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Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 16 Sep 2020 Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
The old-fashioned assumption of the environmental movement was that business and industry were the problem. World Wildlife Fund President and CEO Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) is bullish that they can be part of the solution. A new breed of... View Details
- 31 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
The HBS Business and Environment Initiative launched the Climate Rising podcast in 2019 to elicit insights from leaders working at the intersection of business and climate change. The podcast is particularly valuable for those seeking to... View Details
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Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS | MBA
The HBS Summer Fellows program allows students to explore career options during the summer between their first and second year. Funding is available for students joining existing organizations, as well as... View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal
support from faculty and industry experts who quickly rallied around us. The result was uplifting: 25 speakers across 10 industries, including several founding partners from 20 VC funds focused on early to growth stage investments. The... View Details
- 04 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony
Introduction to Heard on the StreetOur a cappella group represents the HBS community with members from MBA and PhD students to their partners. Originally founded in 1987 as an all-male group, the ensemble recently became a co-ed group... View Details
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How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA | MBA
students qualify for a need-based scholarship, on average it’s worth $92,000 over 2 years Students can apply to get complementary fellowship funds on top of an HBS scholarship Students can get up to $40,000... View Details
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Business Opportunties in Climate Adaptation
By: John D. Macomber
This is a Short Intensive Program or SIP at Harvard Business School. It’s an optional student offering prior to the formal start of the Spring semester the following week. SIPs tend to cover new material on current topics, to be less formal than the HBS Case Study... View Details
- June 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Teaching Note
Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil
By: Julie Battilana, Marissa Kimsey and Falko Paetzold
Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-051. This Teaching Note provides conceptual foundations and teaching plan recommendations for the case on Vox Capital, a firm that launched one of the first impact investing funds in Brazil. The learning objectives are to understand how an... View Details
Emily R. McComb
Emily McComb is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Unit at HBS, teaching "Finance 2" in the required curriculum of the MBA program, as well as a co-leader of the HBS Impact Investment Fund in the elective curriculum. Prior to joining the HBS faculty in 2017, Emily was... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
Corporate-sponsored venture funds first appeared in the 1960s, about two decades after the first flowering of the venture capital industry. Ever since, they have mirrored the cyclic nature of the industry as a whole. But there are... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 22 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?
The idea of supporting social change has propelled impact investing assets to more than $1 trillion. But what if those funds aren’t as impactful as investors expect? Recent Harvard Business School research indicates that while impact... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
funds have made an important contribution to both the democratization and the strengthening of the American economy," says HBS professor Jay O. Light, an expert on the financial services industry. And... View Details
- August 2022 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
Evaluating the Impact of Hillside Harvest
By: Archie L. Jones, Mel Martin and Amy Klopfenstein
In fall 2021, the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team had just finished their last round of due diligence on the BIPOC-founded premium hot sauce company Hillside Harvest. They thought the business had a fine performance, showing potential to grow into a successful... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Food; Food and Beverage Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Jones, Archie L., Mel Martin, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Evaluating the Impact of Hillside Harvest." Harvard Business School Case 823-017, August 2022. (Revised September 2023.)
- August 1998
- Supplement
Cleveland Tomorrow, Video
By: James E. Austin and Rosabeth M. Kanter
As part of Cleveland's turnaround, Cleveland Tomorrow creates new investment funds to stimulate new business development. This development is designed to earn a profit and bring new benefits to the community. Part of the HBS Social Enterprise Video Series on Business... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Social Enterprise
Austin, James E., and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "Cleveland Tomorrow, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-507, August 1998.
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Rock Health
By: Robert Higgins and Ian McKown Cornell
This is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813035. The case should enable students to identify emerging challenges, evaluate Rock Health's funding model, debate the effectiveness of its incubation service and assess its long-term viability. View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
of the picture, a young company must clear many hurdles before convincing potential investors that its future prosperity is a good bet. New research by HBS associate professor Monica Higgins and Associate Professor Ranjay Gulati of the... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of philanthropy in the fight against racism. By retooling traditional philanthropic models in distinctive ways, the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and... View Details
- 21 Jun 2018
- Video