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- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
In order to garner the capital necessary to foot the bill for social change, nonprofits need to think less about traditional grants and more in terms of innovation--and so do the organizations that fund them. This was a key message from... View Details
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
Reserve Bank of Boston found the average net worth of a white family was $250,000, compared with $2,700 for "Other Hispanic" and $8 for Black (source: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, The Color of Wealth, 2015). To address growing inequality, the fund aims to invest... View Details
Edward I. Scott
Scott capitalized on the growth of in-home bathrooms by being one of the first to produce a product that would eventually replace old newspapers and catalogs which were typically used in outhouses. Scott was also the first to place the... View Details
Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
- Career Coach
Simi Oyesanya
Simi most recently worked in Tech Growth Equity at General Atlantic where she was a Senior Associate. Prior to that she worked in Venture Capital and was an Associate at McKinsey. In her first year she recruited for internships in... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
In the Business of Flexibility
Davis started considering more flexible work options in 2018, she and Cheney discussed where and how she might be able to work with Prokanga to address the social impact space. “It never occurred to me to work in human capital during... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
2000) in the first days of 2020 to show how Moderna’s considerable investments in AI and other digital tools allowed them to design and deliver a COVID-19 vaccine in just 41 days. Reimagining Capitalism Over the last 15 years, Rebecca... View Details
- October 2020 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
MobSquad
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
According to venture capitalist Jeffrey Harris (MBA 1981), there are entrepreneurs, and then there are transformative entrepreneurs. The former group includes Richard Branson, who has created many great products and services but not one that changed the world. Harris... View Details
- 31 Aug 2021
- News
How the Pandemic Changed Talent Management
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
to the global automobile industry. Biotechnology and pharmaceutical firms are emerging as international players. There are also opportunities in infrastructure investment, such as telecom, ports, roads, and airports. Please comment on India’s View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
money,” Letelier says, and the grants that typically power nonprofits don’t typically offer organizations the flexibility of the financial products available to for-profit companies, which can mean everything from bootstrapping and commercial bank loans to venture... View Details
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
Jeffrey Bussgang Field Course: Venture Capital Journey Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Launching Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management, Technology & Operations Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top C Course Title... View Details
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Overview
Eric's research interests include strategy, human capital, and executive compensation. His current work explores how accumulated leadership experience drives compensation outcomes among executives moving jobs across firms. View Details
- April 5, 2023
- Article
We Need an Operation Warp Speed for Long COVID
By: Esther K. Choo and Scott Duke Kominers
With millions of people affected and at least $1 trillion of economic value at stake, long COVID is our next national health emergency. View Details
Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; COVID-19 Pandemic; Scientific Research; Policy; Health Policy; Innovation; Science; Public Finance; Public Health; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Human Capital
Choo, Esther K., and Scott Duke Kominers. "We Need an Operation Warp Speed for Long COVID." Scientific American (website) (April 5, 2023).
- 28 May 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Tom Hulme (MBA 2007)
Above: Hulme on the rooftop of Google’s London offices (photo by Jon Enoch) What the design-thinking approach at IDEO taught me is that perfection is the enemy of progress. Great entrepreneurs realize that any business is a series of unanswered questions, and they... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Fighting income inequality with early education reform
Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) believes the early years are a critical time to correct income disparity. “There is a much higher return on investment in early childhood. It’s more expensive to intervene later,” says Dias Griffin, founder and managing partner at Aragon... View Details
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
Carroll pointed out "Corporate brain cells, like their biological counterparts, must be used to be valuable." A part of this usage involves getting employees to share knowledge they possess with the organization. Or as Varun Sahay said, "Intellectual... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- March 2009
- Supplement
Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde
By: Stuart C. Gilson, Vincent Marie Dessain and Sarah Abbott
In mid-2007 the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group, having elected to file for bankruptcy under a newly-enacted French insolvency law, awaits the outcome of a vote by creditors and shareholders. At least 50% of the shareholders must approve the plan, however they... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Valuation; Assets; Investment Funds; Voting; Business and Shareholder Relations; Ownership; Outcome or Result; France
Gilson, Stuart C., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Sarah Abbott. "Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (B): Restructuring Under the Procedure de Sauvegarde." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-113, March 2009.
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
a circular carbon economy using humankind's CO2 emissions or the CO2 that's already in the air. DM: The aspirations and energy are important. But getting these big plans into action requires not just new ideas or the capital to support... View Details
- Fast Answer
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settings. Select Email & Newsletters. Under Newsletters, find the For You option. Sign up for daily newsletters based on topics of your choosing. Capital IQ Click Alerts (upper right corner of the screen), then on the next... View Details