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Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design

coursework. That helps our information research staff to understand the context of your question. Research topics Suggested Resources Company/Competitors Capital IQ Profiles and data on public, private companies and investment firms such... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

key impact and operational milestones will need to include the ability to adapt your strategy as you learn more about what is actually creating impact and what will appeal to future rounds of funders. Private philanthropists will often... View Details

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

School Assistant Professor Boris Vallée. “Platforms need to be attentive about this potential problem when thinking about their design. They want as many investors as possible, both sophisticated and less so, [and] they want to make sure... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan

As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Social Enterprise; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Kenya

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01 Mar 2023
News

Is AI OK?

and attention, generosity and fairness. She cofounded pymetrics to capitalize on those existing tools. Polli and her partners developed a collection of gamified assessments and used them to evaluate top performers in various roles, like... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

In this special First Five Years post, four alumni recently named to the Forbes 2019 “30 Under 30” list—Akash Pradhan (MBA 2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016)—talk careers, HBS, and why you View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model

of the School’s intellectual capital. “HBS strives to be a living example of a well-run organization, embodying the skills, tools, and frameworks taught in its educational programs,” says HBS chief financial officer Richard Melnick (MBA... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Faculty Books

Lecturer Robert Pozen and his coauthor detail how mutual funds are marketed, regulated, and invested in stocks and bonds. They describe the critical factors needed to choose a specific fund, including what to look for when reading... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

01 Dec 2004
News

HBS to Release 2004 Annual Report

exceed our targeted cash from operations.” This year, alumni will receive details of the School’s financial performance in an expanded, annual report format, which will offer a better sense of how HBS View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
News

Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy

the Bridge program—and affected its hard-built reputation. In addition to reputational consequences, there are negative financial ramifications resulting from handling a layoff badly, Sucher notes. “Companies that use layoffs actually... View Details

Keywords: April White; Telecommunications; Information

01 Jan 2006
News

Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

School gave me the ability to have a broad overview that focused not only on the financial dimension of a business but on its many other facets, including management, strategy, manufacturing, and marketing. I began to rely increasingly on... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

can write whatever they want about growth in their strategy or annual report, but top management responds to the capital market's need for quarterly earnings, and it turns out that quarterly earnings drive... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

indifference. Whether they are helping inner cities capitalize on their inherent competitive advantages, working to make assetbuilding financial services available to low-income families, analyzing the... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

investing in space is going to take off even more? What do you think needs to happen, if anything, before that occurs? Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux: That's a really interesting question because on one hand there is an enormous amount of... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

said Howson, who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and capital markets in his firm's Beijing office. The creation of domestic capital markets, increasing access to foreign capital, legal... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

philosophy are flawed? What if intellectual capital rather than financial capital was the scarce resource, as it is in many companies today? Unlike View Details

Keywords: by Staff

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

suited for a young, entrepreneurial organization. Start-up joiners need to do three things well: manage uncertainty, push the limits, and think like an owner. He then outlines four steps for choosing the right company: Pick a domain (find... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

capital and labor. Opportunity-seeking entrepreneurs are plentiful: They can gain access to human and financial capital; they can overcome barriers to entry; and they can succeed in economic, social, and... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) reflects on her how experience at HBS shaped her career and inspired her to make a difference in her home region of Asia through impact investing. How has your education at HBS helped to shape your career in impact and ESG investing? Though I... View Details

June 2024
Case

Caesars Entertainment: Governance on the Road to Bankruptcy

By: Kristin Mugford

Caesars Entertainment was a large casino operator in the United States that had been purchased in a 2008 leveraged buyout by Apollo and TPG. In January 2015, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC), its largest subsidiary, filed for Chapter 11. This set up a... View Details