HBS Fund - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

protection, and a trust fund to enhance whooping crane habitats elsewhere. Working solo or jointly at the drawing board, negotiators sometimes can discover hidden sources of value and then craft agreements to unlock that value and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Career Coach

Kate Shepherd

investing career at mutual funds and hedge funds in both New York City and Boston focusing on the technology sector. She pivoted to advising undergraduate students interested in finance at Bowdoin College... View Details

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

management alike. Bondholders received something like 10-to-15 cents in new GM equity on the dollar when the debt had no market value. The unions received a larger share of the equity than some thought their due, but in return they accepted new GM equity as View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

Business sat down with HBS associate professor Walter Kuemmerle to discuss the entrepreneurial process in an international setting. Kuemmerle, a Novartis Fellow, holds a joint appointment in Entrepreneurial and Service Management and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture

– educating oneself on the financing landscape and all that entails is critical to be successful. Resources such as the HBS Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and Startup Hacks can help provide the information on early state View Details

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Tuition & Financial Support - Doctoral

guaranteed funding for up to five years with the possibility of a sixth-year extension. The estimated fellowship over 5 years is roughly $461.2k, as outlined below. Elevating Your Financial Security HBS... View Details

Profile

Mira Mehta

conversation with a man who worked for the Chancellor of Texas Tech University, a woman who worked for a small logistics company in Minnesota, and a man who worked at a Private Equity fund in New York. I didn't have that experience at any... View Details

Blog

Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application

When you attend an HBS Executive Education program, you never know what opportunities the experience may present. In fact, you could even find yourself becoming part of the teaching team. Ask Deb Barnes, Senior Managing Director of View Details

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Surveying the VC Landscape

investors. Second, venture capitalists and limited partners might explore the possibility of longer-lived funds: today, the typical venture fund is expected to liquidate its holdings at the end of ten to twelve years. If a View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

the board take into account? Bagley: The Business Roundtable is to be commended for its clear stand on the importance of selecting an ethical CEO. Anyone who ever wondered whether ethics matters need only look at the outflow of funds from... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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Entrepreneurship

with access to leading entrepreneurship faculty, curated programs, funding opportunities, and a network of knowledgeable and experienced experts. 2025 New Venture Competition Press Release Learn about the top startups from View Details

27 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 27

While some countries enjoy the opportunity to serve on this powerful body, most countries rarely, if ever, get that chance. This gives rise to the question: does board membership lead to higher funding from the World Bank's two main... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dtq013?ijkey=WB7zzaO3bsqcw4t&keytype=ref Pension Fund Design in Developing Economies Author: Luis M. Viceira Publication: In Evaluating the Financial Performance of Pension Funds,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

primarily on its projected impact on customers but also taking into account its fit with the bank's strategy and goals and its funding requirements. In some cases, focus groups were conducted to provide a rough sense of an idea's likely... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

As globalization trends increase, so does the ability of non-governmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam International, and the World Wildlife Fund to shape public and corporate policy on everything from human rights to labor... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

measurement, mediocre performance often goes unnoticed and unpunished by the philanthropic capital markets, while, ironically, a record of successful achievements can make the next round of grants seem less compelling to potential givers. "The disorderliness and... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

May 2021
Teaching Plan

Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 621-018. For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; San Francisco

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08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

business could work. This was core to getting the funding that we did ($360M in funding as of their latest round).” The Power of the HBS Connection The connection Westphal and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

21 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Sink a Startup

Tim Westergren of Pandora and Evan Williams of Twitter. YouTube cofounder and former CEO Chad Hurley has called the book "an invaluable alternative to real-world trial and error." A past recipient of the HBS student-voted award for... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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... View Details

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