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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
build factories, or create jobs in the United States. Our economy needs all of these. —HBS senior lecturer Robert C. Pozen is a longtime investment executive, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and coauthor of The... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Finance (Q3) - Course Catalog
capital and receivables financing. Course Content and Educational Objectives The goal of Entrepreneurial Finance is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The course covers all stages... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
that increased the number of doctors and nurses serving patients, expanded existing staff roles and developed new ones, redistributed health care work, and invested in teamwork. The English workforce redesign experience offers important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID
social utility. I am working this summer with Circulate Capital, an investment fund focused on waste and recycling businesses that fight ocean plastic waste and advance the cause of a circular economy. The... View Details
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
inventory without the use of technology," says John Jong-Hyun Kim, a senior lecturer and William Henry Bloomberg fellow at Harvard Business School. "And yet, schools have been slow to adopt and integrate technology in the classroom." Despite a doubling... View Details
- 26 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities
valuable insights for founders and universities as they invest more into the higher-risk, early-stage research that often results in meaningful innovation. Companies have long teamed with academia, but such partnerships might become more... View Details
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How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting
workshopped together based on both of our expectations,” Jessica said. Designing a Meaningful Internship Jessica brought a background in investment banking and private equity, but she was ready to try something new. “I thought my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
how knowledgeable and proactive the firms we visited were about sustainability; some of them are far ahead of firms in the developed world. They understand that it’s essential to their long-term survival.” Similarly, the group was impressed by regional View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
first Jakurski Family Associate Professors of Business Administration. Their chairs are funded by a gift from André R. Jakurski (MBA 1973) and his wife, Maria, and are part of a new effort to invest in the... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have identical preferences and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
David Perez (MBA 1996) readily admits that launching Avance Investment Management in May 2020, at the height of the pandemic, was “the worst timing ever.” But the Cuban native, who studied engineering in East Germany and saved his... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Nearly 600 years after the closure of the storied Silk Road trade route between East and West, 44 second-year MBA students traveled to Asia to gain a firsthand... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
In March, the School lost two of its most distinguished and loyal professors, Bertrand Fox and Myles Mace. The following profiles recall their contributions to HBS. Professor emeritus Bertrand Fox, an economist and investment banking... View Details
- Profile
Georges F. Doriot
of HBS graduates—more than 7000 second-year students took his transformative Manufacturing course—and in 1946, Doriot created the first venture capital firm in the United States. American Research & Development (ARD), based in Boston, turned the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
provide the tools and services that will help older adults live longer, healthier lives. Investing in Experience Abby Miller Levy was motivated to start a venture fund in the older-adult sector after... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
in November 2004 by Princeton University Press. Jaffe is professor of economics and dean of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University. Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. In Innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
the idea of a potential internship program began to grow. So, when Westphal read about Facily and was connected with Dzodan, the timing and pairing was ideal. As the first intern in Facily’s history, Westphal utilized his experience from View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
Palepu: Through tax deferments on pension money, society is giving tax breaks so that people can save and invest for the long term. And so one idea that has been proposed is that, because the government is... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Digging Into Data: Making A Career Change
financial services roles interestingly remained within the sector but switched their focus. The vast majority moved from private equity into the investment management / hedge fund space. And, 43% of students... View Details