impact investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2017
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alumni.hbs.edu/facultyresearch to watch: Professor Jan Rivkin talk about his passion for case writing and the origin of his case on LEGO’s return from bankruptcy. Associate Professor Raffaella Sadun discuss how she uses data to explore the View Details

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

financial terms.” Obremskey’s firm, RHIA, on the other hand, is a social impact fund focusing on reproductive health to improve maternal care and combat rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Avestria View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 May 2013
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Trevor Fetter, MBA 1986

“I invest in HBS because I learned to make better decisions at HBS. The School helped me refine my ability to analyze business problems. As my career has evolved through different jobs in unrelated industries, the core skills in... View Details

04 Nov 2014
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Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

programs, to full scholarships for all doctoral programs—to more than 500 students, including 45 HBS students. This year, the Fundación is providing funding to 60 graduate students across the University. “We are investing in education,... View Details

Keywords: April White

21 Jan 2021
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New Menu

producing meat, seafood, and dairy alternatives through plant-based or cell-based technology. The fund received support from some surprising places: the country of Singapore’s investment company, Temasek, and Tyson Foods, the world’s... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Of Value and Values

On the Horns of an Investment Dilemma Financial management firms that focus on sustainable investing have been gaining ground for twenty years now. As an example, Principles for Responsible View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

08 Aug 2013
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Cause Marketing Gets Personal

her classmates, Langer began her employment in the financial industry, joining Shearson Lehman Brothers as an investment banker. "I was specializing with retail companies: Federated Department Stores, Macy's, Barneys New York. It was just... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2003
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Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies

Business Leader of the Year In late January, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSA/NC) presented Arthur Rock with its Business Leader of the Year Award. The HBSA/NC annually recognizes a highly successful individual who has made a significant View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Jan 2017
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Teaching a Solutions-Oriented Take on the News

Keith Hammonds (MBA 1986) is president and COO of the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit dedicated to helping journalists and news organizations focus in-depth reporting on solutions to critical civic issues and social problems. In this interview he explains the... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Driving the family business onto a global stage

equipment. “We decided that we weren’t going to be in any business that wasn’t global. You can’t compete in a small pool anymore,” he observes. M&M’s single largest product investment has been the Scorpio, which gave the corporation a... View Details

15 Sep 2015
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Easing the Costs of Saving a Child

AmREIT, a NYSE-listed company he sold in February 2015 to EDENS (Blackstone, J.P. Morgan, and NYSTRS). Recently, Taylor founded Rowland Taylor, LLC, a real estate investment company in Houston, Texas. AmREIT was in its thirteenth year... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

18 Aug 2014
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Fighting income inequality with early education reform

Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) believes the early years are a critical time to correct income disparity. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more expensive to intervene later,” says Dias Griffin, founder... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity

impact in business and society. This effort is amplified by HBS’s Racial Equity Plan, which calls for the School to attract additional Black talent to all parts of the community and that has, in turn, inspired new efforts by the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2003
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Rock Center Dedication

Arthur Rock has embodied integrity, excellence, and the importance of investing in the future. It was important to me that this center carry his name.” Rock’s gift will support the School’s extensive research, teaching, and course... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2014
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Bringing a new funding model to the life sciences industry

exciting life-science innovation—that is a big opportunity," says Farquharson. A former partner at Halo Funds, he was a founding member of InCube, a traditional venture capital fund, when he started VentureHealth with the hope of democratizing View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Recognizing the Value Proposition

of his 50th Reunion that he hopes will be focused on the intersection of business and life sciences. McCance is well versed in investing in good ideas and is particularly interested in how business skills can be used to tackle society’s... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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The Changing Nature of Research

deepens, the cost of conducting powerful, relevant, practical, and broad-based research increases. Because research today encompasses a wider range of approaches and methodologies than ever before—and often requires international travel—the School needs to make an even... View Details

13 Apr 2022
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New School

could have the biggest positive impact in education. When Waldron joined Curriculum Associates, the company had already been doing just that for almost 40 years. The owner asked Waldron to make a long-term commitment to those same ideals... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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Greenhill Family Gift Enhances Global Research

Greenhill & Co., a merchant-banking firm he founded in New York City in 1996. Previously, he had a long and successful career in investment banking, as president of Morgan Stanley and chairman and CEO of Smith Barney. “This very generous... View Details