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  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

management to what you originally wanted." At the same time, the fixed-performance contract fosters the fear in managers that if they don't spend what's left over in their budgets at the end of the year, their funding for the next... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Mark Schwartz

Mark Schwartz approaches his position as president and CEO of Soros Fund Management not as a new job but as a second career. It is the switch he sought after 22 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was named partner in 1988, president of the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • 01 Jan 2011
  • News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

three decades, Klarman has built one of the most successful hedge fund companies in the world. While such accolades are important to Klarman, he is equally proud of the culture at Baupost. "We have a very collaborative environment where... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 26

activity, but a gap remains for seed-stage financing. The founders are evaluating the best way to structure their private equity fund to reflect their own assets and abilities and the needs and resources of the entrepreneurial scene in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Bridging the Gap

centers on a citywide effort to improve public education, led in part by an alliance of 50 business and community leaders. This focus on education is a new one for the partnership, which has historically worked on economic development. Its initial foray centers on a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • October 2021 (Revised November 2022)
  • Case

The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting All Boats, or Leveling Down?

By: Vincent Pons, Rafael Di Tella, Santiago Botella and Elena Corsi
Since 1978, Spain had struggled to control unemployment. The country’s labor law was protective of employees hired long-term and companies used temporary contracts as buffers. In 2012, amid economic recession and a 23.6% unemployment rate, a center-right government of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Labor Market; Unemployment; Recession; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; International Relations; Working Conditions; Employment; Labor Unions; Contracts; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Spain; European Union
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  • July 2020
  • Supplement

Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to... View Details
Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon
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  • July 2019
  • Case

Instabeat—One More Lap?

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
This case follows Lebanese entrepreneur, Hind Hobeika, an engineer and competitive swimmer who spends seven years trying to launch a wearable heartrate monitor and motion sensor to help swimmers track their performance while swimming. While the Beirut-based... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Manufacturing; Prototyping; Female Protagonist; Business Startups; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Design; Organizational Culture; United States; Lebanon
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  • 23 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

through 20,000 WhatsApp groups at a cost of approximately 10 cents per child, per year. The company has raised $1 million from institutions, including Harvard, MIT, and the World Economic Forum; venture funds such as Sequoia and Accel;... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • Web

Loeb House | About

substantial gift from his company in 1966 to create the John L. Loeb Fellowship Fund, awarded annually to the top students in finance, as well as the funds needed to renovate the building that now bears the family’s name. Loeb... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

History Matters

coordinate the effort. They raised funds to rescue financial institutions, the New York Stock Exchange, and the City of New York. They worked with US treasury secretary George Cortelyou to move gold reserves to the places of greatest... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 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
  • Web

McCulloch Hall | About

named for secretaries of the US Treasury at the suggestion of George F. Baker, the prominent banker who funded the construction of Harvard Business School's original campus . The building was named for Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895), a... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

gender diversity, induced by parenting more daughters, improves deal and fund performances. These effects concentrate overwhelmingly on the daughters of senior partners than junior partners. Taken together, our findings have profound... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

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 members. Some of the highlights... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

the population uninsured,” Chandra’s research says. In a new working paper, Chandra and fellow researchers suggest a potential solution: creating a basic bundle of publicly funded health insurance that would protect every citizen while... View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

faces in its journey towards a net-zero target by 2070: 1) Funding Gap – Where is the Money Coming From? A study by the CEEW (Singh & Sidhu, 2021) reveals that India needs USD 10.1 trillion between 2020 and 2070 to achieve its... View Details
  • Web

Morris Hall | About

prominent banker who funded the construction of Harvard Business School's original campus . The building is named for Robert Morris Jr. (1734-1806), a British-born merchant; signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of the... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

capital space. According to McKinsey, an entrepreneur with a “warm” connection—someone they’ve met—is 13 percent more likely to get funding than a “cold” connection. Forty percent of VCs go to two schools: Harvard and Stanford. It’s a... View Details