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  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Buffett Preaches Investment Discipline

whistles. And, as was the case during a visit to the School last September, the "Oracle of Omaha" doesn't disappoint. From his opening gambit ("Testing, one million, two million," he intoned into the microphone), to his astute overview of... View Details
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Investment Incentives in Proprietary and Open-Source Two-Sided Platforms

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Gastón Llanes
  • June 2017
  • Case

Obesity Management at Kaiser Permanente: A New Mindset for Healthcare Delivery?

By: Kevin Schulman, Gregory Leya and Christina Beveridge
Kaiser Permanente (KP) is the largest managed care organization in the United States with over 10 million members. KP evolved from a prepayment or capitation model that focuses the organization around the efficiency of care and the health of the population it serves.... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists

By: Paul A. Gompers and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
In this paper we explore whether or not the experience as a founder of a venture capital-backed startup influences the performance of founders who become venture capitalists (VCs). We find that nearly 7% of VCs were previously founders of a venture-backed startup.... View Details
Keywords: Founders; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Success
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  • Web

Value Based Healthcare Prize - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Europe, which as an independent platform shares, creates, and disseminates experiences and knowledge on implementing Value Based Healthcare delivery. The Prize seeks to... View Details
  • April 2009
  • Case

Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 18 Oct 2016
  • Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

Foundation shows how the unhealthiness of an industry’s workers correlates closely with the unhealthiness of the communities in which those workers and their families reside. Companies that invest in... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health
  • 11 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit

having the opportunity to invest in people and ideas. From developing investment themes, underwriting deals, and partnering with management, no two days are ever the same. What led you to HBS? Earning View Details
  • 15 Oct 2019
  • News

Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

As a second-year student, Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) worked with Jingsheng Huang, managing executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai, to organize an impact investing... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

in terms of a looming competitor for the same FDI they try to attract, whereas firms based in Taiwan and Hong Kong view a rising China as representing an enormous investment... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 22 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

to realize, the investment horizon of hedge funds makes them unsuitable overseers of management. Firms that would benefit from modest changes in operating policy or governance, or for which a reduction in CEO pay is to be desired, are not... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

risks of investing abroad.” Home bias is short-sighted In a recently released working paper, however, Viceira argues that such an investment strategy may be unwise for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • November 2012 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

Naina Lal Kidwai: Investing in Her Country

By: Boris Groysberg and Anjali Raina
This case showcases the 30-year career of Naina Lal Kidwai, Chairman of HSBC India, a leading woman business leader globally. It demonstrates how Kidwai spent a lifetime overcoming barriers as a woman in a male-dominated profession and as an Indian in the global... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; India
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  • Web

Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

an asset manager/investor, advisor or private individual, or indirectly as an entrepreneur or operator receiving investment capital. The course... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Donors Invest in Students’ Future

HBS. The annual rite of spring brings together donors and their student beneficiaries for dinner in Shad Hall. Barcott, a graduate of UNC–Chapel Hill who served in the Marine Corps in Iraq before enrolling at HBS, told a moving story of the nonprofit he established... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • Web

Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

returns to incorporating ESG as an asset owner or manager. Highlights Non-Traditional Investment Criteria like ESG Introduction: California State Teachers' Retirement System... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2014
  • Blog Post

Preparing for a career in investment banking

I was able to run a sanity check during my first career coaching session with a specialist on immigration policies. As expected, banking was one of the embracing sectors in terms of visa support. The coach also tutored me about the HBS... View Details
  • June 2011 (Revised November 2011)
  • Case

The Expansion of Ping An

By: Robert C. Pozen and Nina Yang
In June 2010, Mingzhe Ma, chairman and chief executive officer of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China ("Ping An" or "the Company"), sat down with Sun Jianyi, vice chief executive officer and executive vice president at Ping An, to discuss the future direction of... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Conglomerates; Conferences; Banks and Banking; Financial Strategy; Insurance; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; China
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  • 02 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories

assigned to two groups and presented with the dilemma of choosing between an expensive clothing item that they loved and a cheaper item that would be just as useful but allow for savings to purchase... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 28 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

help students take on the role of an impact investor, walking them through topics such as how to measure impact or how to analyze a term sheet. MIINT at Harvard is organized by the HBS Impact View Details