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intermediaries. They show that at least two types of segmentation drive arbitrage dynamics: funding and balance sheets. Their results suggest specialization on both the asset and liability sides View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

announced the launch of a new fund Jana Impact. The basic premise is that the fund will be able to generate superior returns by using Jana’s activist approach with companies... View Details

25 Mar 2022
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Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

future leaders. We are committed to furthering gender equity at HBS and beyond. We have an incredible list of sponsors who, through their funding and support, help us deliver extensive programming for all... View Details

March 2020 (Revised May 2020)
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Generation Investment Management

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta

By January 2020, sustainable investment firm Generation Investment Management (Generation), founded in London in 2004, had grown from a shared vision among seven founders to a 90-person firm managing $27 billion in public and private equity. Throughout its history,... View Details

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18 Jul 2023
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Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

01 Jun 2023
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Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

supportive community it gave us in which to learn and grow as entrepreneurs.” After earning prize money as runners-up in both the HBS New Venture Competition and the Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge, the founders secured funding... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Oct 2023
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), breaking down specific programs and provisions included in relevant policy. Finally, it will dive into some examples of EJ as it is currently being applied by... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

501(c)(3)'s are increasingly given unrestricted due to concerns that restrictions on use unduly constrain nonprofits. I study the effect of such funding on recipients using a $5B sample View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

Philippines become more engaged with the rest of the world," declares Zobel, who serves on numerous boards and is chairman of the World Wildlife Fund in the Philippines. "Both... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Leadership Transition for External Relations

MESSAGE FROM ANGELA CRISPI AND DEAN SRIKANT DATAR To: HBS Faculty and Staff From: Angela Crispi and Srikant Datar Re: Leadership Transition – Janet Cahill, External Relations We write to let you know that Janet Cahill (AMP 189) has decided to step down from her... View Details

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Center Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Boston Redevelopment Authority Boston Symphony Orchestra BRAC USA Bridges Outcomes Partnerships Calvert Foundation The Children's Investment Fund Foundation Citizen Schools City View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Preparing Global Leaders

challenges, identify opportunities, and make a difference in today’s globalized world. Gifts to the HBS Fund enable faculty to study innovative business practices and trends abroad, MBA students to gain hands-on exposure to the nuances... View Details

18 Jun 2020
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What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

School assistant professor, and Serena F. Hagerty, a PhD candidate in the Business Administration PhD program, an interfaculty program between the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. Hagerty and Barasz sought... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Aug 2020
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From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

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Aldrich Hall | About

Jr. was a noted philanthropist who believed that wealth should be “an instrumentality of constructive social living.” In that spirit, he was president of the Rockefeller Foundation, View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Complexity (3) Conflict Management (4) Conflict and Resolution (13) Conflict of Interests (1) Construction (1) Consumer Behavior (173) Contracts (7) Cooperation (3) Cooperative Ownership (1) Copyright (2) Core Relationships (1) Corporate... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) , President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991) , Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and... View Details

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Tata Hall | About

1975), Dean Nitin Nohria & Harvard University President Drew Faust Tata Hall is named in honor of Ratan N. Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who served as chairman of the Tata Sons Ltd., one View Details

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