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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, social impact bonds already have enthusiastic supporters determined to bring them to the... View Details
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Harvard Business School
Accenture). He became a partner in 1976, specializing in the development of financial control and operating systems in retail and banking industries. In 1985, Gates began to... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
launched in 2021 by alternative asset manager TPG. Climate investing is a complex, capital-intensive endeavor; entering it has forced TPG to think and act differently. Relative to other View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- News
A Novel Approach
Photos courtesy Elizabeth Lyle, Emmanuel Coque Rather than lending financial support to student aid or curriculum innovations, Elizabeth Lyle (MBA 2012) designated her Class Fund gift to faculty research. For her, it was an easy choice.... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
people bold enough to suggest that investing billions to clean it up was a good idea. My whole worldview changed. I've been passionate about water resources and ocean issues ever since." Merkl has never strayed from that passion, but... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
Fabienne Herlaut (MBA 1984) has strived for sustainability in the greater world and in her own life. The founder and managing partner of Ecomobilité Ventures, a 25 million multi-corporate venture fund based... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
his concerns by saying, "Our capitalism has evolved into a financial pyramid scheme and not industry building." One piece of evidence that something is wrong with managerial capitalism was... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America’s economy, shaped the country’s development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
traditional banks to one where non-bank financial intermediaries played a much more important role,” he says. These less regulated intermediaries, which included money market funds, hedge View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
checks and balances to keep them accountable, including detailed financial reporting, private companies have no such thing. Because of that, the SEC currently allows only accredited investors—meaning those... View Details
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
In the run-up to the global financial crisis, credit rating agencies gave high marks to such risky financial vehicles as collateralized debt obligations, which few people... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
their favorite investment, while some 1,600 students and alumni voted on awards for impact and innovation among finalists from 14 global regions. Best Investment Selected by HBS Alumni Angels StreetShares... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
In the family of investment products, a U.S. savings bond might be cast as boring old Uncle Ned, snoozing away in the corner after dinner. There's nothing wrong with that—but HBS professor Peter Tufano envisions a more meaningful role for savings bonds in the View Details
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
you to that goal." With that in mind, Merton and a team of financial engineers created SmartNest, an individually tailored pension program that requires just a few simple inputs from employees before... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
portfolio firms, attend board meetings, and provide strategic guidance, just like independent venture capitalists. In some respects, their job may be easier: typically, the corporation provides all the View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
Named Treasury Secretary in 2006, Paulson led the country through one of its most challenging periods of financial turbulence. A lifelong environmentalist, he and his wife, Wendy, work to protect natural... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
where I sit as an economist, it's still all about the economy and the long-term impact of the problems laid bare by the Great Recession. During the financial crisis, the world came to the apparently shocking... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
selling shares. But the banks weren't alone in this conflict of interest—it existed in the mutual funds as well. In the funds, brokerage—the sell side of the financial market, View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
availability of high quality information on corporate performance is critical to the effective functioning of the exchanges and maintaining their reputations for listing reliable securities. In this e-mail Q&A, Healy View Details