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- 22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes
the significant risks, what that risk could do to the protection of capital, and a whole variety of other factors. And those of us who constituted what we now call the investment committee, not just me... At that point the firm was small.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
the world take big risks but also work harder than anyone else. Luis Robles (MBA 2010) X-Star Partners A Dream Redefined We first met Peter Szulczewski when he was working on a neat concept called ContextLogic. He had built contextual... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
money risk handicapping their venture if money dwindles or dries up completely. On the other hand, founders who accept funding risk losing control of their venture since there’s almost always an amount of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
there is a real risk of oversimplifying the problem. If tough rhetoric becomes a substitute for tough regulation, we will — tragically — miss our best shot at a financially stable future. There are plenty of good reasons to crack down on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
entrepreneurial management and strategy. Anette Mikes came to HBS in 2007 as a postdoctoral fellow after earning her Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. She’s now an assistant professor in the Accounting & Management unit with a focus on View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
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A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
studies in America, is used to overcoming challenges. “When we founded the company, the economy was contracting and no one wanted to take any risks. As it returned to some semblance of normal, people started feeling better about risks and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2004
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Reforming Company Boards
structuring and M&A transactions, it was obvious that the focus was not on building shareholder value but on reporting predictable, double-digit earnings growth to achieve temporarily high stock market valuations. The truth has been stretched to exaggerate smooth... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
these problems. When we stepped back from our discussions and considered what was being said, it was clear that the golden goose—global market capitalism—was at risk from the impact of an interrelated set of forces more powerful than the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
legitimacy for an area of study considered difficult to teach and lacking intellectual heft. In 1978, Stevenson returned to the private sector, this time to become VP of finance and administration at Preco, a pulp and specialty-paper... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
is HBS’s research funded? Research conducted by our faculty is financed by internal funds, which in turn depend on contributions from alumni and friends, as well as revenues from Harvard Business Publishing and Executive Education. This... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
handle in good conditions, let alone for four months in the open ocean. Sometimes you’re a thousand miles from the nearest ship or point of land. Other times you risk getting run over by ships or crashing into things in the water: whales,... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
than just financial gain,” he stresses. Some of his most successful deals have involved conservation easements that minimize investment risk while creating economic value from parcels that merit conservation. He has worked extensively on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform
lot better than the alternative. We would have had a disaster on the order of the Great Depression.” Paulson proposed two key reforms. The first would be the creation of a systemic risk regulator to monitor markets and intervene when any... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
transportation industry 33 alumni work for a railroad 1908 Railroad Organization and Finance course offered at HBS 1915 James J. Hill Professorship of Transportation endowed 1935 "Railroad weekend" workshops held for business leaders;... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
project,” says Oakes, who brings experience in finance and development to the table, plus a degree in architecture and the ability to flowchart anything. “It takes figuring out where there might be opportunities, and then being willing to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2013
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Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
ensure that the game continues to thrive. With research (some being financed by the NFL) and understanding still in their early stages, the issue of concussions in football has become a paramount concern, with recent findings suggesting... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
In a predawn phone call on October 14, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences informed HBS professor Robert C. Merton that he had won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Merton's work evaluating risk has changed the nature of financial... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
Alzheimer’s research. At McCance’s urging, they based the organization on venture capital principles: locate visionaries and invest in them; run a lean, frugal institution; and take the risk on bold ideas with enormous promise. Having... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
differently while pregnant?” The focus is on practical, actionable recommendations. Risks are put into context so women can make their own choices, aware of the trade-offs they’re actually making. Pursuing Other Opportunities: A Corporate... View Details