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12 Oct 2017
News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

neighborhood-development strategy of mixed-income housing, a cradle-to-college education pipeline, and community wellness programs that have helped to revitalize Atlanta’s troubled East Lake neighborhood. View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Apr 2014
News

An investment in meaningful results

Ending poverty in New York City is a monumental goal, but as president and chief operating officer of a modern-day nonprofit that bears the legendary moniker Robin Hood, Deborah Winshel (MBA 1985) uses her business acumen to effect social... View Details

June 2009 (Revised August 2010)
Background Note

How Institutional Investors Think About Real Estate

By: Arthur I Segel

Real estate is an increasingly important component in the portfolios of institutional investors. This note discusses the issues these investors must consider when investing in real estate from the legal forms of ownership, to separate or commingled funds, to property... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Property; Financial Services Industry

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

effective solution for companies. She co-wrote the journal article with HBS doctoral student Grace Cormier, as well as three employees of Happify, Allison L. Williams, Acacia C. Parks, and Julia Stafford. Happify, which View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

March 2006
Teaching Note

Investment Policy at New England Healthcare (TN)

By: Luis M. Viceira

Keywords: Investment Funds; Health Industry

February 2006 (Revised November 2008)
Teaching Note

Banco Real: Banking on Sustainability (TN)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli

Keywords: Investment Funds; Banking Industry

August 1998
Supplement

New York City Investment Fund, Video

By: James E. Austin and Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Investment Funds; New York (city, NY)

April 2025
Case

Kleiner Perkins (2019)

By: Jo Tango and Srimayi Mylavarapu

Kleiner Perkins, founded in 1972, quickly rose to prominence as one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firms, earning a reputation for early investments in industry giants like Google, Amazon, and Citrix. However, a bold, strategic pivot to cleantech investing... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurial Finance

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Bank (SVB) in March 2023, an event as unpredicted as it was quick. SVB funded nearly half of all U.S. venture-backed startups and at the end of 2022 held $173 billion in... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

admonished, “If you ever dreamed of playing for millions around the world, now is your chance: play inside, play for the world,” to reinforce the need for people to stay home, while McDonald’s team in Brazil decided to redraw the iconic... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

03 Dec 2013
News

Second Act for Top Wall Street Strategist

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

September 2000 (Revised April 2011)
Background Note

Note on the Private Equity Fundraising

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon

Provides an overview of raising venture capital and private equity funds. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Investment Funds

January 2007 (Revised February 2009)
Case

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