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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
other priorities. At $475 million (as of June 30), the campaign is close to its initial dollar goal, but definitely not over. Several campaign initiatives have not reached their target numbers, including fellowship View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
Business School Case 111-082 The case describes the challenges that UBS faced as a result of the U.S. Department of Justice investigation for tax fraud, which claimed that UBS had helped some 52,000 U.S. residents hide billions of dollars... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
that in real terms, a dollar invested in large company stocks in December 1925 was worth $24.79 by year-end 1979. Exactly twenty years later, that dollar was worth $303.09. Nevertheless, the fact that the... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
Not many newly minted MBAs would hesitate if they were asked to play a major role in shaping the future of a multimillion dollar company, but 25 years ago, William Fung Kwok Lun wasn't sure it was the right choice for him. "When I got out... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
going to the annual dinner." In addition, says Grossman, there's growing pressure from the government and other funders for "outcome-based" funding -- an approach based on nonprofits achieving certain goals. "It comes down to people... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew
this. HBS provided an opportunity to meet willing co-founders, gave us tools for prototyping and hard dollars to fund our work, and connected us with a laundry list of students, alumni, and professors to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
therapeutics; and disseminating findings in real time. Currently, the Kraft team is tracking ongoing trials for pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, multiple myeloma, and immune therapies. Finding Funding Fixes The Kraft team is also focused... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
that social media users are increasingly attracted to the idea of such a model. But funding it without advertising's help won't be easy. Two digital marketing experts, Harvard Business School professors John Deighton, the Harold M.... View Details
- Profile
Prita Kumar
her first prototype. She followed that with a Rock Summer Fellowship for another $6000 to fund a summer in New York City working on the Booya idea. She came back to school and applied for a Dorm Room Fund... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the CFO
dollars in tuition revenue for fiscal 2021. Second, the pandemic forced Executive Education to pivot from its entirely in-person learning model to an all-virtual portfolio. Designing and implementing such a portfolio from the ground up... View Details
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
applications. This facilitates access of small business to large company purchasing while reducing the administrative burden on the smaller companies and increasing their likelihood of success. After contributing several million dollars... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 15 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
a few clicks of a mouse, companies can tell how successful a particular ad was in making a purchase decision. "A lot of companies have put more and more money into online marketing because online marketing is more measurable, as opposed to television where you put in... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
almighty dollar in the pursuit of curing societal ills. Supporting entrepreneurs who blur these traditional lines will require the investment community to broaden its view. For those who traditionally fund... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
every once in a while. He still receives royalty checks in the millions of dollars each year from a $40,000 investment he made in a pet business, which he thought had no chance of succeeding. HBS professor Thomas Eisenmann, who moderated,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
At the onset, he was heavily leaning towards the private equity option. However, for Pierre-Jacques it quickly became obvious in his early days at HBS that there was a gap in venture capital that the fund he and Tingle had created would... View Details
- 18 Apr 2011
- News
Capitalism Meets Conservation
market-based model you can attract vast amounts of capital to sectors that were historically funded by the government and/or NGO sectors. What we’re doing with conservation capitalism is parallel with that. We hope this new market-based... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
during financial crises because they are more dependent on bank capital to fund their growth and operations. They feel the swings up and down more acutely due to their reliance on the free flow of bank credit, according to a 1994 study by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
several hundred billion dollars every year in tax revenues due to abusive transfer pricing (see sidebar, above). Says Baker, “Most multinationals deliberately intend to evade some of their taxes on some of their transactions, using... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
one of the three most important issues facing managers and directors in 2006. He commented that, "Activist shareholders, led by hedge funds which today have aggregate assets of more than one trillion View Details