Opportunity Funds - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

Profiting from the World’s Economic Crisis: Finding Investment Opportunities by Tracking Global Market Trends by Bud Conrad (MBA ’71) (Wiley) Conrad predicts a rough road ahead, due to economic imbalances that have built up over the past... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

10 Oct 2017
News

Risk and Rewards

richer than you. You have to be happy with yourself and who you are and what you are. “Opportunities are going to present themselves to you when you least expect them. And what you have to be willing to do is take risks. People are much too risk averse in their... View Details

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Students with Farmworking Backgrounds | MBA

Students with Farmworking Backgrounds External Funding The Rising Farmworker Dream Fund This pre-MBA fellowship offers talented students the opportunity to pursue graduate... View Details

Profile

Claire Freidman

the list. What are you most looking forward to in your career? I've always loved media and entertainment, and am incredibly excited to work in that industry. I hope to have the opportunity to be part of some of the big strategic changes... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

01 Jun 2015
News

A World of Support

the HBS Fund from donors such as Gaëtan Hannecart (MBA 1994) enables the School to develop global cases and courses and provide opportunities for students and the faculty to gain firsthand experience in... View Details

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

matter where and at what price the money to fund an entrepreneurial venture comes from? The answer, it turns out, is that it does matter—a fact that policymakers may benefit from understanding as they look at ways to generate more... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2016
News

Expressions of Support

leaders, should go beyond ourselves and take a longer term view, putting larger interests above ours. Giving to the HBS Fund is a means to do just that and help the School provide lifelong learning View Details

Career Coach

Phil Wong

operational foundation for running healthcare practices. Prior to pivoting into healthcare, Phil was a portfolio manager at a fund of hedge funds managing $1Bn+ on behalf of pension plans and insurance... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship

14 May 2015
Blog Post

Venture Capitalist Returns to HBS to Mentor MBA Students

your career? As a partner in a venture capital firm, I have the opportunity to meet and fund amazing entrepreneurs who are building innovative companies in large markets. I am constantly inspired by their... View Details

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Minority Students | MBA

Forward Offers fellowship opportunities for Native American students. For further information visit Native Forward Scholarships . Hispanic Scholarship Fund Designed to help students of Hispanic heritage... View Details

Career Coach

Cici Xie

Cici wants to help students explore opportunities in the investment management industry at both hedge funds and long-only asset management firms. Having gone through the extensive recruiting process of both... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

The Importance of Philanthropy

Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends over many years, HBS is fortunate to have an endowment that provides a foundation of support for core priorities. However, contrary to popular belief, the endowment does not cover all our financial needs. Annual giving to... View Details

06 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club

What is Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition? Through ETA (search funds), individuals can acquire an existing business, become its CEO, and build a larger and more successful enterprise. The search fund model gives relatively... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

25 Jun 2013
News

A Common Purpose

For MBA 2007 Section E Cochairs Kara Medoff Barnett and Amy Belkin, their 5th Reunion was an opportunity to temper grief with renewed connections. In the fall of 2011, sectionmate Haydar Shaydullin was struck and killed by a car in Moscow... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Supporting Global Understanding, Locally

Dincer Family Global Fund to support the MENA center as well as the School’s activities in Turkey and throughout the region. “HBS is unique in its capability to fund rigorous research that analyzes how the... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Donors Praised for Fellowship Support

Student speaker Peter Michailidis (MBA ’11) also expressed gratitude for his fellowships, funded by David M. Hicks (MBA ’60) and George M. Humphrey. “I did not have the resources to fund my MBA, but I was... View Details

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Summer Fellowships | MBA

Fellows receive up to $650 per week and may also be part of a peer exchange network of students committed to similar goals. HBS has partially funded my internship through its Summer Fellows Program, a sponsorship designed to help students... View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Engage with and support the University in new and mutually beneficial ways Raise funds for current priorities and future flexibility "Let us take the opportunity to ask ourselves,” says Nohria, “When future... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

07 Apr 2014
News

Family Values

After earning his MBA, he transformed an opportunity to spin off the shipyard and manufacturing companies of the New York–based Ogden Corporation into Connell Limited Partnership, growing it into one of the largest privately owned... View Details

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