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01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

aspect of the logistics chain,” she explains. “If your port is inefficient, you’re losing a lot of value.” As she completes her first year at FEDA, Ngoyi acknowledges the work yet to be done in building confidence in African markets, as FEDA invests across sectors... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

customers, and society at large, without regard for how much it costs, with 90 percent of consumers stating that brands should be willing to suffer substantial financial losses to ensure the well-being and View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

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Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

Business School Prior to coming to HBS I created a company Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc. that advised some of the world’s largest institutional investors concerning their private market investments. I was asked to be their advocate particularly during the Global... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Generation Next

Nisa Godrej Illustration by Anita Kunz In the summer of 2007, Mark Kahn (MBA 2006) received an unusual call from Mumbai. A former HBS classmate had a problem. She wanted him to look over strategic and financial documents for a diversified... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

to understand them, and be prepared to educate the VC about why his exercising too much power could hurt both parties in the long-term. Maximize trust. Beneath all the financial projections, the VC... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

America’s more than $1 trillion in student loan debt. Indeed, some college graduates with student loans have not secured employment sufficiently remunerative to meet their financial obligations. Others are struggling to escape a heavy... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

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July 2014
Case

Venture Capital at the Harvard Management Company in Historical Perspective

By: Felda Hardymon, Tom Nicholas and Vasiliki Fouka

The compromise between capital preservation and growth has always been central to the performance of the Harvard endowment. Setting an institutional structure for effectively governing this compromise became especially important when the Harvard Management Company... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Financial Management; Asset Management; Higher Education; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Cambridge

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April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
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Neeley University Investment Management Company

This case analyzes the problem of a university looking to reduce its private equity exposure in its endowment. The university hires Cogent Partners, a small investment bank specializing in private equity secondary trading. View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Private Equity; Higher Education; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

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17 Dec 2015
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Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates

Keywords: by Pian Shu; Education; Education

1993
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Optimal Investment Strategies for University Endowment Funds

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Higher Education; Non-Governmental Organizations; Education Industry; Education Industry

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01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark

programs require. The quality of our students is also at the core of what HBS is about. As a community and a school, we have a special responsibility to reach out -- through fellowships and other forms of financial assistance -- to make... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

30 Apr 2019
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Leading Schools That Change Lives

restoring the school’s fiscal health, but also its reputation for serving those with less. The urgency of the school’s financial problems gave Kennealey leverage to move quickly on some key initiatives while building relationships and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

teaching the second-year MBA courses on investment management and capital markets. Later in the decade, he took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of investment and financial policies for the Ford Foundation, returning in... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

01 May 2015
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Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Difference stories of alumni, faculty, and student impact. Also, so far, more than 22,500 alumni and friends have made gifts of all sizes toward the Campaign’s financial goals. Continuing the inspiring and celebratory nature of the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Mar 2012
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Great Expectations

exercises — some of which were pioneered in our Executive Education programs — that were immersive, field-based, and action-oriented. Our goal was to complement the case method with a more field-based approach to learning — one that would... View Details

Keywords: Youngme Moon; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2009
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Where Are They Now?

taught the first-year MBA course in management accounting and later a second-year elective in management control systems. He also taught in a variety of Executive Education programs. “I’d never taught using the case method, so that took... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services; Educational Services

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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

Mastering Strategy Execution

International Women's Day Featured Stories

Generation Next

Leadership and Teaming

First Look: July 2

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

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Venture Capital at the Harvard Management Company in Historical Perspective

Neeley University Investment Management Company

Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates

Optimal Investment Strategies for University Endowment Funds

A Message from Dean Clark

Leading Schools That Change Lives

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Great Expectations

Where Are They Now?