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- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
source of capital. Crossbridge Energy purchased the Shell refinery with a two-part investment thesis that would optimize the current “dirty” refinery to maximize profits in order to use those funds to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
initial venture fund of $60 million (at that point the largest private equity fund ever raised), the new firm began doing deals in a wide range of enterprises. But in the early 1980s, as the VC business... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Melissa BartonHarvard Business School Supplement 411-003 The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008, and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and the Case of Hedge Funds Authors:Pamela Tolbert and Shon R. Hiatt Publication:In Research in the Sociology of Work. Vol. 20, edited by Wesley Sine and Robert David. Institutions and Entrepreneurship.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
innovation-driven economy. In Producing Prosperity, Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih show the disastrous consequences of years of poor sourcing decisions and underinvestment in manufacturing capabilities. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation Course Number 6756 Senior Lecturer Satish Tadikonda Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 12 Sessions Paper Enrollment is by application only Career Focus Creating, launching and funding... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
strong economy is also going to buoy Latinx entrepreneurs, who had difficulty both accessing funds through the Paycheck Protection Program and finding alternative sources of financial support—in addition to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
but an automated picking process in the future as well. —Beat Fraefel (AMP 176, 2009) What about a “dim sum” process? The pickers stay stationary. The line runs in a circle with a random assortment passing by that someone else loads from a central View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49614 October 2015 Journal of Finance The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments By: Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford Abstract—Traditional risk factor models indicate that hedge funds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial organization of the U.S. money... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
institution to donate funds and expertise to build a half-way house for homeless teenagers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the bank has a major presence, and to link up schoolchildren in New England and Latin America over the Internet. "What... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
relying on] traditional sources of capital. It’s family offices and it’s funding partners that are looking for a stable yield.” Greener pastures, in every sense of the word. View Details
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110070-PDF-ENG The Robin Hood Foundation Alnoor S. Ebrahim and Cathy RossHarvard Business School Case 310-031 Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Resources for Harvard Economics Students
is updated daily, and historical equity information goes back as far as 1973, though coverage varies across countries and types of content. Sources include national governments, OECD, EIU, IMF, Worldscope, and Morgan Stanley Capital... View Details
- 25 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation
capital sources including TopCo equity, project equity, grants, debt, and government support. There is no one correct approach on how to fund these projects. The uniting characteristics of projects that do... View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
personalized medicine, among other approaches,” Giusti says. “For example, how would we design a model to allow investors the return they’re seeking?” Hamermesh also cites the possibility of funding open View Details
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
matter where and at what price the money to fund an entrepreneurial venture comes from? The answer, it turns out, is that it does matter—a fact that policymakers may benefit from understanding as they look at ways to generate more... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
pay for that speed, Kelleher says. The Question: Gold Rush Vinyl could reduce that time even further—to two weeks—if it solves supply chain bottlenecks in sourcing the record jackets and the plastic resin used in production. As a new... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
Business needs to care about the performance of students in the public education system, from preschool through college. It is the primary source of future employees for every business. It’s also where the vast majority of teachers of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
deal with adversity and overcome challenges. I try to create sources of discomfort for my three children. They've been learning Mandarin intensively since the age of two and going to competitions. It's not a situation where everyone gets... View Details