investment strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2012
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Made in the USA

survey cited specific actions their companies had implemented to remain competitive. The majority had taken steps such as improving worker training, investing in technology, growing exports, and expanding to new markets. Among the... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; cheese; lobster fishing; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter Arkle Venture capitalist. Spoken aloud, those two words have a ring of authority that seems to lift the profession above the realm of mere mortals. Headlines can confirm that otherworldly aura, with some View Details

17 Mar 2015
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The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)

later volunteered teaching at a prison. A couple of years after leaving HBS, I became interested in the idea of the ROI of higher ed; that a college degree used to be the best investment someone could make, and was quickly becoming one of... View Details

Keywords: Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1996
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Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

symposium will be collected and published at a later date. The following is a list of the papers' authors: Business History Professor Thomas K. McCraw and Assistant Professor Nancy F. Koehn Competition and Strategy Professors Adam M.... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

just kind of look at all this,” says Mawilmada. “I like to imagine what it might be when I’m an old man.” His tone is a bit dreamy, but there’s an underlying current of urgency as well. As head of investments for Sri Lanka’s Western... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Dec 2022
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Flying High

affected the entire industry, Aero’s premium fares allowed it to absorb the costs more readily than airlines that operated on a slim profit margin. Investors have seen promise in the Aero model. In August, the company closed its Series B funding round, raising $65... View Details

Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation

03 Feb 2021
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Power Play

contributed complementary skills from the energy sector—to establish the firm’s leadership team. Advani believes the company’s middle-market private equity investment strategy is better executed and better... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers

social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America

thinking. You see a pattern through a kaleidoscope, but it’s not fixed. Imagination and the ability to change the pattern have been main elements in the prosperity that Americans have enjoyed, and we need to value them highly. Science is central, and we must View Details

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

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

guests also talked about the leadership challenges of finding vaccine candidates, expediting clinical trials, and the need to invest billions without a clear sense of outcomes. Mango described it as a “portfolio View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 Apr 2014
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Ensuring a business’s profitability enables it to serve society

accelerate the development of our products, we are growing and investing more in product and capacity, which in turn contributes to economic solutions around the globe,” said Fields. “Our goal is to serve customers around the world with a... View Details

13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

portfolio of programs in parallel.” In an industry where serial entrepreneurship is the norm, Cytokinetics’s approach instead requires “a strategy based on sustainability and durability” that includes forging significant partnerships with... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2000
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Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette

(MBA '57). Better known as cofounder of the renowned New York investment firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) than as a writer of books about historic homes, Jenrette is nonetheless in his element as he welcomes a visitor and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2013
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Alumni Books

Levenson Keohane (MBA 2000) (McGraw-Hill) With in-depth coverage of cutting-edge social programs and philanthropic initiatives, Keohane shows how social entrepreneurship has radically transformed the nonprofit, private, and public sectors; explores the promise of... View Details

10 Jul 2024
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Next Level

Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace

01 Mar 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid

Eric Werker You spent much of 2009 to 2011 in Liberia advising President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf while on leave from HBS. What did you learn from that experience? Good ideas and great strategies are cheap and easy; what's expensive and... View Details

Keywords: foreign aid; Government

24 Apr 2014
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Inspiring conversations around the world

creative side in her early 20s, when she dabbled in art as a hobby while working as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. During this period, a close friend died unexpectedly. The experience prompted Bussel to seize the moment and pursue... View Details

20 Feb 2019
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Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs

Talk to Tony O. Elumelu (AMP 166, 2004) for more than a few minutes and you are sure to hear about “Africapitalism.” The Nigerian businessman and philanthropist coined the term in 2010 to describe the investment View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books

entrepreneurs is Mary Kay Ash, a legend as a glass-ceiling breaker and a woman who built a very successful business with a go-to-market strategy of direct selling. Unlike Mary Kay Ash, however, not all aspiring business owners are willing... View Details