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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

investment lifecycle. Access via SSO - HBS email and Harvard Key login name/email must match. Email infoservices@hbs.edu if you have trouble accessing Pitchbook. Capital IQ Data on PE transactions, public and private companies,... View Details

16 Jun 2020
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Delivering Solutions During a Crisis with Hans Kristian Furuseth (MBA 2019)

within the HBS community also led Furuseth to his current role at Farmasiet.no. A conversation with Bjarne Lie (MBA 1999), led to discussions with Lie’s investment firm, Verdane, about an ecommerce company they were researching. Furuseth... View Details

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

should appeal to students who want to work as part of senior leadership teams, particularly finance executives; as strategy consultants or investment bankers who advise organizations; or as private equity, public equity, venture capital,... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Euro Vision

challenge was amplified—cofounding Index Ventures in 1996. "If we were going to compete with the best portfolios that were built in Silicon Valley," says Rimer, "we'd have to hunt far and wide across Europe." It's become a popular bet: VC... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

10 Jun 2022
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New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

premium. Click Here to Watch Semi-Finalists Social Enterprise Track Semi-Finalist: EarthQuake Arnaud Pincet, MBA 2023; Edmund Lee, MBA 2023 At EarthQuake, we believe investing is just the first step toward transforming the companies of... View Details

28 Apr 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

to going to HBS, it wasn’t until I took “Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact,” taught by Professors Shawn Cole and Vikram Gandhi, that I had a chance to learn about what impact investing was and understand how big the... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

moving in a similar direction in collaboration with the late Fischer Black. Investors use derivatives to hedge their portfolios against the effects of sudden shifts in the market. Merton's work provides them with a formula for evaluating... View Details

24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54709 Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors By: Viceira, Luis M., and Zixuan (Kevin) Wang Abstract—This paper conducts a theoretical and empirical investigation of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Dec 2019
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Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

time to be in health care. I would advise to consider companies that are looking at technologies (AI, ML, Robotics) to solve challenging health care problems. Technology investment in health care has lagged other industries. This was due... View Details

01 Jan 2012
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Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952

Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Download Johnson profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1928 Born, Quincy, Illinois 1950 Earns BS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1962 Launches Draper and Johnson View Details

08 Jul 2021
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Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

internship and then later back to McKinsey after graduation, where she focused on both large-cap and startups in the pharmaceuticals and biotech space. “For me, this was a way of making an impact,” said Schoonbeek. van Poecke began her career on another path starting... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

11 Feb 2021
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ali Evans (MBA 2019)

technology companies. I spend most of my time focused on sourcing, evaluating and executing new investment opportunities in the healthcare technology sector. Additionally, I serve on the board of directors of some of our View Details

04 Sep 2020
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Advice from a Career Switcher: The Value of Informational Conversations with Alumni

mid-March, Adam accepted an offer to join Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) as a Portfolio Greenhouse Gas Impact Analysis Intern; BEV invests in entrepreneurs building companies that can have a significant... View Details

24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

firms and shareholders. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51128 Harvard Business School Case 418-019 Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 28

209-152 Real estate is an increasingly important component in the portfolios of institutional investors. This note discusses the issues these investors must consider when investing in real estate from the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jun 2021
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Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

internship and then later back to McKinsey after graduation, where she focused on both large-cap and startups in the pharmaceuticals and biotech space. “For me, this was a way of making an impact,” said Schoonbeek. van Poecke began her career on another path starting... View Details

10 Sep 2015
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Why We Recruit: EF Education First

a great fit for you! There are numerous examples of HBS alumni joining EF and making an immediate impact through innovative projects that we’d simply never thought of before. One HBS alum launched a portfolio of eco-tours in our adult... View Details

06 Sep 2013
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More Seats at the Table

excelling in the predominantly male-run world of business. "These women who make it through the corporate, investment banking, consulting, and even the legal gauntlet, and at 50 or 55, are ready and qualified to sit on a corporate... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Corporate Services

14 Oct 2020
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Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital

1993), after each launching their careers in investment banking. “Joining ICV was a great experience and eye opening for us because we were used to being in majority environments,” said Tingle. “Also, at a smaller firm you were involved... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

this growth is inevitable as the divide between man and machine blurs. Hot Stocks: Investing for Impact and Profit in a Warming World by James Ellman (MBA 1994) Rowman & Littlefield The world is warming, our View Details

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