Investment Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

required to support them. Further, government payment for sick people's health care expenses will diminish the massive venture capital investment needed for developing genomically-derived therapies. We stand at the brink of a revolution... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

balances the four drives while avoiding negative leadership and leaders who are missing the drive to bond. Order the Book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470623845.html Market Heterogeneity and Local Capacity View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

search listings by about the same quantity. This effect appears to result from interactions between the design of search results and users' decisions about where and how to focus their attention: users who decide what to click based on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2012
News

Faculty Books

(Harvard Business Review Press) Drawing on his years of experience studying and advising VC firms, companies, and governments, Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, weighs the strengths and weaknesses of the... View Details

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

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Operations Management) Suraj Srinivasan Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy) Ethan Rouen Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The... View Details

30 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Searching for Professional Passion Through My VC Summer Internship

have the time and resources to study my longer-term professional goals. I distinctly remember the joy and clarity of vision that I felt upon receiving the admissions decision email: “The answer is YES!” Upon arriving in Boston, I arranged... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Addressing The Financial Security Gap

well as leading thinkers and decision makers, to discuss ways to make the US savings system more secure and inclusive. Ackerley’s group, in partnership with insurers, also announced an innovative investment... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2020
News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

view the process as being as rational as possible. These criteria will be guidelines, not rules, as final decisions will always require subjective judgment. Involve outsiders. Parents can attest to how hard it is to be objective about... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

the investment and financing decisions that are made during the development of entrepreneurial ventures? How about success factors for women managers, or the psychological factors that influence risk-taking?... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

A Long and Winding Road

on Wall Street. And W.R. Grace's Peter Grace told us he wouldn't invest in Third World countries unless he had over 50 percent ownership. What would he say today? Verbosity ruled. Classroom performances were supplemented by mutterings... View Details

Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)

01 Dec 2013
News

Case Study: Citizen Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway, would no longer invest in newspapers "at any price." "Very smart people looked at Buffett's offer and wondered what he saw in the declining industry that others did not," notes Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Profile

Stephanie Tilenius

slow for me.” In the first of a series of important career shifts, she moved into investment banking where she handled technology accounts at Alex Brown. “I got very excited – not by the banking part, but by the technology. I knew then... View Details

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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

change ingrained habits and emerge as industry leaders. One such firm was the renowned Waltham Watch Company, which pioneered the production of watches from interchangeable parts. Like all manufacturers of non-essential products, Waltham leadership faced difficult... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

HBS team that found that overseas investment by American companies benefited the U.S. economy by increasing exports and creating higher-paying jobs in this country. His testimony on Capitol Hill helped defeat bills aimed at restricting... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services

01 Dec 2017
News

In Service of Others

decisions you made, where your word is your bond,” says Zak. About eight weeks into his first year at HBS, Zak began to appreciate the extraordinary power of engaging with his classmates and professors. “I became a passionate believer in... View Details

31 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

and raises questions facing key decision makers at the time. The cases ask readers to weigh choices and consequences and wrestle with momentous decisions, provoking them to rethink which factors made the difference between constructive... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

professionals can make and investments that only the firm can make, while at the same time minimizing distortions in decisions that either party could make (e.g., promotion and marketing of professionals'... View Details