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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
online trading platform of Interactive Investor, a London-based financial advisory site. She also spent a summer on Wall Street working for Merrill Lynch in its Financial Institutions M&A group. She began her investment career as an...
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
screening algorithm. He also launched the Internet Bus Project in India, worked on Google’s Network Infrastructure team launching Google Public DNS, and founded Google.org’s Crisis Response team. During his time at HBS, Prem developed and...
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- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
not thousands of retirees saw their nest eggs evaporate because of their unwitting participation in a deliberately contrived Ponzi scheme that, in time, became the largest ($50 billion) in Wall Street history. By this measure, or in terms...
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by Mitch Maidique
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Departments - Employment
Creative Educational Software Development Program Innovation IT Operations, which includes: Infrastructure Support Media Services Technology Consulting Technology Services for Faculty, MBA Students, Executive Education Participants, and...
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- 18 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal
career in jeopardy—he betrayed millions of people who believed in him, and risked the reputations and careers of teammates in order to win personal glory. "Once he decides to cheat, it is not just about him, he needs to create this whole View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
and infrastructure opportunities, and expertise on governance practices. These present opportunities for HBS alumni. The HBSAAA board saw the need to educate our membership and the community about them.” The panel featured Ndidi Okonkwo...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
operating costs. And in turn, the bank gains some expertise about a risky industry. “This was a prime example of how to tailor a financing infrastructure to the local environment” "In my research I look at how operations affect...
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- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
specific use of the asset class when he observed that a possible use of Bitcoin could be “hedge funds betting on sovereign debt defaults.” Charles Sabatier III added that Bitcoin is the most secure financial network in the world. “The View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to a 2018 UN report, up from 55 percent today. That means making room for and creating the infrastructure for another 2.5 billion people to live, work,...
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Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by;
energy;
environment;
sustainability;
entrepreneurship;
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation;
Transportation;
Water, Sewage and Supply Systems;
Utilities;
Construction of Buildings;
Construction;
Waste Management and Remediation Services;
Corporate Services
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
(avocado) to zanahoria (carrot); find over 3,300 food, street vendor, market, and restaurant entries in Mexican Spanish with detailed English descriptions; understand the impact of the “Columbian Exchange” of foods, technology, and...
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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
entrepreneurial culture relative to its Wall Street counterparts, but competition in the investment banking industry is intensifying in 1997 due to a wave of mega-mergers. The new combined banking entities are able to offer customers a...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
same as being wrong, but key lessons have been learned, and the enabling infrastructure (and expertise, frankly) is very, very different than it was before. Oh, and if Version 2.0 is wrong, humanity is basically toast. Current business...
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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
objective was to provide an air-conditioned environment; offer support for customers who couldn’t read or write; and get them in and out of the store in 15 minutes with working service.” It sounds like a reasonable goal. But building the View Details
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Julia Hanna
- Jan 2014
- Case
Rethinking Cities: Chicago on the Move
in Chicago: rail decongestion; airport modernization; mass transit modernization; a complete streets plan; and an infrastructure trust as a financing innovation. It also discusses leadership by Mayor Rahm...
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- 22 Aug 2020
- News
Bluemercury’s Marla Beck on How Covid-19 Is Changing the Beauty Business
Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Bluemercury cofounder and CEO Marla Beck (MBA 1998) recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal’s Secrets of Wealthy Women podcast about how her company has adapted during the pandemic. One of...
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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
annually and continues to grow, according to the Wall Street Journal. These bonds are purchased by portfolio investors. Even the real estate industry's leading trade group, the Urban Land Institute, sees resilience-modeling and adaptation...
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- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
the streets of ten major cities, starting in Beijing and culminating in London. Formula E team owners include Leonardo DiCaprio and Richard Branson, both vocal environmentalists. Higgins says the green factor definitely appealed to the...
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- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
were outraged and went to the streets in protest. These blackouts were specifically due to the increased power usage for air conditioning in the summer months but were more generally caused by the removal of subsidies for power companies...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
waterfront. An elevated six-lane highway cuts through the heart of it all. Below the traffic, the narrow and often unpaved streets are crowded with makeshift brick and corrugated tin buildings, home to some 43,000 people. “Most porteños...
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April White
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
technology and information revolutions. Opening the floor to questions, Corzine was asked about diversity in Wall Street firms. He responded that in this era of globalization, "Goldman's client base is now the world. Pragmatism alone...
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James E. Aisner