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- 20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
development challenges facing India and other emerging economies, through impact investing in areas such as affordable housing, financial inclusion, and access to energy. The other is VSG Capital Advisors,... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
grow amid poverty, triggering an empowering ripple effect. We only loan to businesses we believe can grow; we expect every loan to be repaid, and 98 percent are. You've said that microlending can change the world. How? In the developing... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens
teenager, Abby Falik (MBA 2008) tried to join the Peace Corps upon graduating from high school, only to be rejected because of her age. Some years later, that rejection spurred Falik to develop an idea that in 2008 won the Pitch for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
When the number of Internet-based businesses took off in the mid-1990s, many long-standing rules for product innovation were blown away. Previous models of development based on a sequential process of planning and execution are not... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 2001
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Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
Forget millions; think billions. That’s what HBS associate professor Benjamin C. Esty does in Large-Scale Investment, a new MBA elective course he has developed that examines how companies structure, value, and finance large,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motorola; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
colleges to develop programs to meet specific needs. There is still some distrust on both sides: Higher education institutions see their mission as instilling skills for lifelong learning, not to pursue a good salary, and businesses can... View Details
- 04 Sep 2014
- News
Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS
millions of dollars into research, and removed critical barriers to the development of treatments. “Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS,” says Kremer, who was diagnosed in 2004, just... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the future of startups. To find... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
development initiative serving eight communities; and the Housatonic Community College Foundation. The Community Partners program at the HBS Association of Oregon has an average of 35 volunteers serving clients primarily in Greater... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Leading at State
Department about providing further development to foreign and civil service employees. He found support from Brian Bulatao (MBA 1995), who was at the time serving as under secretary of state for management. Bulatao tapped career diplomats... View Details
- 21 Feb 2014
- News
In a New Culture, Wait to Cut to the Chase
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
There and Back Again: The Challenges and Rewards of Working Abroad
(MBA ’91), a managing director in the firm’s Boston office. (See the International Checklist.) Working abroad can also develop new skills and open doors to future opportunities. Sean Keohane (MBA ’96), for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor
In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
to HBS, citing the School's mission to create socially responsible leaders as “a huge pull.” “I knew most of the students would be more interested in private-sector concerns than international ones,” says Dasgupta. “But as future leaders,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
Tanzania. Now based in Kigali, Rwanda, Ngoyi finds her global experience is a good fit with her current role. In May 2022, she was named CEO of the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA). A $670 million View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
Gonzalez, a self-described “technology fanatic,” served as cochair of the MBA Technology Com-mittee, participated in the HBS Business Plan Contest, and spent the summer between his first and second year working with MBA Career Services to View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
block of apartments overlooking the Nile River. She graduated from Cairo University in 2006 with a degree in economics, followed by a master's in environment and development at the London School of Economics. After stints as a researcher... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance