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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
capital Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) World Wildlife Fund Worldwide locations World's largest independent conservation organization Brian Robertson (MBA 2004) Amonix Seal Beach, California; North Las Vegas, Nevada; and Torrance, California... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which are made out of TPG Growth and The Rise Fund, a double–bottom line impact View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
interests, but if the CEO finds that those are in tension with the interests of the organization or the beneficiary, then you have a real problem. And in this economy, people are unlikely to turn away View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Henry McCance
discovered three of the four then-known genes associated with Alzheimer’s. “Part of my skill set is I can recognize world-class talent when I see it,” says McCance. “I knew he was the kind View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
left me with skills that have had lifetime benefits. And it contributed to significant growth of the American middle class. These experiences prompt the following speculation. "The largest investment in... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
mainstream music industry today made all of the hard work of the past decade deeply worth it.” Tucker: “I think professionally it provides nice exposure for the work we have... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
(TMT) investor at TPG, a global private equity firm. While I work across the TMT sector, I primarily focus on TPG’s middle market buyout and growth equity investments, which are made out of TPG View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
2011) brings those two very different cultures together at Rock Health, a San Francisco–based full-service seed fund launched during her second year at HBS with classmate and medical doctor Nate Gross (MBA 2011). (Gross continues to serve... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
sovereign wealth fund of the Emirate. The question is: Can Le Cirque find a new model of complementary relationships that will be as profitable as its relationship with MGM... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
Support System
without added chemicals, agents, synthetic processes, and transcontinental shipments that strip the butter of its natural qualities—all of the elements that give shea butter it’s gold status in Africa. But... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
develop across cultures, West was seeking a different science-driven commercial realm in which to test some of his semiconductor observations. In 1998, he began looking at the life sciences. “People in the View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
From the Ground Up
we use those funds to provide school uniforms, provide school supplies, provide clean drinking water to the schools, and provide lunch. It was a pretty easy thing to implement. We think [it] has made some significant difference on the... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
United States had no plan for funding its huge debts. It had no stable currency, no sound credit system, no central bank, no reliable securities markets, and almost no corporations. By 1795, Hamilton's policies had corrected all View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007
provide funding to mobilize thousands of youth volunteers, Trellu-Kane needed to decide how Unis-Cite would proceed. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407106... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East
Emirates. "It's a bona fide startup begun with funding from angels, then VC," Amira says. Today, BulkWhiz is an ecommerce CFP platform that serves 15,000 households; in November, Amira launched an extension View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at HBS in discussions of leadership, entrepreneurial marketing, finance, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line
industrial North to create better lives for themselves, their families, and the community." Powell applauded the many African-American HBS graduates whose support for the gathering helped attract a long list View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner