Fund Of Hedge Funds Industry Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
News

Greylock

extraordinarily demanding group of fellow students and faculty. Developing the skills to listen carefully, think analytically, and communicate clearly is a requirement of leadership." CHARLES WAITE... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

works with several metropolitan areas, including Boston, Hartford, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and St. Louis - and a $130 million private equity fund to make capital available to inner-city companies. Each year, the initiative partners with... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

company from 1957 to 1992. American Research and Development (ARD) provided the initial funding for the launch of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957. Ken Olsen and Georges Doriot subsequently developed a... View Details

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

firms and created its own incubator. This includes a monthly competition where employees can submit business proposals and the winner receives funding and other company resources. The company also hosts an annual competition to identify... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

Essential Toolkit for Practitioners By Scott M. Weiner (AMP 193, 2017) McGraw-Hill Education Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are growing, and they’re not slowing down. With more than $4.5 trillion in assets, and cash flows exceeding those... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

17 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: My Experience as a Veteran in the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

want to do after. I hear this search fund is a pretty exciting opportunity. Can you connect me with someone in the ecosystem? At the end of the day, the Veterans Club serves as that bridge builder and that... View Details

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

transition from one to the other. Highlights Funding and Timing The Bermuda Triangle Creating a Guiding Coalition Show Hide Details Concepts Managing Growth: Scaling Up and Avoiding Bottlenecks Navigating Technological Change in the Age... View Details

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

growth skyrocketed in February 2020) and proved the business could work. This was core to getting the funding that we did ($360M in funding as of... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Launch Codes

The first HBS New Venture Competition was held in 1997, in the era of PalmPilot and RealPlayer. And while the tech landscape has changed dramatically since then, many of the core lessons View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Alvaro Dominguez

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

Co-Presidents of Harvard Business Publishing (HBP). Desmarais joined HBP in 2018 after driving high-impact growth initiatives in global media and learning companies. Most recently, she served as Chief... View Details

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

one is the path of least resistance because they can continue the BMW strategy for the Mac, which at a minimum breaks even, makes a little money, or loses a little money in any given quarter. The strategy View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2018
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Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

fund raising to create a similar campaign that's focused on preventing the use of opioids. Can you just talk a little bit about the meth campaign and how you're going to transition that to preventing the use... View Details

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Trained as an industrial engineer, Tucker is interested in the perspective of frontline workers in productivity and process... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

Organizations, explores the internal complexities of people in control. Plus: Book excerpt. 16. Rethinking Retirement Planning Many of us are relying on defined contribution plans to help View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

about what we are actually trying to achieve at a broader level and how the tax system can help us get there. Mihir Desai: I agree completely in the sense that it's a manifestation of our values. More narrowly, it has these three really... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

aeronautics industry has undergone ups and downs in the past decades: Large orders of planes (and engines) and their cancellation can create prosperity or wreak havoc in these concentrated labor markets.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2003
News

Books

firms large enough to finance their own laboratories could create a “virtuous cycle” where staying on the leading edge of science got them first to market with new products, in turn delivering higher profits to View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)

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... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Jun 2021
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June 2021 Books and Podcasts

life. Giants of the Sea: Ships & Men Who Changed the World By John D. McCown (MBA 1980) Independently published Covering the history and development of modern cargo shipping, Giants View Details