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- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
range of “pay-for-success” strategies to generate both financial return and measurable, tangible social impact. Chief among them is the social impact bond that brings together government, nonprofits, and for-profit investors to tackle...
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Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Donald J. Chiofaro
In 1981, one year after starting his own real-estate development company, Don Chiofaro undertook to build the largest office complex in Boston. "I knew just enough about the business to be dangerous," he recalls. "I quickly got into more...
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Daniel Penrice
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering
will provide financial aid for students in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, offered jointly by HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The gift reflects the Boston-based donors’...
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- 26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets 2013-15 Named Most Powerful Woman in Finance by American Banker 2016 Joins Board of Directors, Robin Hood Foundation Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan Asset Management It’s hard to talk...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision
create an exceptional environment for teaching, learning, and research, and the alumni offer their time, talent, and treasure to propel us forward. I draw great inspiration from this. What did you find to be most challenging about the transition? The sheer View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
quantum gravity. Overall, the author introduces complex concepts of quantum mechanics in an accessible and fun-to-read style while laying the groundwork for mastering an advanced level of treatment in standard quantum mechanics textbooks...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
annual SXSW Pitch Event in the Enterprise and Smart Data category. “Inventory in commerce is a really big problem from both an environmental and a financial perspective,” Theuerkauf notes. The problem is especially acute in the fashion...
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April White
- 07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit
passion in life, martial arts. By his own description, Sityodtong lived a blessed childhood, watching his architect father build a real estate business from humble beginnings. But in the years leading up to the Asian financial crisis,...
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- 01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
everything else in business, grown more complex in the age of the global economy. In fact, according to some observers, the implied balance between its two component parts may be tilting increasingly askew, even as the world's economy and...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
development backed by the rich villain. Indeed, in many of the McGee books, Travis acts as a righter of financial wrongs, achieving justice and repayment (or payback) in often unorthodox ways. MacDonald always understood that America’s...
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- 10 Apr 2023
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Leading the Way
complexities of the financial aid process. “There's so much talent that you can unlock when you start to believe in people. They go in all these wonderful directions, and it changes their lives. I just want...
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Margie Kelley
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
“Professor Desai’s students and alumni who heard him for the first time pointed out his expert skill at communicating complex subjects in a simple and highly accessible way.” A question and answer session followed the November 11 talk,...
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Margie Kelley
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
groups attract the necessary financial investments. “There is no blueprint, as every member is at a different place,” observes Goodwin-Groen. “Our role is to help create opportunities for investment in this sector.” One of the biggest...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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How to Fix Wall Street
including a renewed commitment to responsible behavior by those individuals and (surviving) firms whose actions created excessive risk in the first place. The crisis is often discussed as purely a technical mishap involving housing prices, View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
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A Case For Fellowships
of the School's ability to help solve society's most complex problems. This academic year, generous donors enabled the School to award some $26 million in need-based fellowships, supporting nearly half of our students. As the community of...
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Brick by Brick
globalize, the financial picture grew worse. One problem: The company's growing complexity was choking it. Adding more bricks made products harder to assemble, forecasts harder to determine, and inventory...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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The CEO and the Functions of Leadership
In a working paper presented at the June colloquium, HBS professors Michael Porter and Nitin Nohria consider the CEO’s role in the large, complex organization that is typical in today’s global economy. An excerpt follows: “CEOs must...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed
in Washington for the next eight years. Reed returned to Allen as CFO in 1995 to oversee the building of its $23 million cathedral, which was dedicated two years later. (That same year, Flake resigned from Congress to return to Allen.) Since 1997, Reed has managed the...
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- 11 May 2020
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Better Than Cash
necessary financial investments. “There is no blueprint, as every member is at a different place,” says Goodwin-Groen. “Our role is to help create opportunities for investment in this sector.” One of our biggest challenges, Goodwin-Groen...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Reinventing the Annual Report
types of narratives, and lots of pretty pictures. The amount of detail and the level of complexity in the financial section have grown considerably in response to the increasing onslaught of accounting rules...
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Robert G. Eccles