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- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Elevating Ethiopian Entrepreneurs
who was raised in Ethiopia and understands the market quite well. And so through her, we're able to access women entrepreneurs and women CEOs that we want to work with. “Our prime minister recently achieved gender parity of close to 50% of his cabinet. So we View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
because I loved the job,” he remembers. “But I knew if I was ever going to be more than an employee, I had to do something else.” Answering the call of opportunity, Johnson moved his wife and four young children to Palo Alto to launch a... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
pharmaceutical companies — what the authors call downstream social capital — had a direct impact on the size of the startup's IPO. "Downstream social capital was essential... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- Web
The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising
windows of stores where products were sold. “There are several general billposters of large capital in the United States who employ an army of men and own space and have facilities for covering any state or... View Details
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
foster organizations' normative motivations to self-regulate without compromising deterrence. We find that facilities with a demonstrated commitment to compliance are more likely to institutionalize self-regulation. We also find that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
compared to the opening of new establishments by existing firms. We find interstate banking deregulations had a strong positive effect on the birth of new firms relative to the facility expansions of existing firms. We find limited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Payal Agrawal Divakaran
Payal is a Partner at .406 Ventures, where she co-leads the healthcare investing practice. .406 Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm with over $1.4B under management. Since its founding in 2005, .406 Ventures has never wavered... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital;#43;#Healthcare
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
and shapers of, beauty ideals. It uses case studies of three prominent firms to support the argument. During the nineteenth century, Coty and other French firms imagined Paris as the global capital of beauty. During the middle of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
of successful investment in the inner city that Porter has written about are Sprint and Walgreens. In Missouri, Sprint decided to locate a new call center in a struggling section of downtown Kansas City and provide job training for nearby... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
there's no change in direction. The authors examine how fiscal policy relates to the three drivers of productivity: improving human capital, increasing physical capital (equipment or software, for example), and using these forms of View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Harnessing for-profit strategies for social good
experience to her current position as chief investment officer at ImpactAssets, a $120 million donor-advised fund that invests capital for social and environmental impact through public and private debt and equity. At HBS, Seegull wrote a... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
Jacobs stressed that the price tag for the transition is both known and huge. “Despite the massive capital flows into the Transition, the capital markets remain challenged when it comes to long-term oriented... View Details
- Fast Answer
Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs
Carnstone and Flag Books: Careers Finding Purpose: Environmental Stewardship as a Personal Calling Profession & Purpose: A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in Sustainability Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
rural, off-grid Philippine villages. The well-publicized “Ride for Light” was intended to call the country’s attention to the need for safe, sustainable power alternatives to the widespread reliance on kerosene, wood, and batteries, which... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
purporting to show that Section 203 did in fact give bidders a meaningful opportunity for success; (3) between 1990 and 2010, not a single bidder was able to achieve the 85% threshold required by Section 203, thereby calling into question... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
HBS Course: Starting a Private Investment Firm
Transactions
Reference material that includes an "analysis of the legal, economic, tax, and accounting considerations necessary to successfully structure ventureView Details
Reference material that includes an "analysis of the legal, economic, tax, and accounting considerations necessary to successfully structure venture
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
alleged short-term nature of capital markets, and the way the human thought process works. Overcoming roadblocks requires public policies to be much more aligned with creating the right incentives to support long-term commitments and... View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
providers are beginning to offer unique services, creating the facilities and organizations to effectively deliver them, and gathering the data to show superior performance and to continue to improve. Public policy can help accelerate... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
chaos, damage to customer relations, and harm to the brand that swirl around any product recall. Nope. By five o’clock that afternoon, the SmartPak customers who had purchased the batch of the product in question had received either a phone View Details