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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
the number of temporary housing units an organization has created in post-earthquake Haiti. But how does one measure the effectiveness of a training program in boosting farmer incomes in Ghana? This was the question facing the Millennium... View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
armor. The Portrait Project shows their human side.” Deifell’s 15-year (and counting) commitment to the project involves working with a team of student volunteers who solicit essays (selecting 32 from an anonymous pool of approximately... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
are many communities that must be satisfied." Venture Capital and Private Equity The pool of U.S. private-equity funds has grown on the order of 2,500 percent in the past decade-and-a-half. Venture Capital... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams
concerned about both the financial burden of tuition and forgoing income for two years. “Finding out that the School had such a strong fellowship program was a game-changer for me,” says Sergio. “That was critical in my decision to pursue... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
efficiency of capital markets, the opaqueness of the groups’ operations, and the abuse of inside information. It is hard not to feel that history is repeating itself. For not only is this investigation sure to fatten the profit pools of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
begin to repatriate cash and use it productively at home. The combined revenue effect is likely to be relatively small. Ideally, firms would invest their excess cash funds in new projects in the United States and avoid the 2 percent tax.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The latter will incorporate updates on School initiatives and provide hands-on training and resources for HBS volunteers. We are grateful to all volunteers- class correspondents, fund agents, club officers, reunion committee members, and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
things like helping the pool attendant put towels on the chaise longues. It was a family business, so we were all involved.” Tisch Hotels evolved into the Loews Corporation, one of the largest diversified financial enterprises in the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
says Hourdequin. "Another set consists of those who have a mission or impact orientation: they are looking for a financial return, but they also want to direct their capital to investment pools that help to achieve good environmental and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
California, Boston, sometimes London,” recalls Gotsch. “Nobody was looking locally.” Gotsch is president and CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City, which invests in local ventures to create jobs and grow the Big Apple’s economy.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
became executive vice president of Bund Capital, a corporate acquisition firm started by her husband in 1985. "We raise private funds in blind pools and acquire middle-market companies primarily in the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small businesses choose... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Insatiably Curious
Adrianna Ma (MBA 2000) Adrianna Ma (MBA 2000) has been member of the HBS Fund Investors Society, which recognizes leadership giving, for the past five years. “I had an unconventional background and I’m grateful that the School took a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Business School Publishing) This history doubles as a sophisticated account of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern investor. It follows the rise of funded retirement, the evolution of investment vehicles and techniques,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
reduce your consumption because you’re worried about the economy faltering and your income declining, which is the traditional demand-side story, but that you feel a barrier to going out at all, which undercuts both demand (consumption)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
HBS to Release 2004 Annual Report
Education and Harvard Business School Publishing of $169 million, an increase of 5.6 percent. These two business operations provide a major source of income to support faculty research, in addition to their critical strategic role in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
helping public schools improve their curricula and their methods of working with disadvantaged children. Doerr is cofounder of the New Schools Venture Fund (NSVF), a venture philanthropy fund created by... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
focus from advising to investing in start-ups just as the UK and Europe embarked on major economic reforms. In addition, the U.S. venture capital industry got a huge boost when a 1978 clarification in the Employee Retirement Income... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
with applications and now employs local residents, many of whom walk to work, with much less turnover than Sprint's suburban call centers. "They took a risk, but it paid off - they now have a solid pool of workers who are very happy to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In the Zone
already have to high-performing organizations, we feel we can cultivate a pool of support that folks can tap into,” Owusu-Kesse explains. “There are core principles and accountability outcomes underlying this work, in addition to the... View Details