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Beatriz Delorme

companies and recruiters in Brazil and Latin America more broadly. Bea has experience conducting mock interviews and polishing your personal story. Work Experience: Praxair; BCG; CrossBoundary View Details

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which struggle to eke out market share... View Details

14 Apr 2014
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The Puzzle of Life

notify accredited investors who are signed up for VentureHealth. Those who want to invest do, and those who don't don't." Demand has been strong; in its first round in April 2013,VentureHealth raised $875,000 in three weeks, then, in August, $2.6 million in 14 days. Of... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; crowdfunding; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

During COVID-19 and Beyond. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have had an impact on 94 percent of the world’s student population; for low and lower-middle income countries, the impact has been up... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Climate Finance SIP

climate risk as an asset owner, measuring climate risk and using metrics in portfolio construction, incorporating physical climate risk into portfolio analysis. The last day turned to financing innovation... View Details

10 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

“I gave myself a few months after leaving McKinsey to ideate on the topics that aligned with my passions and the business problems I could address based on my background.” Meanwhile, van Poecke was closely collaborating with her portfolio... View Details

Nimi Katragadda

Nimi Katragadda is a Partner at BoxGroup, a seed stage venture fund where she focuses on investments in enterprise software, fintech, healthcare, and more. BoxGroup's portfolio includes companies such as... View Details

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

Business as usual is no longer acceptable, was the message of 200 corporate leaders on August 19, when the Business Roundtable issued a "Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation." No longer should the primary purpose of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

09 Dec 2021
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Higher Returns

that companies with leading sustainability practices may be better long-term investments. Vikram Gandhi, a professor at HBS, did research and he shows that about 22 percent of baby boomers express an interest in View Details

09 Aug 2016
First Look

August 9, 2016

research effort has gone into understanding the economic impact of immigration into the United States, comprehensive data for quantifying immigrant entrepreneurship are difficult to assemble. We combine several restricted-access U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

banking analysts issue early in the year relatively more optimistic and later in the year more pessimistic forecasts for banks that could be their future employers. This pattern is not observed when the same analysts forecast earnings of View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

Professor of Business Administration. His interest in expanding the reach of this work drove the launch of the COVID-19 Business Impact Center, an online hub for the School’s intellectual capital related to the pandemic. Research is... View Details

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Crunchbase | Baker Library

Crunchbase Search, track, and monitor private and portfolio company data, people and investors. Read More Information also includes deals, contacts and funding rounds. Data provided by contributors,... View Details

11 Dec 2017
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Growing from Within

there’s an obvious cost to that arrangement. But what are the benefits that company ownership offers McDonald’s? In the US, the McDonald’s Operating Company, McOpCo as we call it, plays an important role for the McDonald’s system:... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

equity and increase diversity and inclusion, Nohria strengthened core aspects of the HBS experience. The impact of these achievements on the School and on society at large will be felt for many years to come. To show appreciation for his... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life

country’s oldest and largest business groups. In August 1997, the Ayala-led Manila Water Company signed a 25-year concession agreement (later extended another 15 years) to operate the water and sewer systems of Metro Manila’s east zone,... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

here to push them to be even better. As our movement grows, EarthQuake will advocate on behalf of our investors, fighting for better ESG practices at our portfolio companies. The bigger we get, the bigger our View Details

29 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

growth, while different across regions, are non-linear and asymmetric. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53596 Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors By: Viceira, Luis M., and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2013
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Alumni News | Book Briefs

control and involvement and argue that its impact on business performance will be positive. They offer a road map to help CEOs and directors better balance board oversight with the firm's daily operations and to give directors a better... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

highly reliable sources, are generally not believed unless they fit the company agenda." Others maintained that planning without prediction is impossible. After all, a plan is a prediction. As Vishu put it, "Managers should base... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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