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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Venture Capital, Post-Dot Bomb
alternative energy solutions were beginning to show a higher investment profile. “Venture capitalists haven’t traditionally been interested in that area,” said Stan Reiss (MBA ’00), a general partner at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
global market, electric vehicles have become a government imperative. European Union member states, for instance, are preparing to implement the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive, which mandates the... View Details
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54963 Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Capital By: Lerner, Josh, Jason Mao, Antoinette... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy
technology, which charges a vehicle to 85%, addresses critical concerns like range anxiety and downtime. By drastically reducing charging times, their solution ensures vehicles spend more time operational,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
discuss the spread of mutual funds to Asia, Europe, and Latin America; compare them with other investment vehicles like hedge funds; and show how to sort mutual funds by categories and subcategories based on... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
companies, we would have never succeeded in any of them if we thought that we could get in and out in three to five years.” Among the companies funded by Aravaipa is Lightning Systems. When the fund first invested in the company, it was... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis
silver bullets that can solve this problem—not more drilling, greater vehicle fuel efficiency, electric cars, or renewable energy. Political and business leaders must support these measures and more; whatever can help avert a major... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
he says—a good sign, given that some locally manufactured products struggle to gain traction. When there is too little effort put into design and quality, customers end up associating the affordability of a local product with cheap. But at Mobius, “we have View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 06 Jan 2020
- News
Home Grown
Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, aims to find and support local, family businesses and grow them right where they are. The firm looks for companies that value employee... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
service. They each provided alternative visions of the world. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317100-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-022 Altoona State Investment Board... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
flexible contract invested significantly more in their businesses and earned higher returns as a result. Their businesses were bigger three years later, and they are still bigger now, ten years later. That paper was very influential and... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Sharing the Road
that allows car owners and car users to be able to connect. We brought together all the stakeholders that go into owning a vehicle and made it into a subscription product. As a car owner, because your car sitting at home was getting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
FAQ
Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices Why is this a good time to establish a charitable lead trust? Record low rates used in determining... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
They Call Him Mr. China
management gap he both anticipated and greatly underestimated. Against all odds, and the advice of many, Perkowski ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to chase his entrepreneurial dreams. A... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
biggest, challenges facing my generation. Shared, electric, autonomous vehicles will enable urban areas to become more sustainable and more livable by providing a better alternative for first and last mile... View Details
- Profile
Ben Faw
to a broader setting. HBS would give me a more holistic look at how business and the world are interconnected.” Further, Ben says, “At West Point I realized that the friendships I build are worth more than any money. I figured HBS would be well worth the View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
Record-keeping? Control?) —S.B. Master (MBA 1980) DITKOFF: Your first stop is probably a lawyer or tax advisor to analyze the financial impact on your specific portfolio. Your next goal is to find high-impact organizations that you care about. Luckily, you can make... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
difficult decisions over what investments to keep and what investments to cut. How they made those choices and what effect they had on business and national recovery in the long run hasn’t been well... View Details