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- March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
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International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
In the summer of 2002, the International Rivers Network (IRN), an environmental NGO located in Berkeley, California, was engaged in what appeared to be the last hours of a three year campaign to stop a $582 million dam and hydropower project at Bujagali Falls in... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Project Finance; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Projects; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Industry; Uganda
Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-083, March 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
multiple revenue sources, continued investments in the campus, and limited debt. The surplus we generate allows us to invest in innovation, self-fund faculty research, and offer generous need-based financial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
called upon Wall Street and corporate executives “to create a new environment of integrity and accountability.” He seemed uniquely suited to lead that effort. Donaldson was cofounder, with two HBS colleagues, chairman and CEO of the View Details
- Career Coach
Guy Kamguia
(Engineering), Credit Suisse (Corporate Strategy), AFGRI Group Holdings (Investment & Strategy), Zebu Investment Partners (Private Equity, Value Creation), TOMRA (Corporate Strategy). View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
content consumption (e.g., mobile, direct-to-consumer); and realize gains through theNFL Investment Fund, its recent partnership with Providence Equity Partners. Grubman is also heavily involved in the process of investigating whether new... View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
competitors. "All of this creates a sense of urgency if you want to play in this world," says Yoffie. Following network effects, Yoffie discusses value creation and building ecosystems, which is where students look at the problem of View Details
- November 2019
- Supplement
United Technologies Corp.: Are the Parts Worth More Than the Whole?
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
After spending more than 50 years creating a diversified industrial conglomerate that Fortune Magazine described as “arguably the most profitable conglomerate in America” in 2014, UTC’s CEO Greg Hayes was under pressure from activist investors (Dan Loeb and Bill... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Financial Management; Corporate Governance; Organizational Structure; Diversification; Valuation; Investment Activism; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Value Creation; Aerospace Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; United States
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
with Azure, acquiring LinkedIn in social media and Activision/Blizzard in gaming, and investing in OpenAI to gain control of ChatGPT. Equally important, he transformed the Microsoft culture from an arrogant bureaucracy into an empowered... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
investment bank in the world. Ellis, a strategy consultant to Goldman Sachs for over thirty years, explains how it rose to leadership in the United States and abroad, made many partners great fortunes, and became a leader in IPOs, M&A,... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
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Layla A. Ramirez
Tomorrow (MLT), after spending several years in Global Wealth & Investment Management at Merrill Lynch. She has amassed an array of work experience in a multitude of cultural contexts throughout Asia,... View Details
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
and run major infrastructure projects such as power and water. But a set of new property protections has done little to manage the risk in many of these politically unstable environments. Professor Louis T. Wells, coauthor of a recent... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
and spawning compelling investment opportunities. Course Content Restaurant Economics. We will do a deep dive into the levers of financial management of restaurants – examining both revenue and cost... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Starting a job can feel like stepping onto a movie set without a script. Everyone knows the plot; the challenge is figuring out the role. Managers often know what they want from top performers but rarely explain it. That perspective... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
Brittany Davis
Previously, she was a Manager at Village Capital where she analyzed opportunities and created investment recommendations in the fintech, education, health, food/agriculture, and energy sectors. Before that,... View Details
- October 1996 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Schroder Ventures: Launch of the Euro Fund
By: Josh Lerner, Kate Bringham and Nick Ferguson
Schroder Ventures is considering launching a pan-European fund in response to investor demand. This will lead to changes in the interactions between the parent organization and the national affiliates. A related question is the extent to which the private equity model... View Details
Keywords: Change; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Multinational Firms and Management; Product Launch; Europe
Lerner, Josh, Kate Bringham, and Nick Ferguson. "Schroder Ventures: Launch of the Euro Fund." Harvard Business School Case 297-026, October 1996. (Revised March 1998.)
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (227) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of Work HBS Students Impact... View Details
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
2018 New MBA Elective Investing for Impact is introduced. 2017 New Executive Education program Strategic Nonprofit Management - India is introduced. Loan assistance program expanded to include alumni working... View Details
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Kayode Ogunro
"The chapter that struck me was on VCPE in emerging markets," says Kayode. "I realized that this was the way to bridge the gap between small-scale angel investing and large-scale equity markets." Kayode, whose parents... View Details