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MBA Experience | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

building, and funding supports students in exploring social entrepreneurship and alumni to be successful in the early stages of launching their ventures. New Venture Competition Blog Introducing a New Free... View Details

16 May 2023
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After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March left the startup world reeling. The biggest lender to fail since the 2008 financial crisis, SVB had become the preferred funder of the startup, tech, and... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

mortgage assets on our balance sheet was a big problem, regardless of any quality or hedging arguments that might be made.” [16] Glen Le Lievre, "Too big to fail." The Wall Street Journal Cartoon Collection,... View Details

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Mid-US - Global

Motivated by a pivotal life experience and deep concern for racial health inequities, Martin transitions from a successful hedge fund career to champion health equity through WellWithAll. He leverages his... View Details

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

Think back to recent events when people making unethical decisions grabbed the headlines. How did auditors approve the books of Enron and Lehman Brothers? How did feeder funds sell Bernard Madoff's... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

see and understand your unique value. “Life isn’t fair. We can’t just wait around for people to make the right decisions for us,” says Huang, who witnesses plenty of wheel-spinning among the hundreds of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

As impact investing has emerged as a new, fast-growing category of private investing, so too has the awareness of the stark disparity between access to capital among small business owners. The Harvard... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Allison Hughes

summer, Hughes will join Lone Pine Capital, a billion-dollar hedge fund based in Greenwich, Connecticut, as a managing director. "I think my penchant for numbers and my love of... View Details

Keywords: Charlie Hogg

01 Sep 2003
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Mark Schwartz

for new challenges. Following a yearlong sabbatical, he joined the legendary hedge fund and private equity firm founded by financier and philanthropist George Soros. The firm appeals to Schwartz’s twin... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

14 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

they serve (customers and key stakeholders). As much as leaders must be open to new ideas and changing circumstances, those without a sense of purpose will struggle, participants said. After all, diverting resources from core businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

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Finance - Faculty & Research

of increased funding for green projects; and greater pro-climate lobbying. We find no evidence of traditional antitrust violations in the form of... View Details

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Donor Societies - Alumni

payments in a single fiscal year $1,000+ (MBA alumni 0–4 years out) $2,500+ (MBA alumni 5–9 years out) $5,000+ (all other alumni and friends) Listing in HBS’s annual Report on Giving Invitations to selected events and programs Updates on the impact View Details

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Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

increasing prominence over the past two decades, HBS alumni have been at the forefront of change—from starting new organizations to imbedding an entrepreneurial spirit within established ones; from funding... View Details

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

singer of U2, to announce a partnership to channel proceeds from holiday beverage sales to the Global Fund in support of AIDS relief programs in Africa. The New Orleans... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

activity by organizations such as Harvard University, HBS will not provide funding for political campaign work. Founders of consulting, research, and/or brokerage services, as well as investment View Details

16 Mar 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)

plans? Absolutely. With the security of the 2+2 program, I was able to take more risks, forgo traditional paths, and explore my passions – at that time, working in government. Where are you currently working? Can you describe your role? I... View Details

31 Mar 2020
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Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Management

from hedge funds and mutual funds to alternative investments and passive investing. While only 4% of the class enters investment management after... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm performance, comparing the likelihood of... View Details

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Enter Elton Mayo – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

In 1925, Donham wrote to Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell asking for funds to appoint Mayo associate professor in the study of human relations. Lowell at first responded that he could not justify the... View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

nonresident convertibility, which permitted foreigners to move funds for current account purposes freely from one country to another. This was the key development in the establishment of a liberal and open... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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