Impact Investment Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Investment This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA

aid that considerably reduces the price of our program. Fun[d] facts: Scholarships are free gifts that do not need to be paid back 50% of our students qualify for a need-based scholarship, on average it’s worth $92,000 over 2 years Students can apply to get... View Details

16 May 2024
News

On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

01 Jan 2017
News

Improving Health Care Delivery

new career path. “I became interested in the intersection of health care and finance, and that led me to HBS,” says Jeffrey, managing partner of the health care investment firm Great Point Partners. “HBS gave me the toolkit I needed to go... View Details

04 Apr 2024
News

The Making of a Medical Milestone

first discovered at the ALS Therapy Development Institute and in part funded by the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The drug shows promise as a treatment for neurological diseases like ALS in addition to organ transplant. Researchers at the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Digital Innovation - Alumni

Giving Digital Innovation Giving Digital Innovation Expand Impact Fuel HBS’s digital transformation to enable innovation in research and outreach Rapid technological change is sweeping our society, and leaders must be able to understand... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

about how each of us contributes to and can address climate change, invest in public private partnerships to accelerate deploying existing and to promote new technologies addressing climate change, implement carbon taxes, and arrange for... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

decisions are often blind to their impact on long-term value. "Resource allocation should be about putting funds behind the right high-value opportunities," Baxter continues. He recommends creating... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

experiences, but most were financial industry professionals located in the U.S.. More than 80% of the participants listed investment management, real estate, private equity, or banking as their industry. Figure 1: Share of Respondents by... View Details

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Judges - Alumni

Restaurant Technology, Impact Investing Area(s) of Expertise B2C, Board Roles, Company Culture, Pitch Feedback, Social Impact, Brand Building Advice How to Craft and Deliver a Compelling Pitch Tell a... View Details

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

some ways in which firms' business models may impact their negotiation outcomes. Several of the proposed pathways work intuitively through the intrinsic characteristics (motivation, personality, etc.) of agents negotiating on behalf of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2011
News

Who Was George F. Baker?

whose $5 million gift funded construction of Harvard Business School, continued to jealously guard his near anonymity. In a rare 1923 interview, he told a reporter, “Business men of America should reduce their talk two-thirds.” Pausing,... View Details

Keywords: Finance

28 Sep 2023
News

Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

School. The Network comprises 104 clubs, including shared interest groups (SIGs) and liaisons that produce a wide range of programs and events to engage alumni in lifelong learning, networking, and making a positive impact in their... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

Practitioners Topics Topics Biotech/pharma Care Delivery Clinical Trials Digital Health Global Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical... View Details

04 May 2020
Blog Post

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

(MBA/MPP 2017) and Taniel Chan (MBA/MPP 2017) are invested in understanding how social change can be driven through public-private partnerships. Being the tremendous multi-taskers they are, they’re also eager to help prospective students... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

classroom directly impacts not only how students learn, but how they see themselves. With only two years to soak in these cases as an MBA student, academic institutions have a short-but-critical time to prepare women for a world where... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

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The New Role for Government & NGOs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

implementing new shared value business models Governments Tax and regulate business; operate social programs Make platform investments and support shared value strategies; regulate to encourage shared value solutions Companies Donate to... View Details

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

during travel. In fact, tourism accounts for about 8% of the world’s carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change. Pollution from travel also has major impacts on human health. One approach to help offset the negative... View Details

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

well as members of the alumni entrepreneurship community. In terms of funding, we provide Spark Grants and Social Impact Fellowships. Another source is the Allston Venture Fund, which is a syndicate of venture capital firms that View Details

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

constraints, with the impact of that decision affecting everything from just their immediate team to billions of dollars of revenue globally. The beauty of the case method is that it breaks down the most complicated problems to small... View Details

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