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- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
Publications Forthcoming Management Science How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics By: Chung, Doug J. Abstract—Intercollegiate athletics in the United States have become a multibillion-dollar industry over... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
company off the ground,” says Bernstein, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS. “At the earliest stages, you have no reputation, no brand name, and you're facing significant uncertainty and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Advancing the Mission
Growing up in India as the children of government workers, Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) had an innate sense of the inequalities and problems facing their country and an optimism to want to do something about them. Together, the siblings cofounded... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Together
a fellowship fund to support HBS students with a military service background—and so did 11 of his classmates. Haley, a former US Navy SEAL and currently a managing director at Ziff Brothers Investments, led... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
the fight against COVID-19. Government-led innovation such as this is a subject that fascinates Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004), a professor of management practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow at HBS. Upon hearing that Singapore’s... View Details
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Rembrand M. Koning | Working Knowledge
study entrepreneurial strategy and innovation, Rem co-leads the Conference on Field Experiments in Strategy (CFXS), is an associate editor for Management Science , and is an invited researcher at J-PAL’s Science for Progress Initiative... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- News
A Focus on Sustainability
McArthur University Professor; Forest Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor; and Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, for their work that furthers the cause. Ferenbach is one of five HBS graduates who founded Berkshire Partners, a View Details
- 03 Apr 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
who has been involved in HBS fundraising since graduating, and together they forged a cross-class connection that has resulted in significant support for the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation. “AJ did a phenomenal job of helping us... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
funding for improved wastewater treatment. “Securing debt financing for industrial development in a rural environment is never easy. If the venture fails, whatever’s left will not have much resale value,” Scharfman says. “So getting help... View Details
William J. Ruane
Through his strong analytical skills and conservative, bottom-line driven investing approach, Ruane became one of the most successful fund managers on Wall Street. Over the past thirty years, Raune’s... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 25 Mar 2021
- News
Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy
million to the School in his name. With characteristic humility and honoring a process set by his predecessor, Dean Jay Light, Nohria stressed the importance of allocating these funds to advance the future priorities of his successor,... View Details
- October 1998
- Case
Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (C)
By: Andre F. Perold and Robert Howard
Farallon Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in risk arbitrage, has taken significant long and short positions in MCI Communications and British Telecommunications, respectively, in the belief that the proposed merger of these firms will be... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Institutions; Risk Management; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
Perold, Andre F., and Robert Howard. "Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (C)." Harvard Business School Case 299-022, October 1998.
- December 1998
- Case
Retail Financial Services in 1998: First Union
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Provides an overview of First Union's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the following... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Takia Mahmood. "Retail Financial Services in 1998: First Union." Harvard Business School Case 799-054, December 1998.
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Elizabeth Washburn Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
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George Pierce Baker Courtyard | About
attract a more diverse student body, retooling of the Advanced Management Program (AMP), an increase in international activities, and the establishment of a joint JD/MBA degree in collaboration with Harvard Law School. While Baker was... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Conducting Research That Influences Practice
work with HBS faculty. She herself is a former PRIMO student. Gifts to the HBS Fund have a significant impact on the doctoral programs, which guarantee fellowships for all students each year of enrollment. The View Details
- September 2009 (Revised September 2012)
- Case
United Way
By: Allen S. Grossman and Cathy Ross
After United Way CEO Brian Gallagher began shifting the organization's focus from old-school fundraising to community impact, Gallagher and local leaders like Elise Bulk, CEO of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, faced a series of challenges regarding how to best... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Alignment; Los Angeles
Grossman, Allen S., and Cathy Ross. "United Way." Harvard Business School Case 310-014, September 2009. (Revised September 2012.)
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
explains how large and small companies can position themselves to survive—and thrive—in turbulent times. Applegate is head of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit and faculty chair of the Executive Education Owner/President View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Mar 2015
- News
Recognizing women as the new entrepreneurs
Edith Dorsen (MBA 1984, MPA 1985), managing director and cofounder of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund, provides funding to early stage capital-efficient companies with gender diversity. (Published March... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
2018, the organization announced a new ethics policy, so Culver Humphrey came forward with her story once again. Leadership rebuffed her a second time, so she met with the Oregonian. Team members were stunned by what they read. For many, including the NGO’s View Details