Fund Of Hedge Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

between us and some other firms relates to how we think about the CEO. A couple of years ago, we analyzed our successful companies across multiple dimensions. The one trait of all our successful companies... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Barley

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Faculty and Research - Alumni

your financial or estate planning. The HBS Fund Investors Society recognizes leadership annual donors. Learn More “ HBS has an ambitious intellectual agenda, and I believe the most exciting years of research... View Details

01 Sep 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

American labor unions. Others argue about the importance of maintaining national security. Could they be persuaded to support such a move if the US government invested in American industries at the same time, perhaps similarly to... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

01 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Choosing the Right Student Loan

borrow in Unsubsidized Loan funds is $20,500, you may borrow up to the Cost of Attendance in Graduate PLUS Loan funds. Please keep in mind, however, that the Graduate PLUS Loan requires credit approval.... View Details

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Impact - Health Care

Impact Making a Difference in Health Care Harvard Business School Influencing the Industry With global health care spending greater than $8.5 trillion, there is no shortage of opportunities to make an impact in this demanding sector. HBS... View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

2021, the firm had 36 employees and $18 billion in assets. That year, its flagship small-company fund outperformed 99 percent of competitors. “An important question for organizations is how to avoid group... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

increasingly by individuals. People who use Facebook and Twitter are for all practical purposes running little media houses, and face the problem of their much larger brethren, where will the next story come from? Originality is too... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

Fast Answer

Company databases: which database to choose?

Comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from equity and fixed income markets, and public and private companies. Real time data. Excel plug-in. CB Insights HBS intranet Coverage of early stage... View Details

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

growing dependency ratios at the level of the firm tell us, regardless of where we are in the world. But several deplored what has been done about them. According to Francine McKenna, "There's no... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

The Social Enterprise Accelerator is offered to students in the summer between their first and second year, supporting student founders in the development of their social impact startup. During the summer of... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Social enterprise-focused alumni comprise a powerful network for social impact that spans across the globe. Whether it’s within the nonprofit, public, or private sector, HBS alumni pursue a variety of managerial, entrepreneurial,... View Details

23 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11

white-collar criminal enforcement program is likely to help the agency prevent such crimes." The good news: The FBI’s pre-9/11 level of enforcement effectively deterred white-collar crime at that time, so providing greater View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Hamilton Hall | About

the prominent banker who funded the construction of Harvard Business School's original campus . The building was named for Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), the nation’s first treasury secretary and a key... View Details

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

startups. And when the 2013 Boston Marathon was attacked, Weiss helped establish the One Fund within 24 hours to serve as a central pool for donations to victims. "The One Fund ended up channeling $60... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

I’m Gaurav Bhogale, from the HBS class of 2021. While I grew up in Mumbai, before HBS I spent 8 years at Google in San Francisco and Sydney, helping drive product engagement and growth for apps like Google Maps, Search and Gmail. It was... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

soccer ecosystem from the investment fund CVC. The investment aims to “soften” the negative economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, but mainly to accelerate corporate growth in the league and its... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Ina Foalea (MBA 2018)

at HBS I was introduced to the concept of a search fund which I found fascinating. In an ideal world, I would have done a search fund, but I realized I needed to be able to repay my loans and knew a search... View Details

23 Jan 2024
News

A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Nov 2018
Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

realize that many founders face self-doubt. It's normal. Just do it: Startup Bootcamp & Rock Summer Fellows HBS also has programming and funding that gets students to stop simply thinking and start doing. Startup Bootcamp is a... View Details

01 Oct 2021
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Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

Prakash Melwani (MBA 1986) Growing up in Hong Kong and England, Prakash Melwani dreamed of attending HBS. Realizing that dream, he says, completely changed his life. “I owe the School so much,” says Melwani, a longtime donor to the HBS... View Details

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