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MBA 2009 | Funding Solar’s Future "Altogether, Double Time has financed 36 solar energy projects, which collectively produce roughly 10% of North Carolina’s solar power and power around 30,000 homes in the state." Charles Baron MBA 2013 |... View Details

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup

silk and apply it to food, creating natural protection that slows spoiling and keeps food fresher for longer. Products can be integrated at any time from farm to shelf, allowing food producers, processors, and retailers to deliver more... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

a rewarding field for American Research and is particularly well suited for creative capital investment. . . . In specialized technical areas with products protected by patents and know-how, it is easier for small companies to compete... View Details

07 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

students, and achieve top-quality research. Publisher Link: http://www.amazon.com/Building-World-Class-Universities-Asia/dp/1453707778 The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed Authors:Robert Pozen and Theresa Hamacher Publication:John... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008

from Dice-K in the 2007 season? And finally, how does the signing fit into the greater strategic context of competing with the much-better funded Yankees? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978

protect against pests and diseases, enhance grain and fruit quality, and improve plant nutrition. Some of the microbes under development may soon be used to reduce fertilizer usage and to substantially reduce methane gas escapage. Rick... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

the company, tap into management skills, leverage existing technologies, and use existing compensation and HR functions. But while you are protected from failure, your upside—especially financial reward—is also usually less than what you... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

explained that transforming global energy systems will require additional investments of some $2.4 trillion annually—the equivalent to about one-quarter of U.S. corporate profits, or half of federal tax receipts; or 8 to 9 percent of GDP. But many spoke with optimism... View Details

21 Jan 2014
News

Climbing to New Heights

Kilimanjaro, in 2004, Petzel's climbing party included Lisa Lee, MBA 2000.) The third goal was to use the Everest climb to raise money that would help fund the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility for the porters who... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China By: Fang, Lily, Josh Lerner, and Chaopeng Wu Abstract—Using a difference-in-difference approach, we study how intellectual property right (IPR) protection affects... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

funded initiatives by Land O' Lakes in some twenty-three poor countries. In Albania, for example, Land O' Lakes has organized 8,000 women into cooperatives for the production of dairy products, providing technical support, veterinary... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Jun 2025
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2025

Tanzania, we worked to balance protection and openness—creating secure buildings without turning US embassies into fortresses.” Open to all: “I’ve served as finance chair of the DC Public Library because libraries are one of the most... View Details

Keywords: leadership; Alumni Achievement Awards

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

which, as the former parent of Delphi, has agreed to fund a portion of the massive pension and retiree health care liabilities that Delphi incurred when it separated from GM in a prior spin-off. The company... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

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... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

11 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

classmates at Harvard Business School, and became fast friends over their passion for the gig economy and the future of work. They both spent their summer before HBS working with fintech-focused venture capital funds in India and the US,... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

Nations hadn’t weighed in: Seventy percent of all the 200 types of forests in the Great Bear region would be protected from logging. As negotiations began, the parties fell along their expected lines: Forestry wanted to mitigate profit... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

a company remains in the index they will keep holding the stock. Second, large pension funds such as Norges Bank Investment Management, AP, and the New York State Common Retirement Fund. They also tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

the Paycheck Protection Program, part of the federal government’s $2 trillion economic relief package, small businesses can apply for low-interest loans, all or most of which will be forgiven, based on amounts spent on wages, rent, and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

News about the Greek economy continues on the front page of every major newspaper, as the country continues its six-year struggle to reenergize its economy. On Friday, Eurozone finance ministers will decide whether to release emergency View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

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