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- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything alone. The private sector is in a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
The Venture Capital Cycle by Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner (MIT Press) U.S. venture capital firms have grown dramatically over the last two decades, nurturing a host of start-ups -- including Apple... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
regulatory institutions. The book ends by setting out a potential research agenda for the social sciences. Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good by Rosabeth... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Business as a Force for Good in Society
and practice by translating research into action. The Institute’s initial priorities are climate change and environmental sustainability along with social and economic inclusion, particularly the study of how View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
UN President Speaks at HBS
The keynote speaker for last October’s International Week at HBS, UN General Assembly president Srgjan Kerim, called on the future leaders in his audience to use capital not only to realize profits but also in ways that promote and... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
they tend to be thematically the ways that really stand out in each of those periods. And then there's another set of innovations that are social and cultural in nature. They don't necessarily conform to the dominant narrative. Quite... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
before the model Aiyer envisioned would be christened “impact investing,” she launched Walden Capital Management in 1994 to pursue these dual goals of financial return and social change on behalf her... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
interested in what they were doing and wanted to stay in touch. In subsequent conversations in the spring of 2010, the Secklers told Williams about HT-100. Williams went to work, offering the venture capital group that held the compound a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
the findings of the inaugural Harvard Impact Study, the University’s first effort to quantify the economic and social contributions of its alumni. HBS professor Josh Lerner led the study, which was based on a survey sent to almost 245,000... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
Kiva Systems Intuit Angie’s List Rakuten athenahealth Pandora Bloomingdale's and Gilt Groupe Social Finance Innovation is the real business of Harvard Business School. It begins with the School’s bias toward action, as embodied in its... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
less so. Taylor contributed to a not-for-profit to help pay airfare to bring orphans to the United States for month-long summer vacations with prospective adopting families. The program ran so well, he doubled his loan the following year. “The recycling of the View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
partnership is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BMZ, Flourish, Mastercard, Norad/Vipps, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the US Agency for International Development, and Visa, and hosted by the United Nations View Details
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
classroom case discussions, the students were models of decorum and probity. I attended two different classes, a second- and a first-year course. I came completely unprepared to a popular second-year Strategy course called Competing with View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
about building the better mousetrap,” he tells us. “Commercializing the better mousetrap is the key to success.” Take Hugh Hefner. The father of Playboy meets the transformative entrepreneur test by ushering in an era of social freedom... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
hardly any learning curve,” he says, still sounding surprised. “It was a good fit.” The investment business changed during his tenure at Lehman, and in 1976 he left and moved to Boston to launch Hellman, Ferri Investment Associates, a venture View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A Commitment to Education
Spangler, former president of the University of North Carolina (UNC), is the namesake of HBS’s Spangler Center, the social hub of the School’s campus. It is a tangible reminder of his support of education, which ranges from HBS and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
civic engagement. Black and brown social entrepreneurs who work on these issues “usually aren’t well known to funders with big pockets,” explains Shell, “and big funders don’t often give large sums to people they don’t know. In addition... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Dec 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
annual list features “young entrepreneurs, activists, scientists and entertainers” from a wide diversity of categories, ranging from sports to venture capital to social impact. The HBS alumni featured... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
long haul? The essays in this bilingual volume discuss this question in four interrelated themes: polities, social transformations, wealth and well-being, and culture, belief, and practice. The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
how it works); illuminates the challenges of bringing billions of dollars in private capital to bear on social problems; identifies smart public policies that promote social... View Details