Impact Portfolio Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Dec 2021
News

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

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

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Kevin Barenblat Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Tech Accelerator for Nonprofits Supports View Details

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Policy - Business & Environment

“Compared to companies’ efforts to green their own operations, corporate political actions—like lobbying or campaign funding—can have a vastly greater influence on environmental protection, and arguably represent the greatest impact a... View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Examining Global Workforce Management

As executives of an international company are considering workforce reductions in Europe and South America, they are providing layoff support to employees and working with communities to create incentives for new businesses to replace... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

kind of impact she wants to have. She has been the beneficiary of numerous fellowships from HBS and HKS as well as a loan forgiveness award from HBS. “The fellowships I’ve received have given me opportunities I could not have explored... View Details

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

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Podcast - HBS Online

associate dean for HBS Online and Executive Education, joins host Chris Linnane to uncover how financial statements communicate the essentials of business and why accounting is a universal language connecting companies of all sizes. Nancy... View Details

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

asset accumulators of the future” A new breed of financial technology companies, known collectively as fintech, has taken advantage of these traits to disrupt an unexpected industry: personal investing. Just as manufacturing companies... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

up discovering that banking was not for me. I was interested in the buy-side. It appealed to me for its directness; you invest with conviction in undervalued assets and reap the rewards for your insights. I transitioned to a hedge fund, starting as an analyst before... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

08 Jan 2016
News

Investing in Sustainability

later, as an analyst at Fidelity and a portfolio manager at SAC Capital. “I spent 15 years researching and trading in the food and energy space,” says Tiller. “In the course of doing my research, I developed views not just on what was... View Details

Keywords: April White; Agriculture

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

individual's portfolio to his or her age (young investors should take more risk with stocks) and attitudes toward risk (conservative investors should hold more cash). Research done by Harvard Business School finance professor Luis M.... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

17 Nov 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

(Editor's Note. Carl Icahn is in the news again. On Monday, SEC filings revealed the militant investor has sold his entire stake in eBay, after successfully pushing the company to spin off its PayPal operation. Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

Change What role should business leaders play in trying to affect climate change? Harvard Business School faculty share their thoughts. A: Actuarial Thinking. Assessing probabilities and portfolio risk is how property insurance View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings By: Yu, Gwen, and Aida Sijamic Wahid Abstract—Do differences in countries' accounting standards affect global investment decisions? We explore this question by examining how... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2012
News

Giving Through HBS

of our graduates—has the power to change the world and to change lives, and that work relies heavily on alumni giving. Most alumni donors take a portfolio approach to giving—they give to local organizations that serve their communities;... View Details

Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson

Career Coach

Meredith Hamilton

Meredith [she/her] has served as a mentor and coach to innumerable mid-career staff as well as several CEOs in the social sector. She is committed to creating a safe space for students and alumni to explore questions of professional identity and career progression... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

Above: photo by Len Rubenstein No disease can be slowed or stopped until it is diagnosed. For diseases with available treatments, the facts are simple: The earlier they are detected, the higher the survival rates. Two companies at the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

16 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

paired with a beverage start-up based in Miami and helped the company make the pivot from B2B sales to DTC sales in the face of COVID disruptions by analyzing its marketing and the sales data. NOTE: Full list of client partners included... View Details