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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
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Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship

Rock Summer Fellows Key Dates: Applications for the 2025 Rock Summer Fellows Program will open on January 21. Deadline for Rock Founders to apply is March 6. Decisions will be made by April 7. The Rock Summer Fellows program, funded by... View Details
  • February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
  • Case

KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo
On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia
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  • April 2009
  • Article

Sovereign Wealth in Abu Dhabi

By: Rawi Abdelal
By the turn of the century, oil had already made the tiny emirate of Abu Dhabi rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams. A sovereign wealth fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), has invested extra oil revenues abroad for more than thirty years and amassed a... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Wealth; Diversification; Abu Dhabi
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  • July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
  • Case

Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry
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  • 2020
  • Chapter

Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones
This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Info Do Fire Sales Create Externalities? By: Sergey Chernenko & Adi Sunderam DEC 2018 How do cash policies affect stock returns? A mutual fund that uses its cash reserves to accommodate outflows will lower the volatility View Details
  • 13 Nov 2020
  • News

Global Ambition

joined the HBS Alumni Board. They are members of the HBS Fund Investors Society, which recognizes leadership donors to the HBS Fund. “We want to benefit as many people as possible with our support,” says... View Details
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Insights & Advice - Recruiting

Insights & Advice Insights & Advice WesTrek 2025: Exploring the Future of Tech in Silicon Valley Michelle Cao 04 MAR 2025 For decades, WesTrek has been the flagship professional trek at Harvard Business School, giving students direct... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

been the attitude toward artificial intelligence within institutional investing? Are investors embracing it? Is there skepticism? Awada: I can tell you from my previous work [as a hedge fund manager] I think... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

International Health Economics

By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson
Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Global Range; Economics
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  • 09 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

1920s to 8.5 percent in 1932. 18 Brands were built up by spending heavily on advertising. As a percentage of sales, advertising averaged 25 percent between 1921 and 1933, thereby funding a series View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 02 Oct 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

statistical trading system; he handled administration and sales. Hedging was an important feature of the fund, since trading in commodities requires frequent short selling of... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services
  • 28 Sep 2023
  • News

What Ray Dalio Can Teach Us About Global Venture and Startups

Ray Dalio (photo via Bridgewater Associates) and Alex Lazarow (photo by Lindsay Upson) In a recent conversation with Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), Alex Lazarow (MBA 2010) gleaned three insights (and one bonus) from the global hedge fund leader on... View Details
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Finance - Faculty & Research

| Supplement | Faculty Research Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. Citation Purchase Related Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Nashton... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2007
  • What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

that all of this amount could be recouped eventually through the elimination of healthcare expenses incurred by those unable to pay now. Now comes Robert Frank, a Cornell economist, who has proposed ways... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
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Research Areas - Doctoral

govern international economic transactions as globalization proceeds. 3. Entrepreneurship research focuses on the identification and pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities; domestic and international View Details
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FAQs - Alumni

new ideas and initiatives. If you would like to make a special commitment to HBS in honor of your reunion, please consider becoming a member of the HBS Fund Investors Society .... View Details
  • Program

Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

Summary Performance measurement is essential for organizational innovation, learning, and success. Nonprofits, however, must evaluate social or environmental outcomes as well as financial performance, and the ideal metrics are not always easy to identify. Indeed, to... View Details
  • 01 Jan 2013
  • News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

global hedge fund initially focused on managing his own money. Over the last 15 years, Jakurski and his team have grown the now 80-person firm into one of Brazil's top five... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young