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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

APRIL 2018) By 2017, it seemed as though all major financial institutions were racing to position themselves as the leader in the fast growing sustainable investing market; yet what it would mean to succeed... View Details

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

in the Internet and telecom bubbles. Those who have money left, or who have new savings coming in and are seeking investments have heard that hedge funds have done well. For example, they've heard that Julian Robertson's Tiger Fund has... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

in effective leadership. MBA Elective Curriculum (SECOND YEAR) Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits The Arts of Communication Candace Bertotti Spring 2026 Q3Q4 1.5 Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed... View Details

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

sectors; and supports more than 700 venture teams each semester. What are the support systems and resources provided at the labs to student and alumni ventures? What sustains this community is the incredible team here that works fully in... View Details

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Certificate Sustainable Investing Professors Shawn Cole & Vikram Gandhi Evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and learn how to incorporate them into View Details

07 May 2024
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Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

Market Watch, is used by other large companies like Meta and Salesforce, and was recommended by Harvard’s Office for Sustainability for selecting previous HBS and HKS carbon credit purchases. There is also a 0.5% View Details

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

Hellman Family Fellowship awards for research excellence. Josh Lerner Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Unit Head, Entrepreneurial Management Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of View Details

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer, and Annelena Lobb Dow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively... View Details

23 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

balance between the efficiency of a global entity and the speed of local businesses. What would be the best strategy for Bunge to respond to the external changes imposed by high energy prices and increasing demand from emerging economies? How aggressively should Bunge... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2013
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Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain

By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai

As the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes had invested heavily for many years to bio-engineer enzymes that could break down cellulose into fermentable sugar. In 2010, the company had launched what it thought would become a breakthrough product... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Policies and Sustainability for "Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies" with Sangmin Oh and Ana-Maria Tenekedijieva. Philippe van der Beck : Winner of the 2023 Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction from the École... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

culture. Dave Nelson Head of Sales at WegoWise Disruptive Strategy I was not well versed in several important aspects of entrepreneurship like investment structure, fundraising, and valuation. Entrepreneurship Essentials covered these... View Details

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Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

offerings: Design Thinking and Innovation, Power and Influence for Positive Impact, and Sustainable Investing. Total HBS Online revenue amounted to 8 percent of the School’s total revenues in fiscal 2022, compared with 9 percent for the... View Details

09 Sep 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton S. Rose & Suraj Srinivasan

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

sustain his regime and transform Panamanian society; Noriega continued it in order to destroy anyone who threatened his control over the profits from corruption and cocaine. Once the United States removed Noriega through the brute... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

investment in the city’s human capital, requiring work that is much more subtle, nuanced, and difficult to see. This is Chattanooga’s, and the nation’s, toughest challenge to date—one that will require the collaborative focus of leaders... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

21 May 2024
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A New Chapter

Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

15 Dec 2023
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Like-Minded

sustainable living,” which could mean companies directly focused on ESG in its traditional forms of climate change, health care technology, or environmental tech. All are good investments for MPower, but the... View Details

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Our Team - Social Impact Collaboratory

Administration Vikram S. Gandhi is a Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit and Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He has developed and teaches a new course, Sustainable Investing, in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. He... View Details

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