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- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
make more money.” The data back up that philosophy. A 2016 survey of publicly traded companies from the Peterson Institute for International Economics found that the presence of more women in top positions of corporate management... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
don’t have enough capital to invest in the best deals. Why don’t we have the ability to get the same returns as infrastructure limited partnerships or banks or private equity firms?” Here’s the thesis: Nisha... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
Summing Up The clear consensus of those responding to this month's column is that managerial capitalism, as John Bogle terms it, has peaked. But what will follow it is less clear. Many doubt that the form of owners' capitalism represented... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
thousands of small nonprofits in Pakistan that were doing amazing work on the ground remained undiscovered by mainstream donors. Borrowing from his private equity training, Wasim employed a metrics-driven... View Details
- Profile
Monica Dodi
return on investment. With more than 70 percent of consumer dollars worldwide being controlled by women, now is the time for them to explore business opportunities. “My advice to female entrepreneurs is to show up and speak up!” says... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
was critical in getting the ball rolling for Relay Rides, a service allowing customers to rent neighborhood cars from private owners by the hour or by the day. (Clark also got some “Air Time” in the December... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
chapter includes cutting-edge case studies, commentaries, examples of best practice and interviews with leading sport business professionals, encouraging the reader to reflect on the factors that determine success. Faculty Books Private... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
help me with something. I’m looking at an old building, and I’ve never really purchased a building before.’ ” Price knew that old buildings can be trouble. He’d been working until then with Omar Simmons (MBA 1999) at the private View Details
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
time to be in graduate school,” she said. “Entrepreneurship, e-commerce, technology; everything was new. Private equity and venture capital were starting to grow.” After graduation, Beck... View Details
- Profile
Robert Leke
method taught me to concisely and powerfully communicate my points and perspectives to my bosses, as well as engage in constructive debate over tense points. Furthermore, HBS helped me perfect the skill of taking up a completely novel... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
these efforts have brought real results. For example, many companies have increased diversity in their workforce. But overall, all these efforts have not been enough to actually stop or reverse serious challenges we are facing. Environmental degradation and challenges... View Details
- Profile
Henry McCance
streamlined application process. Researchers submit three-page proposals and receive answers in a few weeks, rather than months or years. The process is liberating to scientists accustomed to spending up to 40 percent of their time on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
El-Hage Takes Alumni Post
classroom, it was like falling in love with the experience all over again,” explains El-Hage, who had taught the first-year finance course in 1984–85 after earning his MBA with high honors as a Baker Scholar in 1984. Over the ensuing eighteen years, he gained... View Details
- Portrait Project
Anita Lynch
profitably provide investment education and less costly access to financial services. I believe it is possible to create a private equity fund dedicated to serving entrepreneurs from underprivileged... View Details
- Profile
Kayode Ogunro
power of private enterprise to bring positive change to Africa. "VCPE seemed like a pretty efficient way to finance growth," says Kayode. An e-mail exchange with Professor Lerner evolved into a guided thesis project on foreign... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Data’s Double Duty: Research and the Real World As Raffaella Sadun was wrapping up her Corporate Strategy course last fall, one of her students sent her a four-page analysis of the private View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
conditions are met. "In Western markets that had more thorough privatization programs, the stock markets developed more, and it became less necessary for government to prop up companies financially. In most... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Fast Answer
Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources
rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none;">Capital IQ Data on M&A transactions, public and private companies, investment firms, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Hot Tip
something relevant.” In 2000, Nkontchou, a veteran of Andersen Consulting and Merrill Lynch, started LiquidAfrica with $250,000 of his own money and $2.5 million from Modern Africa, a Washington-based private View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Devtosh Khare
a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did some work as a summer associate at DLJ View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell