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- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Yo takes Twitter by storm, gets $1M in funding
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
What lies ahead for retail? Experts see equity funding
- 15 Feb 2017
- News
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
- September 2013
- Case
Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Homestrings is an online investment platform for overseas diasporas to link financially with their home countries. The founder believes crowd-funding can become a pillar for development, but U.S. regulatory hurdles and resources constraints are substantial. The company... View Details
Keywords: Diasporas; Investments; Regulations; Africa; Crowd-funding; Development Finance; Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Services Industry; Africa; United States
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development." Harvard Business School Case 814-031, September 2013.
- February 25, 2019
- Article
Impact Investing: A New Way to Fund Cures for Cancer
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "Impact Investing: A New Way to Fund Cures for Cancer." STAT (February 25, 2019).
- September 2015 (Revised February 2016)
- Supplement
Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack
By: Richard L. Nolan
No corporation and its board of directors is immune to a disruptive shareholder activist attack. The Novell (A) and (B) cases take students through a shareholder activist attack and its aftermath—a saga that spanned 5 years. The cases outline the activist playbook in... View Details
Nolan, Richard L. "Novell (B): Board of Directors Aftermath of Hedge Fund Attack." Harvard Business School Supplement 916-405, September 2015. (Revised February 2016.)
- December 20, 2012
- Blog Post
Make 2013 the Year to Resolve the Money Fund Debate
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Make 2013 the Year to Resolve the Money Fund Debate." Brookings Up Front Blog (December 20, 2012). http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/up-front/posts/2012/12/20-money-market-reform-pozen.
- 13 Jul 2022
- Podcast
How World Wildlife Fund Partners with Companies on Climate Change
Carter Roberts, President/CEO of World Wildlife Fund-US, shares what successful climate collaborations between companies and environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) look like in practice, and how ENGOs can help by sharing their expertise and even pushing... View Details
- 23 Nov 2014
- News
Norway’s largest pension fund vows to drop coal mine holdings
- 10 Mar 2010
- News
Buyout Firms Can't Spend $503 Billion as Fund Deadlines Loom
- 25 Apr 2025
- News
Twenty25 Ventures To Fund Founders in HBS Class of 2025
- 17 Jan 2020
- News
Health Care Costs Are Rising. Fund Returns Are Less Reliable.
- Editorial
How Index Funds Can Be a Positive Force for Change
By: George Serafeim
Keywords: Indexing; Stock Market; Engagement; Activism; Sustainability; Collaboration; Tragedy Of The Commons
Serafeim, George. "How Index Funds Can Be a Positive Force for Change." Barron's (October 12, 2018).
- July 2014
- Teaching Note
Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development
By: William R. Kerr and Penelope Rossano
- February 2013
- Supplement
Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC (CW)
By: Lauren Cohen
- 21 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
How do you decide whether taking on student debt outweighs the professional and personal benefits of graduate school? This decision was hard for me. I spent four years after my undergraduate studies working for low pay at non-profits while living in expensive cities.... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details