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  • 01 Jul 2020
  • News

How to Build an ESG Portfolio – And Why You Should

  • Career Coach

Alejandro Maldonado

Alejandro (HBS '08) has spent most of his career in the areas of direct investing and strategy, with a recent focus on human capital leadership and development. He has had experience in investment banking at... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking
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ESG Sentiment and Recognition Data: Public sentiment responses to ESG improvements by firms, 2010–2021.

  • August 2022
  • Supplement

NOW PT (B): Should We Invest?

By: George A. Riedel, Amy Klopfenstein and Mel Martin
This (B) case examines the results of the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team’s diligence on Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical Therapy (NOW PT). After examining Springfield’s demographics, anticipated PT demand, local competition, and NOW PT’s financial... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Buildings and Facilities; Health Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts
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  • July 2018 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Project Helios: Harvesting the Sun

By: Mark Egan and E. Scott Mayfield
Aware of the impact that modern society was having on the environment, Ashley Telkes had always tried to be cognizant of her own impact on the environment and to take reasonable steps to mitigate her own effects. Having already implemented a number of passive measures... View Details
Keywords: Renewable Energy; Personal Finance; Decision Making; Environmental Sustainability
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  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Using Data to Explore Uncharted Territories

  • 01 Dec 2016
  • Video

Using Data to Explore Uncharted Territories

    George Serafeim

    George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within Harvard's Digital, Data, Design Institute, and serves on the faculty steering commitee of Harvard University's Salata Institute. He... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; insurance industry; automobiles; industrial goods; fashion; food; green technology
    • Article

    Is a VC Partnership Greater Than the Sum of Its Partners?

    By: Michael Ewens and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
    This paper investigates whether individual venture capitalists have repeatable investment skill and to what extent their skill is impacted by the VC firm where they work. We examine a unique dataset that tracks the performance of individual venture capitalists'... View Details
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      Luis M. Viceira

      Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit  and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

      Keywords: banking; education industry; financial services; nonprofit industry; retail financial services
      • Research Summary

      Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920

      Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details

      Keywords: Commodities; Coffee; Mexico; Foreign Investment; Institutions; Immigration; Developing Agriculture; Development; Export Crop; Emerging Market; Property Rights; Labor History; History; Capital Markets; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America
      • 2009
      • Working Paper

      Private Equity and Industry Performance

      By: Josh Lerner
      The growth of the private equity industry has spurred concerns about its potential impact on the economy more generally. This analysis looks across nations and industries to assess the impact of private equity on industry performance. Industries where PE funds have... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Common Law; Industry Growth; Performance Productivity; Europe; United Kingdom; United States
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      • October 2023 (Revised January 2025)
      • Case

      Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving

      By: Christina R. Wing, Zeshan Gondal and Brittany L. Logan
      This case explores the work of Özyeğin Social Investments, founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin, one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs. With a focus on education, health, gender equality, rural development, and disaster relief in Turkey, Özyeğin Social Investments and the... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family Business; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Turkey
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        Emily R. McComb

        Emily McComb is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Unit at HBS, teaching "Finance 2" in the required curriculum of the MBA program, as well as a co-leader of the HBS Impact Investment Fund in the elective curriculum. Prior to joining the HBS faculty in 2017, Emily was... View Details

        Keywords: financial services; health care
        • Article

        Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India

        By: Erica Field, Rohini Pande, John Papp and Natalia Rigol
        Do the repayment requirements of the classic microfinance contract inhibit investment in high-return but illiquid business opportunities among the poor? Using a field experiment, we compare the classic contract which requires that repayment begin immediately after loan... View Details
        Keywords: Microfinance; Poverty; Development Economics; Contracts
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        • November 2011
        • Article

        Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation

        By: Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Yuhai Xuan
        This article examines the impact of the divergence between corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights on firms' external finance constraints via generalized method of moments estimation of an investment Euler equation.  Using a large sample of U.S.... View Details
        Keywords: Ownership; Social Enterprise; Reputation; Cash Flow; Annuities; Investment; Investment Funds; Financial Reporting; Accounting Audits; Financial Services Industry; United States
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        • 30 Mar 2018
        • News

        BlackRock Sticking With Proposed Alaska Copper, Gold Mine

        • 07 May 2014
        • Video

        Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui - Making A Difference

        • 12 Mar 2020
        • Video

        Muhammad Alagil

        Muhammad Alagil, Chairman of Jarir Investment in Saudi Arabia, discusses how the company has fostered local talent rather than relying on expatriates, and observes the impact of the growing number of... View Details
        • November 2010
        • Case

        Morgan Asset Management

        By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah Abbott
        It is 2010 and Guillermo Araoz, the equity research director at Morgan Asset Management (MAM), is considering his research budget for the year. Due to recent declines in the equity markets and MAM's sale of its mutual funds business, MAM has seen a decline in its... View Details
        Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Resource Allocation; Research and Development; Financial Services Industry
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