African Capital Alliance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
News

In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

different ethnic groups in the country’s north, along with Indian, Chinese, European, and American expats. “My early exposure to people from diverse backgrounds is probably the reason I enjoy such environments,” says Oteh, who served for 17 years at the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Craig Husa

CourtLink Corporation (acquired by LexisNexis) and served in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer. MBA from HBS, BS Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy. Currently, Craig is also the Board Chairman of the Clean Tech View Details

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Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog

the benefits and disadvantages of alliances Class 11: How to develop and run a corporate venture capital fund Class 12: When and how to partner with startups Class 13: When and how to partner with customers... View Details

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor insurance mechanisms. Venture capital and private equity investors are especially sensitive to these labor adjustment costs.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

of IPO Team Ties on Investment Bank Affiliation and IPO Success," which examines how individuals' affiliations can affect the formation of alliances at the firm level. To that end, the researchers pinpointed the biotechnology... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

archives One of the first African American graduates of HBS, the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh overcame numerous racial barriers in a career that spanned academia and the private sector. Born in Washington, DC, in 1909, he earned a scholarship... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way

Each day the global economy becomes more and more like an African weaving - dozens of different, colorful, and previously isolated threads woven together, gradually becoming more tightly intertwined. Africa, newly rising from years of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2008
News

Faculty Books

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism edited by Geoffrey Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani (Edward Elgar Inc.) This selection of articles includes historical research on the role of entrepreneurship in creating global capitalism; the cultural... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog

by meeting and working with other young Africans in the area. We will reflect on a changing international environment marked by COVID, the decline of globalization, a possible global recession and a new Cold war ignited by the Ukrainian... View Details

24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

submitted a proposed term sheet. Recently, however, a venture capital (VC) group has submitted a competing term sheet. The company must decide whether to accept financing from the Angels or the VC group. Purchase the case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

href="http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/013985181/catalog" target="_self">Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Native Americans, and Whites (book) Nielsen reports on the African American Consumer (search using keywords... View Details

30 Apr 2018
Blog Post

HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success

of capitalism and see how it works from the center." After exploring the possibilities within private equity, Josh enrolled in the joint MPA/ID, MBA program at The Kennedy School and Harvard Business School to acquire both the... View Details

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Student Clubs | MBA

Student Clubs Student Club Handbook (login required) A Aerospace & Defense Club Africa Business Club African American Student Union AI Club Armed Forces Alumni Association Art Society Asian-Affinity Business Association Australian & New... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

An American Odyssey

family median income and wealth parity, the proper public policy goal. “Those revenues would be used for grants for down payments on primary residences; for high-quality, targeted public education; and for capital grants into commercial... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

most creative and innovative companies of the 20th century. 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Photograph Collection Photographs that were on display in New York City and Chicago in an exhibition sponsored by the National Alliance of Art... View Details

24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006

paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations through 2002 using the male circumcision rate to identify plausibly exogenous variation in HIV prevalence. Medical researchers have found significant evidence that male... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2021
News

Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

that for each of the past three years, over half of our projects had been conducted for nonprofits focused on minority communities and that 25% of the nonprofit executive directors we awarded scholarships to attend the SPNM program at HBS were View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Club Conferences | MBA

Club Women in Investing Conference November 17, 2024 Women in Investing Club Health Care Conference December 8, 2024 Health Care Club 2025 VCPE Conference February 1, 2025 Venture Capital & Private Equity Club AASU H. Naylor Fitzhugh... View Details

05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5

bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for reaching for yield among insurance companies, the largest institutional holders of corporate bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their... View Details