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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
New HBS Fund Chairs Take the Helm
Meredith (MBA 2022) and Audrey. The Nelsons have long been generous donors to HBS. In addition to endowing the Anna S. and Thomas Nelson Associate Professorship, they have given to the HBS Fund since they graduated. They are also veteran... View Details
- 15 Aug 2022
- Book
University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed
Americans, of the virtues of limited government, and as a result it has the smallest and least intrusive central administration of any major American university and is undistinguished in central planning. Its faculties and schools defend their autonomy and (the rich... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Vice President of Investments at the McKnight Foundation, reflected on how to effectively advance the organization’s net-zero strategy. The foundation had committed 10% of its endowment to building a portfolio of impact investments and... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures
committed $10 million from their family foundation to endow the new program. The gift is in honor of Tom’s 30th and 35th HBS Reunions. A collaboration between HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details
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Cotting House | About
and his uncle, Francis Joy Cotting, for their years of service and support. Charles served as Trustee and Treasurer for nearly 60 years, and managed the endowment for 40 years, a period where its value grew ten-fold. Cotting’s View Details
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Loeb House | About
the world’s leading authority on case-method teaching. The Christensen Center was permanently endowed by gifts from a large group of dedicated alumni in tribute to Professor Christensen. About the Name Loeb House was named in 1988 in... View Details
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Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Supported by The de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School Debra Wallace Executive Director Knowledge and Library Services Laura Linard Senior Director Baker Library Special Collections Back to top View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
new sophisticated players in the investment world into which not only wealthy individuals but large pension funds and endowments have poured money. Big investors such as hedge funds are secretive, and small investors aren't sufficiently... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Key Stakeholders - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
fundamental goal of economic policy is to enhance competitiveness, which is reflected in the productivity with which a nation or region utilizes its people, capital, and natural endowments to produce valuable goods and services.” —... View Details
- 04 May 2013
- News
James Dinan & Elizabeth Miller, both MBA 1985
For Jamie Dinan and Elizabeth Miller, endowing the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professorship of Business Management as a 25th Reunion gift was one more significant step along a mutual journey. Dinan, the founder, chairman, and... View Details
- July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Teaching Note
Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
businesses reinveted the image of wine. An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in TanzaniaWhy, despite being so richly endowed in touristic resources, does Tanzania receive relatively few tourists and little revenue from tourism? Image: iPhoto... View Details
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Wyss House | About
was rededicated in 2006 to honor Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965), chairman and former CEO of Synthes, Inc., a pioneering company in the field of medical technology and devices. In 2004, Wyss established the Hansjörg Wyss Endowment for Doctoral... View Details
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
self-evident: campaign donation limitations The 'playing field' would still be unequal but less severely so." Albert Stepanchic had a suggestion that hit close to home: "If I were evaluating the redistribution of wealth, I'd start with an examination by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
US to treat elective procedures and a patient-centric platform with end-to-end support to connect both sides. Aldo Farah Orozco, MBA 2019, Cofounder & Co-CEO Region: International Track The Endowment Project The View Details
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Dillon House | About
Museum of Art. Dillon’s close involvement with Harvard University included two terms on the Board of Overseers, service on 11 visiting committees, and leadership of numerous fundraising campaigns. In addition to Dillon House, over the years the Dillon family has funded... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Thomas S. Volpe, MBA 1976
“When you start a business, it can seem like the whole world is conspiring to make you fail,” notes Tom Volpe. “That’s one reason I have so much respect for those who are willing to take the leap.” An investor in science and technology companies, Volpe says he decided... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering
Denise Dupré and Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) and Denise Dupré are deeply committed to the creation of innovative programs for students who are driven to create, lead, and grow companies with the potential to change the world. The couple recently... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
donation to the Harvard Innovation Labs (i-lab). “I regard HBS as a national treasure that should be preserved and enhanced,” said Crisp from his home in Florida when reflecting on his leadership gift that will establish an endowment in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young