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MBA Elective Curriculum: Investment Strategies
By: Malcolm P. Baker
This is a CORE course for students pursuing careers in finance. Thus, students interested in pursuing careers in mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, endowments, wealth management, financial consulting, marketing and client service, sales and trading,... View Details
- 09 May 2016
- Video
Who Owns Space?
DJ DiDonna
Dennis “DJ” DiDonna has dedicated his career to commercializing social science research to create organizations which positively impact the world.
He is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School where he teaches the... View Details
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
Working Papers The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds Authors: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, and Antoinette Schoar Abstract This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 2022 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
To SFO or Not To SFO: The Tolman Family Selects a Family Office Strategy
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Victoria Alvarez-Arango, Grace Headinger, Mili Sanwalka and Anna Yuan
Peter Tolman, a first-generation investment professional, debated which family office strategy to adopt for managing his family’s assets. As the sole steward of his family’s wealth, he sought to conserve and grow his family’s wealth for him, his wife, and his two very... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; Investment Strategy; Family Business; Financial Strategy; Investment; Strategy; Diversification; Management; Asset Management; Wealth; Financial Services Industry; United States; Canada
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, Victoria Alvarez-Arango, Grace Headinger, Mili Sanwalka, and Anna Yuan. "To SFO or Not To SFO: The Tolman Family Selects a Family Office Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 223-021, October 2022. (Revised September 2024.)
- 28 Nov 2016
- News
’Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal’
- August 2022
- Case
Rocket Learning: Evidence in Action
By: Brian Trelstad, Tomas Rosales and Malini Sen
Founders of Rocket Learning, an India-based nonprofit which focused on early childhood education (ECE), received an invitation from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), a development research organization, to test its intervention for ECE with a... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Early Childhood Education; Nonprofit Organizations; Literacy; Values and Beliefs; Social and Collaborative Networks; Education Industry; India; Asia
Trelstad, Brian, Tomas Rosales, and Malini Sen. "Rocket Learning: Evidence in Action." Harvard Business School Case 323-002, August 2022.
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
- April 1990
- Case
Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
The new vice president of infant and dietetic products of Nestle Alimentana S.A. has to make recommendations on the company's marketing programs for its infant formulas in developing countries. The U.S. subsidiary is currently the target of a consumer boycott because... View Details
Keywords: Product Marketing; Emerging Markets; Developing Countries and Economies; Distribution Channels; Marketing Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Food; Business Subsidiaries; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Switzerland
Austin, James E. "Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 590-070, April 1990.
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
The Role of Business in Collective Impact
- 19 Oct 2010
- News
The curious politics of income inequality
- September 2024
- Technical Note
How to Pay Family Employees in a Family Business
By: Christina R. Wing, Maryann G Bell and Kara A Perusse
Family businesses play a pivotal role in global economies, contributing significantly to employment and wealth creation. However, managing compensation for family members within these enterprises can be complex. Family employees frequently intertwine their roles as... View Details
- 2011
- Chapter
The Embeddedness of Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding Variation across Local Communities
By: Christian Seelos, Johanna Mair, Julie Battilana and M. Tina Dacin
Social enterprise organizations (SEOs) arise from entrepreneurial activities with the aim to achieve social goals. SEOs have been identified as alternative and/or complementary to the actions of governments and international organizations to address poverty and... View Details
Seelos, Christian, Johanna Mair, Julie Battilana, and M. Tina Dacin. "The Embeddedness of Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding Variation across Local Communities." In Communities and Organizations. Vol. 33, edited by Christopher Marquis, Michael Lounsbury, and Royston Greenwood, 333–363. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing, 2011.
- February 2014 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
The Estate Tax Debate
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Katrina Flanagan and Valerie Galinskaya
Per dollar of revenue, no tax policy generates more sound and fury than the taxation of estates. To supporters, the tax is a break on the concentration of wealth and power and an easy way to fund redistribution. To opponents, the tax is an unjust punishment of the... View Details
Keywords: Atkinson-Stiglitz; Optimal Capital Taxation; Bequest Motives; Taxation; Family and Family Relationships; Property
Weinzierl, Matthew, Katrina Flanagan, and Valerie Galinskaya. "The Estate Tax Debate." Harvard Business School Case 714-032, February 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
instituting processes that encourage creativity and new ideas. At 3M, for example, the "15 percent rule" allows professionals to spend up to 15 percent of their time on independent projects of their own choosing. As intrapreneurship... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
investors. Indeed, back in 2014, Jigar Shah, then founder of SunEdison (now Director of U.S. DOE Loan Programs Office and recent guest on HBS’s Climate Rising Podcast), posited that climate is the largest View Details
- July 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Module Note
Responsibilities to Society: The Capitalist's Contract
By: Karthik Ramanna
Societies face many pressing challenges with serious implications for business leaders. These include pollution and climate change, poverty and income inequality, obesity and public health, and corruption and regulatory capture. This note presents a way of analyzing... View Details
Ramanna, Karthik. "Responsibilities to Society: The Capitalist's Contract." Harvard Business School Module Note 115-012, July 2014. (Revised November 2014.)
- March 2018 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Morgan Stanley: Building Long-Term Sustainability
By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Lynn Schenk
This case focuses on the 10-year journey of one of the world's largest global financial institutions developing a sustainability strategy and integrating it across all of its business units. The case provides a deep dive into the challenges and successes of trying to... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Sustainability; Green Bonds; ESG; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Business Units; Integration; Financial Institutions
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Lynn Schenk. "Morgan Stanley: Building Long-Term Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 318-103, March 2018. (Revised April 2018.)
- 05 Aug 2010
- News