Wealth And Poverty - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Aug 2013
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Women's Business Leader

Vice Chairman of Wealth Management and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley where she is responsible for increasing revenue generation and client connectivity View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Apr 2002
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University Elections

membership. This year’s candidates are: Rozlyn L. Anderson, AB ’77, JD ’80. Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch Trust Company, and Director, Wealth Management Strategies, Merrill Lynch View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

10 May 2019
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Bringing Art to the People It Depicts

weeks ago. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view through July 19. The Dean Collection showcases Parks’ work from his days taking portraits in early 1940s Chicago to his powerful images of the Civil Rights... View Details

Keywords: photography; Gordon Parks; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions

06 Jun 2012
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Fellowship Funder

Mencoff: A commitment to meritocracy as a core American value. Photo courtesy Samuel Mencoff “A cross between Walter Wriston and Davy Crockett” is how Sam Mencoff (MBA 1981) and his classmates used to... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

01 Sep 2013
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Beantown as a Beacon

replicated elsewhere. Here are a few Boston-born ideas highlighted by the event's panelists that appear ready for export. TWO BIRDS, ONE JOB Attacking poverty and a national labor shortage While serving as a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Dec 2006
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Enron’s Legacy

Private-equity boards are typically composed of members with substantial wealth at risk. Private-equity boards know how to structure financial incentives that deter reckless gambling and reward profitable... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

01 Mar 2007
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Eyeing the Dominoes?

conservative, who won reelection in a Democratic city by nearly 20 percentage points, the AP article stated. His personal wealth frees him from many of the fundraising obligations, and the time View Details

Keywords: American presidency; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

20 May 2008
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Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot

Just in case you missed it, the Massachusetts legislature has voted to study the idea of taxing college endowments 2.5 percent annually on the amount that exceeds $1 billion. That puts Harvard, with a $34 billion endowment that includes funds from HBS, squarely in the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

22 Apr 2014
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Being 'helpful' has mutual benefits

Catherine Bouvier d'Yvoire (MBA 1982), director of the Global Strategy Advisory of Citi, sees her role is being "helpful" to the governments and societies in which she works. (Published April 2014) View Details

10 Oct 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Warren Buffett Speaks at HBS

deficit, which amounts to “a wealth transfer to the rest of the world.” “We're like an enormously rich family that daily is selling off a little piece of the farm, or mortgaging it to the rest of the world.” Buffett spent much of his time... View Details

Keywords: Warren Buffett; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

29 Sep 2015
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Juan Salgado Honored for Immigrant Education Efforts

Matthew Desmond also was honored with a MacArthur grant. His work has explored the effects of eviction on the urban poor and has exposed how eviction is actually a cause of poverty rather than a symptom.... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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Action Plan: Brewing Awareness

Courtesy White Owl Brewery Before coming to business school, Javed Murad (MBA 2008) was not much of a beer drinker. The brews on offer in his native India were primarily mass-produced lagers, and he just didn’t like the taste. While at... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; beer; India; leadership; COVID-19; manufacturing; marketing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

10 Mar 2011
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Philanthropy’s Dilemma

underperformance,” write Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) and Joel Fleishman, two of the nation’s leading authorities on high-performance giving, in their new book, Give $mart, Philanthropy That Gets Results. “The generosity that causes people to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

challenges in creative ways: "The Robin Hood Foundation" (with Catherine Ross). Created by hedge fund and investment managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit... View Details

02 Mar 2015
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To Market, To Market

Ending poverty and hunger for millions of people around the world may sound like an insurmountable goal, but that hasn’t stopped Pierre Ferrari (MBA 1976) from taking it on—and finding success. “By 2020, we... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

24 Apr 2014
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Providing lessons in financial literacy

Sally Wood (MBA 1983) is COO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), a nonprofit dedicated to teaching economics and personal finance to students from kindergarten through high school. Based in New York City, CEE trains more than... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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They Call Him Mr. China

worked so hard to build? Simple. From Perkowski’s ringside seat inside the Middle Kingdom, the entrepreneurial grass now grew greener elsewhere. While he was busy building ASIMCO, the Chinese economy took off with a galloping GDP and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

19 Jun 2013
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Your Guide to Social Enterprise

with that organization. She spent two years there, before becoming a consultant to the Fund and then to a number of other nonprofit organizations. During that time, Keohane also began a seminar at Yale on View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Dec 2004
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Closing the Opportunity Gap

Gerald Chertavian (MBA ’92) used the wealth he acquired in the 1990s Internet boom to realize a longtime goal. He started a special school to help disadvantaged young adults find careers in the corporate world. Chertavian’s Boston-based... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

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