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- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
Small loans, big impact: “I’ve seen firsthand the impact that a $50 loan can have on a mother in Ecuador. It helps provide the circumstances for these women to become the backbone of society.” Aha moment: “I left my last corporate job... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
participated in the signing ceremony for an investment of $132 million by Fruit of the Loom, which is closing its plant in Ireland to consolidate operations here to serve the EU market. One of our most successful initiatives is a microlending program. It offers View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
he would hold for thirteen years. Focusing on Third World development, he enlarged the Bank’s staff and loan portfolio, boosted infrastructure projects, promoted agriculture’s “green revolution,” and emphasized poverty reduction. Today,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
citizen in 1980.) Established at the Bretton Woods conference of world leaders in 1944 and today consisting of 180 member countries, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development makes low-cost, long-term loans (with funds... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
sell seeds, submitted his business plan, and secured a startup loan from a local bank. Samad’s older brother, Abdus Subur, also took the I Create training and started a seed farm. The brothers now own two seed farms––Kaveri Seeds and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 May 2012
- News
Best in Show
$400 loan from the HBS Student Association. Proceeds from ticket sales quickly paid that off, with enough left over to purchase lights for future productions. (The first show premiered in Baker 100, a 400-seat space no longer in... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
Quicken Loans and Rock Ventures headquarters from the suburbs to the downtown area in 2010; and add urban-dwelling millennials, who see opportunity in Detroit’s relatively inexpensive real estate. Of some potential foreign investors... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
the bank provided interest-free loans and postponed credit card payments. Now, ING in Turkey, with $100 million Euros donated by the ING community of banks globally, will work closely with local NGOs to rebuild Kahramanmaras. "We ask you... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
in knowing whether this plan will solve it. The bailout does almost nothing to solve the specific problem of declining housing prices. If the government really wants to tackle that problem, making capital available so that banks can make safe View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
The two men hit it off and became a vibrant team. After much planning, with Payne's support and additional assistance from the Brinson Foundation, in 2007 Chu and Bloom launched the initiative they dubbed Antares (a star known for its brightness). Antares in the field... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
Decent, affordable, and stable housing is a basic human necessity; it is also a prerequisite for maintaining a productive national work force. The bottom line speaks clearly: there's no place like home. A Wake-up Call Last November, Harvard University announced a $20... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
that I had come in from a nonprofit). I have been able to work in the nonprofit sector since graduation because of HBS’s generous Loan Reduction program. So beyond what I learned, HBS and our generous alumni have made this work possible.”... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
float DeWitt a loan for $3.5 million, which he used to buy the team in 1961. It’s hard to imagine better circumstances for absorbing the many financial, legal, and political details that go into the successful management of a professional... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
depended on bank loans instead of equity, creating the illusion that money was in infinite supply. That led Mitsubishi and other Japanese companies to make bad investments. I decided we should do something about them immediately." As a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
opportunities, housing, and access to capital. It found, for example, that low-income whites were twice as likely to be approved for loans as Native or African Americans with higher incomes. The task force's work helped convince one bank... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
can’t yet afford to pay market rates. For some qualifying students, the Rock Loan Forgiveness Program helps reduce their debt burden after graduation. FAST FACTS 45 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, Rock Executive Fellows, and Venture Capital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
in the training of over 7,000 farmers; more than 10,000 loans for the purchase of seeds, equipment, and tools; and 563 kilometers of improved and completed roads. Benin, 2006–2011. A $307 million compact with Benin addressed obstacles to... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
Black-owned banks go to Black people. We know that, Carver Bank in New York, for example, 80 percent of their commercial loans or business loans go to Black people. And we know conversely, that less than... View Details
- 07 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Property Owners Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
Greg Saunders (MBA 1990) is the chief executive officer of CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital, a California–based financing firm focused on empowering commercial property owners to reduce their the carbon footprint of their buildings. In this video, he talks about the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
From his vantage point, Sicupira confirms that even in Brazil, the world's ninth largest economy and the powerhouse of Latin America with its 170 million people, capital is not easy to find. "In Brazil," he states, "there is a shortage of equity and View Details