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- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
Not long ago, only 30 companies around the world reported data about their social and sustainability (that is, nonfinancial) endeavors. Today, more than 7,000 organizations do so. While that transparency is undoubtedly a good thing, the market has become a noisy place... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
(forthcoming) Abstract Over the past decade, one of the most important developments in the corporate loan market has been the increasing participation of institutional investors in lending syndicates. As lenders, institutional View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Fund Council
leverage the robust culture of reunion giving HBS Fund Investors Society—Grow and retain membership in this annual leadership donor society Recent Graduates—Develop a culture of annual giving and identify emerging leaders among this... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
What’s New in Educational Innovation? A Few Highlights
A student team pitches its venture to a panel of instructors, entrepreneurs, and investors on the final day of the Startup Bootcamp program. (photo by Susan Young) MBA Program Startup Bootcamp This is the first of a new January... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
here’s where the historical philanthropic paradigm gets turned upside down: Rodríguez wants IGNIA investors to get real financial returns on their money. Not just make their money back—money that can be reinvested—but maybe even beat the... View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 29
model of financial innovation, in which intermediaries engineer securities with cash flows that investors seek, but modify two assumptions. First, investors (and possibly intermediaries) neglect certain... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
Warren E. Buffett
five-year period beginning in 1976. By the late 1980s, Berkshire’s stake in Geico was worth $800 million. The shares of the Washington Post Buffett purchased for $11.6 million were worth about $250 million by the late 1980s. Buffett is recognized as one of the savviest... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Impact Investing Club | MBA
our members with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed as successful impact investors across the full spectrum of investing. Club Email Address iic@studentclubs.hbs.edu Club Co-Presidents Ryan Dant Julia Lawson-Johns Victoria... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20
We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices. The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuation on low-price firms, managers will maintain share prices at lower levels, and vice-versa. Using measures of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
performance doesn’t merit higher rewards. This creates a ripple effect, where other senior partners become resentful, disenchanted, and leave their jobs, causing instability that spooks potential investors and could lead to a firm’s... View Details
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Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
profiles of public and private companies and nonprofit organizations. ImpactAlpha - News on the impact investment sector. Also includes the ImpactSpace database that includes information on and investors and over 4,000... View Details
- Web
Entrepreneurship | MBA
founders, joiners, or investors activate their ideas and build their ventures to drive global impact. Rock Center for Entrepreneurship New Venture Competition An annual opportunity for students to pitch their concepts and get feedback,... View Details
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Digital Marketing & AI Workshop - Course Catalog
investor stakeholders, and managing agencies and in-house teams. The course balances strategic decision-making with hands-on execution, ensuring students leave with both high-level frameworks and practical skills to apply in real-world... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
Morgan announcing that it’s going to release the first bank-backed cryptocurrency, it’s a good sign that a lot of this is getting sorted out. So the market is mature? The market is maturing—not mature. But awareness has increased dramatically, and the frothy View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
authors write. True, it’s difficult for public company CEOs to push beyond the gravity imposed by quarterly earnings expec-tations. But if you and your investors want PE-like returns, one of the best ways to do that is to act more like a... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
though, was the additional obstacles that came from fundraising while female. “Trying to explain the needs and consumer behavior of women buying beauty products to investors who are predominantly men,” Barna recalls, “you notice that they... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
What Barna wasn’t fully prepared for, though, was the additional obstacles that came from fundraising while female. “Trying to explain the needs and consumer behavior of women buying beauty products to investors who are predominantly... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2021
- News
Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce
a job earning at least $40,000 a year. Salaries for the kind of software jobs he’s aiming for pay about double his previous salary. “The training is funded by ‘career impact bonds,’ drawn from a $40 million fund provided by philanthropic View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
with little or no measurable result, SIBs offer a new way to address intractable societal problems. Here’s how the bonds work. Private investors purchase bonds that finance preventive programs run by nonprofit groups. If the programs,... View Details