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04 May 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

headquarters reminds us that a brand is a precious asset. The value of any brand asset depends upon whether it has delivered on its past promises and is believed likely to do so in the future. It takes years of effort to build brand trust... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services

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Diversity on Boards - Alumni

Joly, Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan Case Studies (should the URL go to HBR, HBP?) Strive Asset Management By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia. Harvard Business School Case 123-088, April 2023. Glass-Shattering Leaders:... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience

A seasoned mentor who can stand behind a novice entrepreneur is a valuable asset for anyone attempting a start-up, but especially for those who are now launching ventures in Asia’s complicated business environment. K.O. Chia believes that... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Hewlitt-Packard; Apple; Finance; Telecommunications; Information

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Investment analyst reports: banks included in library research | Baker Library

Bloomberg Jefferies North America LSEG Workspace JP Morgan* Global LSEG Workspace; Bloomberg Kepler Cheuvreux Europe LSEG Workspace Mirae Asset Daewoo Asia Bloomberg Morgan Stanley* Global LSEG Workspace Needham Global Bloomberg Nomura... View Details

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

of intermediaries create safe "money-like" claims, they go about this in different ways. Traditional banks create money-like claims by holding illiquid fixed-income assets to maturity, and they rely on deposit insurance and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Related Archival Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. https://library.columbia.edu/locations/rbml/units/lehman.html New York Stock Exchange Archives The New York Stock Exchange Archives is responsible for the selection, appraisal, and preservation of the historic records,... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)

of players such as Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, and Julie Foudy who have already committed to the NSA. Says Rottenberg, "We have a great asset to sell - a terrific group of young women whose personalities appeal to women and girls and to men... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 1996
News

Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games

A.D. Frazier, Jr. (85th AMP), COO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), was featured in a June 1996 Bulletin article about the Olympics. Now a partner at Invesco, an Atlanta-based investment management firm that manages some $90 billion in View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

Short Takes

explains, "the 1980s were very challenging times for the U.S. textile industry. They enabled us to see clearly which companies did smart things in response to adverse conditions and which did not." Coding this information for ownership type and gauging performance by... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

Chris Lederer, argues that marketers and CEOs urgently need tools to manage vast groups of brands — not as individual elements or collections under one corporate roof but as complex systems that transcend corporate boundaries. The Infinite View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

01 Jun 2010
News

Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

have been a huge mistake. Two years earlier, she and her partner, Peter Strugatz, had purchased the assets of Great Harbor Design at public auction for $26,000. The former owner had invested $4 million in perfecting a durable building... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

Profile

Gordon Ross

from the client and you need to work hard to build client trust.” As graduation approaches, Gordon is looking for an asset management position, “perhaps something in New York.” In the meantime, he’s actively engaged in the Rugby Club and... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life

Goldman Sachs in asset management with a biotech focus. Of her HBS experience, Ehrenberg says, “Unlike the rote, top-down German education system, here you are an equal partner in ongoing learning and discussion. HBS has made me more... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2015
News

Encouraging Women Leaders

and investment banking. She found her eclectic background to be an asset rather than a liability in the classroom, “because HBS looks for such diversity in its students.” Serra says that learning in this welcoming environment, “everything... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

America the Difficult

States. The real lesson of this experience is that investing directly in corporate assets is a very different experience, and creates a distinct return profile, than investing as a portfolio investor. In the absence of a unique capability... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance

01 Mar 2015
News

Feedback

for a while, but I was blown away. Just what I need: another must-read magazine in my life. God only knows where I ever found time to hold a job. —Perry Miles (MBA 1972) via alumni.hbs.edu Frozen Assets Re: French revolution Great... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

2009
Article

India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007

By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari

Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Transformation; Economics; Ownership; Assets; Sales; Profit; Stock Shares; Private Sector; Investment Return; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India

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20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

instant availability of funds invested in liquid assets overseas, thereby limiting firms’ ability to rapidly and/or aggressively respond to competitive market conditions. More specifically, we show that the effects of cash holdings on... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2018
News

Preparing Global Leaders

and diverse business issues,” he says. Wahl, an investor based in Oslo, Norway, was cofounder and partner of the private equity firm IK Investment Partners Ltd. from 1989 to 2009. Presently he runs Stromstangen AS, a privately owned investment firm focusing on View Details

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