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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A Modern-Day Classic
“Pathbreaking.” That, in one word, is how HBS professor Ranjay Gulati describes the impact of Organization and Environment. The book was published in 1967, reissued by Harvard Business Press in 1987, and won the Academy of Management’s... View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
derived from food.29 Because American Home Products was more diversified than other pharmaceutical firms, the restructuring of its product portfolio resembled more that of the chemical companies than of its... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
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
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
of HBS alumni and faculty, and by the School itself as an institution. Excerpts from the book follow. The Big Bang Fifty years ago, Kiechel writes, corporate strategy did not even exist as a concept, let alone as the foundational element for an entire industry. What... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
invent their own standards?” he says. “It's because federal and state safety regulators haven’t set up clear rules and guidance.” We recently talked to Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, about how the pandemic has spurred 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
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Authors:Richard M.J. Bohmer and Thomas H. Lee Publication:New England Journal of Medicine 361, no. 6 (August 5, 2009) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=1347 Dividend Taxes and International View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
Edward G. Jefferson
Jefferson is credited with streamlining duPont’s operations and diversifying its portfolio – setting the stage for a new era in the company’s history. His purchase of Conoco in 1981 dramatically changed the duPont landscape providing a... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- Fast Answer
Investment management: industry resources
& Poor’s NetAdvantage- Capital Markets Industry Survey IBISWorld- Portfolio Management, Securities Brokering Company Overviews Create lists of competitors, potential employers, and people... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
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
- 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
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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
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
there isn’t a better fit out there, or you realize there is something else you should pursue.” Before the Carnegie Corporation, you were at the Ford Foundation for 13 years, as a portfolio strategist and senior manager of private equity.... View Details
- Web
Preqin | Baker Library
and real estate data. Preqin data covers the entire investment process with data pertaining to investors, fund managers, funds and performance, transactions, portfolio companies, service providers, and market trends. Get Access HBS... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
After three years, the pair sold their portfolio to Sutter Hill Ventures, and Johnson looked for a company to buy. Instead, he ended up back in the venture business, founding Asset Management View Details
- 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
- 01 May 2013
- News
George H. Strong, MBA 1951
In the 60 years since he earned his MBA, George Strong says that the impact that HBS has had on his life has only become more clear. “I think it is hard to gain a perspective on the HBS experience while and immediately after you are... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
challenges. After a period of successful recruiting, fund raising, and deal completion, Summa needed to develop a set of practices and expectations across portfolio companies and partners. The case concludes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
People are hired to deliver empathy, a sense of humor, and total devotion to Customers (always capitalized at Southwest), something that has produced intense loyalty from flyers. These are elements of several cases I and my colleagues have written about the View Details