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- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
the administration has instituted high-profile travel bans and worked to undo the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policy of the Obama administration, the president has also often signaled a desire to shift the H-1B visa... View Details
- August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing
By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz
This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Connecticut
Viceira, Luis M., and Brent Schwarz. "Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing." Harvard Business School Case 225-023, August 2024. (Revised October 2024.)
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
took another 50 years before the 16th Amendment, which allows Congress to levy a national income tax, was adopted in 1913. Why We Tax Ourselves One of the clearest statements of why Americans in the early twentieth century were willing to tax their incomes came from... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
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Angela Q. Crispi | About
created the Harvard Innovation Labs, a cross-university initiative to foster entrepreneurship. She has twice served on the Staff Advisory Committee for the Harvard University President search. Before joining Harvard, Angela led the... View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
uses examples and stories from dozens of high-performing managers and entrepreneurs. Is there one person, one quote, that you think most brilliantly captures the spirit of Think Outside the Building? Kanter: Doug Rauch, former president... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction
Consumer Credit Built Postwar America,” Enterprise & Society 9, no. 4 (December 2008): 614–618. Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital Accessibility View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
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Morgan Hall | About
establishment of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and served as its president from 1904 to 1913. At the time of his death, Morgan’s art collection was valued at $50 million. View Details
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
philanthropist, and president of the First National Bank of New York, Baker was an extraordinary business leader. At the age of 23, he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank, where he worked as a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
escalated to the level of assault, as Dixon alleged in the Times reporting. She went home and told her roommate what had happened, then scrawled out a letter of resignation and walked away. She landed soon after at Arista Records, where she worked for founder and View Details
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Dillon House | About
his father’s investment firm in 1938 and led Dillon Read as chairman from 1946 to 1953. He served in the US Navy during World War II and was decorated for his actions in combat. In 1953 Dillon was appointed ambassador to France by View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling
Bruce Davies, Peacefully Working to Conquer the World: Singer Sewing Machines in Foreign Markets, 1854–1920 (New York: Arno Press, 1976). Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Schwartz
Mark Schwartz approaches his position as president and CEO of Soros Fund Management not as a new job but as a second career. It is the switch he sought after 22 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was named partner in 1988, View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
Xs, and arrows in every direction. “What you are doing is writing the Constitution—specifically Article 1, Section 8,” Moss tells the class. It’s no idle practice; Harvard University claims eight United States presidents among its alumni.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
school for EC year with the confidence of having chosen an industry I am devoted to: the arts. I am excited to continue to mine the resources of classes, faculty, and alumni to build the skills and connections necessary for my career. I may not be on a typical MBA... View Details
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
goals, but we recommend doing so with caution, and our paper discusses the needed steps to take (e.g., strong leaders who model appropriate behavior, oversight to prevent unethical behavior, etc.). Q: One of the most famous stretch goals was delivered by View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
siblings cited a deep regard for the School and a desire to pay tribute to their parents. "We wanted to give back to an institution that means a lot to us," says Harris H. Simmons (MBA '80), who succeeded his father as president of Zions... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Professor of Business Administration. Tip: Use COVID-19 as a time to reflect Make time for introspection. The coronavirus represents a historic inflection point that is likely to forever change us, as did the assassination of President... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2012 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability
Dow Chemical is one of the few major American industrial corporations that was founded in the late 19th century that is still in existence. From its origins producing bromine out of the brine underneath Midland, Michigan, the company has evolved from a diversified... View Details
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Shelley Xin Li. "Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 112-064, January 2012. (Revised June 2013.)
- January 2009
- Supplement
The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B2)
By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details
Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; System; Valuation; New York (state, US)
Rose, Clayton S., Daniel Baird Bergstresser, and David Lane. "The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-091, January 2009.