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  • 06 Jan 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

Summing Up Do we even need a stringent climate change agreement? Judging from this month's comments, a question can be raised about the necessity of a climate change agreement, stringent or not, as a catalyst to foster innovation and the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • Video

María Michelena

María Michelena, Executive Director of InGenia Uruguay and Chairwoman of OMEU, describes the growth of impact investing in Uruguay and Latin America more broadly, citing opportunities for innovative solutions to socioeconomic gaps. View Details
  • May 2020 (Revised October 2021)
  • Case

Valuing Peloton

By: E. Scott Mayfield
Peloton Interactive, a well-known venture-capital-backed unicorn in the connected fitness space, recently had gone public with a market capitalization of over $8.0 billion. However, in the weeks following its public debut, Peloton’s stock price had fallen by over 25%.... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Public Equity; Initial Public Offering; Disruptive Innovation; Business Strategy; Valuation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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  • October 2018 (Revised February 2018)
  • Case

Masayoshi Son and the Vision Fund

By: Tom Nicholas, Ramana Nanda and Benjamin N. Roth
In October 2016, SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese conglomerate giant caused a significant shock to the worldwide market for venture capital and private equity by announcing the Vision Fund, the largest tech investment fund in the world at close to $100 billion. The... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy
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  • 21 Nov 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China

Keywords: by Lily Fang, Josh Lerner, and Chaopeng Wu
  • 03 Oct 2019
  • News

At Harvard B-School, lessons for impact investors

  • March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
  • Supplement

Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Ryan Raffaelli and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case offers a detailed account of Wendell Weeks’s innovation strategy at Corning, and how his approach played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic. It illustrates the company’s philosophy of making long-term investments in promising new technologies and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Leadership; Health Pandemics; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
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  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Crash Pad

When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • Video

    Mostafa Terrab

    Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, explains how investments into R&D led to the establishment of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) – now a leading university that focuses on research and innovation for the African continent. View Details

      Linda A. Hill

      Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details

        Luis M. Viceira

        Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit  and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

        Keywords: banking; education industry; financial services; nonprofit industry; retail financial services
        • March 2004 (Revised July 2005)
        • Case

        ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time

        By: Michael Chu
        ACCION International has been a major innovator in microfinance for 30 years. Reviews organizational context under which key industry-shaping concepts were developed (from peer group lending, guarantee funds, equity investment funds, and regulated commercial banking... View Details
        Keywords: Joint Ventures; Equity; Microfinance; Employee Relationship Management; Non-Governmental Organizations
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        • November – December 2011
        • Article

        Most Likely to Succeed: Leadership in the Industry

        By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher
        What is the critical factor for success in the U.S. mutual fund industry? Is it top-ranked investment performance, innovative products, or pervasive distribution? In our view, it is none of these factors, despite their obvious importance. Instead, the best predictors... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership; Success; Investment Funds; Rank and Position; Performance; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Product; Distribution; Forecasting and Prediction; Asset Management; Governance Controls; United States
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        • 01 Aug 2018
        • News

        Are share buybacks 'plundering company resources'?

          Andre F. Perold

          André Perold is a Founder, Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston-based investment firm. HighVista focuses on investing in structurally inefficient public and private markets, including in life sciences,  lower middle market private... View Details

          Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
          • 01 Jan 2004
          • News

            Kristin W. Mugford

            Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community. She previously served as Faculty Chair for field-based learning and... View Details

            • 24 May 2017
            • News

            One Trick for Getting Bosses to Buy In to Your Idea

            • 21 Feb 2024
            • Blog Post

            Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

            For Harvard Business School students eager to make a positive impact on the world, one exciting path forward is investing in mission-centered businesses. Areas like healthcare, education, energy, and the environment attract View Details
            Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity