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29 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 29

of several international investors has put the group's ability to fund the deal in question. With time running out, Enelamah and the ACA investment committee must decide whether the Union Bank acquisition is still a wise investment, or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

training, and college and career prep programs. Over the past two years, she also worked as an investment associate at ICA Fund, a nonprofit venture capital fund that uses View Details

14 Dec 2010
Op-Ed

Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

holdings--estimates of the amount held by US public corporations easily exceed $1 trillion; several technology companies alone are sitting on cash balances in excess of $20 billion--are thought to result from the absence of investment... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

01 Mar 2023
News

The Exchange: Micro Management

studies that there are many small-business owners who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Dec 2018
News

Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia

Chinese Capitalism, Rithmire examined urbanization, land politics, and property rights in China. She is now exploring how both the government’s goals and the flight of capital figure into China’s increasing global presence. “When we look... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Banking on HBS

Bank after a distinguished career as a Wall Street investment banker. "I wanted a program that would stimulate their thinking and make them aware of different approaches to problem solving and implementation of alternative courses of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

April 2006 (Revised June 2008)
Case

Peoplepower, Inc.: The Republic of the Philippines

By: Noel Maurer

In 2006, the Philippines faces a difficult choice. Japan has offered the country a trade agreement that includes access to the Japanese labor market for Philippine nurses and other professionals. The same trade agreement, however, means opening the country's... View Details

Keywords: Diasporas; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Human Capital; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Japan; Philippines

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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights

percent in fiscal 2022. The value of the School’s endowment (after the net impact of distributions from the endowment and the addition of new gifts) was $5.1 billion, unchanged from fiscal 2022. Capital View Details

Gil Addo

The Huffington Post named RubiconMD one of the “Five Companies Defining the Future of Healthcare” and, in 2020, AllianceBernstein ranked RubiconMD number 12 on its list of the top 25 private companies disrupting healthcare. The company raised over $40 million in View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

01 Feb 2021
News

Locally Grown

Inspired by the natural beauty he found when he moved to Boulder, Colorado, Robert Fenwick-Smith (MBA 1988) created Aravaipa Ventures, an unusual venture capital fund to support environmentally sustainable technology businesses in the... View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

total cost of tuition and course fees for the 10 percent of students with the greatest financial need. Capital Investment (in millions) FY 23 $31 FY 22 $43 FY 21 22 FY 20 43 FY 19 38 IT View Details

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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

succeed. "Getting the venture capital field off the ground... was as risky as the new industries it would invest in..." author and analyst Kenneth Fisher argues. "[Doriot] staked both reputation and money in... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

it always has. It is too expensive; it carries too much investment risk for even the largest utilities without massive transfer of risk to taxpayers and/or ratepayers; and it takes too long from conception to operation to play a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

$200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in that it had a strictly commercial orientation and market-driven... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy

figuring out exactly what career path that I want to take to have the biggest impact. I built up the operator experience, so now I want to get some investment experience. I will take what I learned at HBS into the View Details

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

international awards. How could the company capitalize on this success? Should Grace expand its operations to multiple Chinese provinces? Should Grace continue as a premium boutique winery serving a growing but ultimately limited niche... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Jon Schechter

dropping work for a two-year MBA was not a choice he took lightly. “It wasn’t a financial decision,” says Jon, “but a long-term investment in myself. Two years, in the long run, is a blip. But what I get out of it is unique. I’ll probably... View Details

Keywords: Tech

01 Sep 2012
News

Results and Recognition

served as Reunion Participation Chair for his 20th Reunion, which set a record with 74 percent of the class making a gift. Donor Spotlights David Ott (MBA 1992) Investor David Ott understands the role that seed capital can play in taking... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2000
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New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

paper as you can get." Participants ready to launch new ventures added skills to their entrepreneurial tool kits in an interactive seminar presented by HBS professor Myra M. Hart, while others heard about international investment... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

runs his own venture capital firm, Bear Ventures LLC. “With his multiple investments in various early- and mid-stage companies, his point of view is invaluable to me,” she notes. But even more importantly,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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