Fund Of Hedge Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

20 Feb 2020
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Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

capital space. According to McKinsey, an entrepreneur with a “warm” connection—someone they’ve met—is 13 percent more likely to get funding than a “cold” connection. Forty percent of VCs go to two schools:... View Details

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General Management - Faculty & Research

service firms that join climate alliances show increased adoption of climate-aligned management practices; greater adoption of emissions targets; reductions of own-emissions;... View Details

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Profiles - MBA

China/Korea as well as a hedge fund in Boston, and have spent a good deal of time conducting biostatistics research at MGH on novel cancer therapeutics, and bioinformatics... View Details

14 Jul 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

personalized oncology care. They have collectively raised more than $500M in funding and an additional $244M from an IPO in June 2020. The fellowship is guided by Peter Barrett, executive fellow, and a Key Advisory Board View Details

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Research Services - Faculty & Research

Research Services 1ms Harvard Business School (HBS) provides unparalleled faculty support to facilitate the creation of enduring knowledge that shapes both business practice and pedagogy. HBS is distinct in that it View Details

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't

Both Associate Professor Christine Exley and Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev apply the tools of their research to examine a simple question: What makes people give? Exley became interested in the topic as a child, when she tried to... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

01 Sep 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax

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About - Global

Brazil. 2004 Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill (MBA Class of 1962) establish the Gayle and Robert F. Greenhill Family Endowment for Global Research, providing permanent funding to support the School’s... View Details

02 May 2023
What Do You Think?

How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

(iStockphoto/Rost-9D) Artificial intelligence (AI) is the topic of the moment in circles ranging from science to business to religion. Its potential and implications are driven home when you see robot soccer players improve their game to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Information Technology; Technology

2018
Working Paper

Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg

Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy

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04 May 2020
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6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

must have a thorough understanding of how the public, private and non-profit sectors interact with each other. The HBS/HKS joint degree program provides you with the curriculum, peer group, network and resources to accelerate attaining... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

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

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Faculty & Research - Health Care

Research Professor Raffaella Sadun on Improving Care in Hospitals Professor John Beshears on how the nudge movement can improve healthy behavior John Beshears Research 3,851 Faculty publications on health care 20 % Faculty conducting health care research 100 Faculty... View Details

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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

18 Oct 2023
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Spreading the Words

Shafiq Khan (MBA 1982) loves to solve problems. It’s what attracted him to the case study method at HBS and, after graduation, to consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Then, at United Airlines, Khan encountered another challenge: The company was spending one-sixth of... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Volunteer - Alumni

volunteers are dedicated to the idea that you and your classmates have the most memorable reunion possible. You can join the effort (and fun!) of organizing your next reunion. Raise Funds for HBS By securing... View Details

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About - Entrepreneurship

About At HBS, we challenge our students and alumni to dream things that never were and ask, “Why not?” More than 50 percent of our graduates create ventures in a quest to change the world. The Rock Center provides unrivaled support as our... View Details

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Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

student demand and funds available. We expect that you will receive a percentage of your request, based on student demand and funds available. Organizations can find more... View Details

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