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- 13 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face
institutions and the ultra-affluent. However, the fortunes of startups and struggling mature firms can depend on private funds, making the study’s results particularly influential to wealth distribution in the United States. “There is a... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
KHC/3G's offer undervalued Unilever and its long-term value creation strategy. Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil Key concepts: Impact Investing; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance Invest or... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
employees. For example, most firms depend on the continuing high regard of their customers. Repeat sales are essential. To achieve this the product or service needs to engage customers in terms of all four... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
will prove vastly superior to classical computers at complex, resource-intensive tasks like training AI systems, optimizing supply chains, or designing airplanes and automobiles. According to Kumar, many financial services View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10
intermediary's technology. We develop a model to show that the intermediary would want to restrict sellers from charging buyers more for transactions it intermediates. With this restriction an intermediary can profitably raise demand for its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Greenhill House | About
business.” Robert Greenhill (MBA 1962) is chairman of Greenhill & Co., LLC, an international merchant-banking firm he founded in 1996. Headquartered in New York, the firm has offices in key financial centers... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns
- 13 Aug 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry
- October 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Hermitage Fund, The: Media and Corporate Governance in Russia
William Browder, the top executive of the Hermitage Fund, the best-performing international equity fund over the last five years, attributed much of his funds' strong returns to its focus on shareholder activism and corporate governance. In 2001, he was putting this... View Details
Dyck, Alexander. "Hermitage Fund, The: Media and Corporate Governance in Russia." Harvard Business School Case 703-010, October 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
transformative—both personally and intellectually—and recognizes the power of her time at HBS, the case method, and the extensive network of friends who remain so important to her. Her service on various University boards—including the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
Case 608-016 Cambrian House builds Internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development process. Users suggest ideas for new products and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Strategist?
academic research that started to take hold in the 1980s and '90s. The work brought much-needed economic thinking to strategy's underpinnings. It armed legions of MBAs and strategy consultants with frameworks and techniques to help managers analyze their industries and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules
Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
- 18 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions
algorithm generates fair outcomes. As the algorithm sorts through information to optimize its objective, BEAT detects and eliminates bias at key points in the training process. For instance, BEAT could help a car service charge surge... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
foundational elements that help these professionals reach a higher level—the T-shaped leader. What is a T-shaped leader? In this development model, the vertical line of the T represents depth of expertise, and the horizontal line reflects... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
the ground there, and became interested in a start-up called New Schools for New Orleans (NSNO) through the work that our student teams have done every January since the storm as part of the HBS New Orleans Service Immersion. This year... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23
enhance the emotional payoff of charitable initiatives. 2013 pub Learning by Supplying By: Alcácer, Juan, and Joanne Oxley Abstract—Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15
case considers the challenges professional service firm employees face in terms of work-life issues. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410112-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Capital Connection
Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
information about how to switch to export crops, makes in-kind loans for the purchase of the agricultural inputs, and provides marketing services by facilitating the transaction with exporters. The experimental evaluation design randomly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace