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- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
investors and investment funds. Furthermore, it was creating a network of microfinance banks through a microfinance holding company. However, in a context of rapid change and explosive growth of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
demonstrates "the depth of the School's commitment to building intellectual capital in the region," says Yeh. The former investment banker and longtime Hong Kong resident has already welcomed several faculty members to this "home away... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
think all New Yorkers felt personal outrage that this had happened and a commitment to seeing the city rebuild." "To see that kind of trauma inflicted on my city made me angry," declares Paige Sutherland (MBA '85), a former investment... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
investment banking analyst seeks to reconstruct which financial ratios go with which companies. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812129-PDF-ENG COSCO: Implementing Sustainability... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
graduated from Palo Alto High School and Stanford—but he helped shepherd in a new era. Considered one of the founding fathers of Silicon Valley, he founded Draper and Johnson in 1962 , with his friend Bill Draper (MBA 1954), and Asset Management Company in 1967, when... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
industries — from automotive and semiconductors, to banking and pharmaceuticals. Citing the falling costs of computing and advances in simulation and combinatorial technologies, he urges companies to capitalize on new opportunities for... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
"I tend to think that small and focused is the name of the game," agrees Matthew R. Simmons (MBA '67), president and chairman of Simmons & Company International. Established in 1974 as a specialized investment View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
prevents executives from investing in management capabilities, arguing that such investments are a powerful way to become more competitive. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
businesses. Gemini's target investment size was between $4 million and $6 million, and a typical portfolio company had revenue of between $8 million and $30 million. In early 2010, Gemini was completing the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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analyze the opportunities and issues of investing in the country and (5) understand the role of Italy in the birth of modern capitalism, including the history of double accounting, banking and its impact on... View Details
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
“The work is all about the difficulty of building an economy where there's nothing.” "The work is all about the difficulty of building an economy where there's nothing: where there are no roads, where there's no reliable labor system, where there are no property... View Details
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
If capitalism was a stock, the market would appear rather bearish on its future. Bank failures, economic crises, and middle-class riots across the globe appear symptomatic of large systemic weaknesses in the market system, highlighted by... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
versus exploitation innovations impact economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
fibrosis treatment. Williams got into pharma by chance. After working in investment banking before and after HBS, he took a job at the consulting firm Corporate Decisions (now Oliver Wyman). One of his first... View Details
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Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, and financial... View Details
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- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
twentieth century, neither country would see such glory again. “Before 1914, [Argentina] was one of the most dynamic nations in the first global economy, attracting a record amount of foreign investment and massive inflows of immigrants,”... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
costs, transforming the country over the past decade into the world’s workshop. In 2003, China ranked as the world’s major recipient of foreign investment — nearly $53 billion. It is on pace this year to attract even more. Long-term... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
investments directly accountable. You tell whether they're working or not. You can shift expenditures from unresponsive marketing methods to more responsive ones. And you improve efficiency, obviously. Most packaged goods manufacturers... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
organizations that design these programs, the companies that are investing resources to adopt them, and those that are relying on them to infer the quality of management practices. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Raymond James Financial (RJF) is a diversified, publicly traded financial services holding company, including asset management and investment banking services, with some 800 offices nationwide and revenues... View Details