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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
A World of Information at Your Fingertips
The next time you need to do Career Planning or business research, Baker Library can help. With the click of a mouse, its eBaker online service delivers a trove of brand-name resources at little or no View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
schedules, but still remain employed by the company. In addition to weighing the financial costs and benefits, students discussed the fairness of each option. Some thought...
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- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
changed, and with it the security that used to come almost automatically with an MBA degree. [ ] High-paying jobs are no longer guaranteed to graduates, and the opportunity costs of two years View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
space to hear how your team members are truly doing and to be compassionate. They may not want to share much detail, which is completely fine. Knowing that they can is what matters." "Are you okay?" Show a willingness to provide comfort and monitor for signs View Details
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The Sixth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS - MBA
the Complexities of a Continent; and Moving Beyond DTC (Direct to Consumer). In Accelerating Climate Solutions, Professor Eleanor Laurans led the students in exploring how new ventures can create significant View Details
- Web
Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
V.G. NarayananCredential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School Mihir DesaiCredential View Details
Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)
The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change....
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- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
students are still committed to their studies? Yes, absolutely. What we’re trying to do is reduce the cost of getting an education so that students are able to focus on it. Nearly all View Details
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Jennifer Gillespie
- February 2017
- Case
Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee
By: Steven Rogers and Alterrell Mills
The case highlights the role of minority chambers of commerce and the background of Eve Hall, a well-regarded multi-sector leader asked to revive Wisconsin's African-American chamber. This case study examines the lending options that a minority chamber of commerce...
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Business Organization;
Business Plan;
Change Management;
Demographics;
Diversity Characteristics;
Ethnicity Characteristics;
Race Characteristics;
Investment Fund;
Cost Of Capital;
Banks And Banking;
Micro Finance;
Interest Rates;
Business Or Company Management;
Management Styles;
Management Succession;
Mission And Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Change;
Business And Community Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Wealth And Poverty;
Organizations;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Race;
Small Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
Wisconsin
Rogers, Steven, and Alterrell Mills. "Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Case 317-076, February 2017.
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Our Least Important Asset. In that book, you make a very provocative argument that the way financial accounting practices treat human assets and account for the cost of human...
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- Fall 2020
- Article
Sizing Up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis
By: Robin Greenwood, Benjamin Iverson and David Thesmar
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal system will need to deal with a surge of financial distress in the business sector. Some firms will be able to survive, while others will face bankruptcy and thus need to be liquidated or reorganized. Many...
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Greenwood, Robin, Benjamin Iverson, and David Thesmar. "Sizing Up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Fall 2020). (Also NBER Working Paper, No. 28104.)
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
a way to pool financial resources. Haryopratomo: I basically became a pot salesman. [Sound of pots and pans] Like, “Hey ladies, we have this new pot—it uses Teflon.” And this is a place where people never...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
meeting of the Western Governors' Association, Utah Governor Mike Leavitt and Colorado Governor Roy Romer raised concerns about the ballooning costs of higher education and the...
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- February 2011 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Countrywide plc
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
One of the world's leading investors in distressed companies, Oaktree Capital Management, is contemplating a "loan to own" investment in the debt of Countrywide plc, a financially troubled residential real estate agent based in the U.K. Only sixteen months earlier,...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Restructuring;
Financial Crisis;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Management;
Investment;
Real Estate Industry;
United Kingdom
Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Countrywide plc." Harvard Business School Case 211-026, February 2011. (Revised January 2017.)
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
Book of the Year and connected finance with the humanities. The book sets out to demystify finance and instill both curiosity and confidence, helping readers answer fundamental questions like: What do View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
to become tech companies, themselves. The cost to them of having really expensive but small numbers of data and technical people doing low-level tasks—because they don’t have a...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
labor, and you believe that those resources are 65 to 75 percent productive, like my goodness, what are you doing?Kerr: With 20 percent of your cost structure is not going to the ends that you're desiring....
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- April 2009 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Two entrepreneurs have just been told by their venture capital backer to prepare a list of possible cuts to help them weather the 2008–2009 economic downturn. The impact on each firm is very different: one is a later-stage company with revenues in excess of $100...
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Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Crisis;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Cost Management;
Growth and Development Strategy
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Dave and Millie: A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Case 809-109, April 2009. (Revised March 2011.)
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
Philippe de Montebello, a 37-year veteran of the Met. "We have a strong, diverse, unpredictable revenue base, and the financial demands of running an institution this size are...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
white-collar people whose productivity is essential to the company's strategy?Jurist-Rosner: We see different impacts to different industries of having caregivers in the workforce. So, for professional services and View Details