now

operations to take advantage of the opportunities, and skirt the dangers raised by the prospect of climate change,” Reinhardt says. Each company must evaluate its use of energy in its own context. In some cases, other firms or governments may need to make complementary... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Case Study: Building the Base

traditional political reporting, analysis, and video? If News Bling could establish itself as the major news outlet for the digital generation, the product and market would dwarf its current vision. But investing in video would also... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Information; Information

01 Jun 2018
News

Q&A with Janet Cahill

know that HBS is using my gifts wisely? HBS employs a disciplined budget process—making trade-offs when necessary and focusing new investment in areas of strategic importance to extend the mission of the School. In the spirit of... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Fellowships Have Impact

fellowships discuss the impact of that support as they strive to make a difference in the world. (8 min. video) Investing in Fellowships Gifts in any amount to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation help sustain the School’s... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

These Are the Good Old Days

Selectric typewriter. But soon desktop computers were introduced, and they revolutionized the way business was done, helping the economy evolve from a manufacturing base to one driven by services and information. The Information Age had... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Club Conferences | MBA

Club Conferences Student club conferences are run by student clubs. For more information on any of these, please contact the club directly. Please note: conference dates are subject to change and ticket availability may be limited. 2025... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

10 Jan 2017
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Street Smarts

“Today, the car is a mobile computing platform,” says Mistele. “We pull information from various sensors in real time and create services around it.” For example, INRIX uses machine learning to provide customized daily routing advice... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Driving the family business onto a global stage

vehicles, Mahindra has engineered mergers and acquisitions that have catapulted the Mumbai-based corporation onto the world stage. Today, the multibillion-dollar enterprise is involved in information technology, logistics, infrastructure... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

Three important events happened at the end of the 1970s. First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the... View Details

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