Impact Investment Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
News

Finance and the Economic Recovery

been examining the economic impact of the pandemic and its long-term effects, and the role fiscal support plays in spurring a recovery. They have also discovered that despite hardships, managers have become more resilient and flexible due... View Details

02 May 2008
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What is the Future of State Capitalism?

state's sovereign fund investors) when his competitor is able to arrange to have state aid or investment provided or withheld in large quantities to a potential customer's country of origin depending on... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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November 1984
Background Note

Black-Scholes Option Pricing Program for the HP 12C Calculator

By: Andre F. Perold

Contains a program that can be used on the HP12C pocket calculator to compute the Black-Scholes option price and the associated hedge ratio. The program must be given the following parameters: the exercise price, the risk-free rate, the time to expiration, and the... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Investment Funds; Price; Management; Software

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23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Apr 2021
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Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

racial inequities, the murder of George Floyd, and the growing movement for justice and change with panelists from organizations on the front line. They included Omar Blayton, CFO of Sunwealth, a solar impact View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 May 2016
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Making Big Donations to Change the World

01 Mar 2008
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HBS Records an “Excellent” Year

$9 million on the strength of higher circulation and foreign edition royalties for Harvard Business Review; growth in sales of cases, teaching materials, and HBS Press books; and expansion of HBSP’s eLearning business. Another year of strong View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

August 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Teaching Note

Breaking the Buck (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard

Teaching Note for 310135. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Problems and Challenges; Financial Markets; Investment Funds; Management

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January 2007 (Revised February 2009)
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Austin, Blakeley, & Cambridge, LLC

The founding partners of ABC, LLC, one of the leading private equity firms in the world, are trying to understand why some of the other top firms in the business, such as KKR and Apollo, have been tapping the public equity markets for their own funds, and whether they... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Public Equity; Investment Funds; Going Public; Financial Services Industry

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01 Sep 2010
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Faculty Research Online

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact Donors are placing nonprofits on the hot seat to measure social performance. Problem is, there is little agreement on what those metrics should be. Associate Professor Alnoor Ebrahim discusses how... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

the largest impact investing funds in the country. He then joined Illumen Captial, an impact fund-of-funds that trains its View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

24 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

candidates from HBS. This year, we are recruiting for two Leadership Fellows and two Summer Associates. All of these positions serve as valuable members of our portfolio investment team helping us to find, View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Jun 2008
News

America the Difficult

States. For sovereign wealth funds eager to deploy capital, the experience of the last two decades of investing in the United States is a cautionary tale. While firms and countries can be tempted to think... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance

02 Dec 2019
News

Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna

Path Iyer’s time at HBS helped her clarify what direction her career should take. At the School, she forged lasting bonds with classmates and encountered a diversity of thought, which prompted Iyer to start making gifts to the HBS Fund... View Details

16 Jul 2020
News

Accounting for Real Change

independent auditors. The COVID pandemic has revealed a similar problem, Cohen writes. “This time, it is the measurement of companies’ social and environmental impacts that must be made transparent.” One-third of the world’s... View Details

20 Jun 2013
News

Looking Ahead, Giving Back

and working with their classmates to increase participation," said Nate Kempner. That effort was very successful: Sections B, C, E, and J all achieved 100% participation. Referencing former HBS Fund Chair Michael Cronin's offer to match... View Details

16 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

strategy. PE funds can offer digital strategies, investment, and talent to their portfolio companies that the individual companies cannot access by themselves.” Why invest in digital technology? The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

property technology for the Built World. The firm’s Climate Tech fund looks to invest in technologies built to help the real estate industry reduce its carbon footprint to zero and adapt in the face of a... View Details