Endowments - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey

“I’d like to see a number of our major corporations pick one African school of business, fully endow it, and help make it really good,” America says. “Upgrading management quality in the Third World will increase efficiency, creativity,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance

22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise entrepreneurial returns, thereby increasing net returns and attracting entrepreneurs. A second class of theories hypothesizes that some places are View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2024
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Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

number more than 34,000, an increase of 22 percent between 2001 and 2005. Big foundations have more money in their endowments than they can give away. And there is an intergenerational transfer estimated at $6 trillion over the next fifty... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

geography Web site to promote Internet content integration in the K-12 curriculum and is simultaneously partnering with the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of Great City Schools, National Council on Economic Education,... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024

Endowment 5,398 5,132 5,086 5,265 4,092 Total Assets $ 6,942 $ 6,639 $ 6,603 $ 6,755 $ 5,558 MBA 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Incoming Class Applications 9,856 8,149 8,264 9,773 9,304 Percent Admitted 12% 14% 15% 13% 13% Yield 85% 87% 86% 87%... View Details

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative 31 MAR–01 APR 2016 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Aida Hurtado Aída Hurtado, a social... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

business scholar," said Maurice Cox, PepsiCo's vice president of corporate development and diversity. "Helping to endow the chair at HBS, as well as establishing the fellowship program in his name, is a small way for PepsiCo to... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

continuing challenges it faces because of reputational issues and government supervision. A decision by the Foundation to endow $100 million to provide financial aid for Chinese students studying overseas, which included large gifts to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

resource endowment explanation. The paper argues that the ecotourism industry was a co-creation of the public, private, and tertiary sectors. While the role of the government and conservation NGOs is acknowledged in the existing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

learning? How does a supplier's initial resource endowment play into the dynamic? Our empirical analysis yields interesting findings that have implications for theory and practice and that suggest new directions for future research. 2013... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

and inspiration I felt working at the firm. Then, as it does today, the Tata Group prides itself on being a values-driven organization. In 1892, Jamsetji Tata, the founder, set up the JN Tata Endowment to give back to society; since that... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

The Entrepreneurial Venture

line. Not surprisingly, therefore, the class has no shortage of members involved in the sort of entrepreneurial ventures that demand innovative thinking. RELATED LINK Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship While many classmates... View Details

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

and prudential regulations, careful sequencing, and caution. The proposal to amend the IMF's Articles of Agreement to give the organization jurisdiction over the capital account policies of members and endow it with the purpose of... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

labor between innovative new entrants and industry incumbents, endowed with complementary assets, is common in many industries. Such settings are distinct because new entrants have the additional option to sell their innovation in a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania Authors:Diego A. Comin Abstract Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania, given its unique natural assets, is an ideal candidate. However, despite... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Dec 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

relationship with them and giving them a lot of information. They want to know what the team is, what the investment team is. We actually met with the Harvard Endowment in the early days and we got a lot of support, and so they think they... View Details

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

idea of a flat tax to gain ground in the U.S. or Western Europe? Dessain: Economists and business leaders alike are talking about flat taxes in many countries. As Western European countries lose ground vis-à-vis countries in Eastern Europe View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

(MBA ’84), president and CEO of AEW Capital Management, a Boston investment advisory firm with $30 billion under management. “Certainly my clients — pension funds and endowments — aren’t that optimistic about the stock and bond markets,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

Treasury. This demand has peaked recently, as inflationary pressures are building in the economy. Not surprisingly, institutional investors with long-term spending needs that grow with inflation (such as university endowments and... View Details