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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
stamp of approval in the marketplace." U.S. venture funds didn't put on much muscle, however, until 1978, when pension funds got the green light to pour greenbacks into the coffers of venture capital and private equity firms. Some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
driven by hard-charging entrepreneurs wielding private capital, the new one is driven by professional investors working for or on behalf of deep-pocketed institutions, like pension funds and endowments. Even individual investors can buy a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
chairman of MFS Investment Management, a Boston firm that oversees more than $170 billion in pension and mutual funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
these international actors to fund everything is just not realistic. However, according to Sifma research, more than $120 trillion (with a T) in private money from insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, sovereign funds, and... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
between book and tax income, and yet this disparity has been growing. Other factors such as the peculiar accounting treatment of stock option compensation and differential treatment of overseas income, subsidiary income, and pension... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
utilities industries is privatized, water in particular. And I chair the organization that regulates water monopolies. They’re big companies. Many of them privately owned now by pension funds, infrastructure funds. And our job is to hold... View Details
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
probably witness higher inflation. We also know that our entitlement policies are unsustainable, that our unfunded pension liabilities take their toll on millions of retired workers, and that those on fixed incomes are being clobbered by... View Details
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
GM, it is burdened with large pension and other retiree liabilities that threaten to push it into bankruptcy. Bauer-Martin is considering using various credit derivatives (credit default swaps, credit-linked notes, credit default swap... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
Immersive Gamebox; Aron Gelbard (MBA 2009), cofounder and CEO, Bloom & Wild; Asha Haji (MBA 2011), cofounder, Framework; Jon Rudoe (MBA 2006), cofounder and CCO, Nous.co.uk; and Romi Savova (MBA 2012), founder and CEO, Pension Bee.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
exhibits, which help to illustrate the firm's value proposition, its innovation-oriented culture, and its evolving organizational design. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409047 The Canada View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
will help the world transition to net zero. Alsey's role prior to HBS was a Renewable Project Manager at NextEra Energy. Caelin Tran (MBA 2022, Section B), Summer Internship: Summer Associate at OMERS OMERS Infrastructure is the infrastructure investment and management... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
the four days focused on a separate strategy: public market opportunities and risks, large scale investments through pension funds, measuring and integrating physical risks into investments, and scaling early stage technology solutions.... View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
between two broad, general varieties of state capitalism: one through majority control of publicly traded companies (e.g., state-controlled SOEs) and a hybrid form that relies on minority investments in companies by development banks, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
pension money into equities, effectively nationalizing a piece of the market. Fortunately, the stock market is a rather small part of China’s economy. The total market capitalization is less than a third of GDP against the 100 percent or... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518097-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 319-067 Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG In the fall of 2018, Hiro Mizuno, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
TDC's shares to force compulsory redemption under Denmark law. However, a pension fund that held 5.5% of the outstanding stock has rejected the offer. Should Nordic Telephone lower its 90% acceptance threshold and purchase TDC without a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
noting that these leaders were acting on what they believed to be true, rather than taking irresponsible risks, not seeing they were in any real danger until it was too late. Public pension funds, on the other hand, were the victims of... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
corporate standards in Brazil improved enormously, not only because the regulator became tougher and introduced more transparent disclosure standards, but also because there was a big movement to improve corporate governance led by View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
measures. But he is wrong in his assumption that the approach he has followed for the past six months will help the Greek people. Greece is now closer than ever to an exit from the European Union. As of today, capital controls limit the ability of View Details
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
Account program and a variety of generous, competitive pension plans. Learning & Development Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to the professional development and growth of its staff. In service to the School’s mission of... View Details