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  • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)

By: Shawn A. Cole, John Masko and T. Robert Zochowski
In 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promote economic... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Equity; Bonds; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; Emerging Markets; Non-Governmental Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Zambia
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  • 09 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

sought, in the words of historian Jackson Lears, to "stabilize the sorcery of the market." The relationship between the forecasting industry and modernity was an ambivalent one, though. On the one hand, the early forecasters helped build key institutions (including... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
  • 27 Aug 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

executives at dozens of organizations—Google and Yahoo!, health care organizations, even a knitting business in a fishing village. They've talked with public officials in Japan and the staff of the US Embassy, and undertaken service... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail
  • 03 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

the context of an M&A transaction in an emerging economy and the role of private equity and venture capital in the development and the eventual consolidation of the new media advertising industry. Provides a context in which to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

managerial model emerging out of these capabilities the "sense-and-respond" approach. He and HBS professor Stephen P. Bradley explore the implications of this paradigm shift in their upcoming book, Sense and Respond: Capturing the Value... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

a few bad eggs. If you do the right thing and people see that you are making a difference, you will get support beyond what you can imagine.” Hometown returns: Oteh has built a football arena in Item, her hometown in Abia State, in addition to funding scholarships and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 08 Jun 2023
  • News

Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

Baker Foundation Professor, Emeritus William A. Sahlman presented the Entrepreneurship Award to Michael Martin (MBA 2015), founder and CEO of RapidSOS, an advanced emergency technology company that powers safety, security, health, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

services is much more widespread than has hitherto been appreciated. Drawing on concepts from research on scale economies and transaction costs, we develop a set of hypotheses about differences in the expected depth of internalization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

the Trump Administration authorized $7 billion in disaster loans for small businesses affected by COVID-19. The program helps businesses in states that have declared emergency status borrow as much as much as $2 million and repay it over... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Service
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Faculty Retirements

work includes papers on "Restructuring in the U.S. Advertising Media Industry" and "The Emerging Position of the Internet as an Advertising Medium." Silk joined the HBS faculty in 1989. Previously, he was the Schell Professor of... View Details
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

countries. The book draws on literatures and archives that have previously only been available in Spanish, while the concluding chapter makes use of Harvard Business School's new project known as “Creating Emerging Markets,” which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

academics for an exploration of new economy themes ranging from getting back to sustainable business models to the emerging wireless landscape. “Over the past year, we have seen a flight to quality in the technology market, where MBA... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services
  • Web

For Guests | Commencement 2025

ceremonies will be held outside in most weather conditions, including rain. For Commencement, HBS recommends business casual attire. Other useful accessories to bring include sunscreen, sun hats, umbrellas/ponchos, blankets, sunglasses, and water bottles. View Details
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

Manager's Notebook

partner is extremely important." Rayport and Hagel envision a new type of service company emerging in which certain firms - which they term "info-mediaries" - serve as trusted liaisons between customers and... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Déjà Vu All Over Again

crises shares defining features of a speculative bubble followed by a crash, but they emerged in idiosyncratic ways. I’m not sure you can ever figure out a tried-and-true pattern,” says Caitlin Anderson, the exhibit’s curator and a... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services
  • 13 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

Harvard Business School Case 208-099 Primus is a credit derivative product company. How will they weather the credit crisis of 2007? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208099   PublicationsOwnership... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Profile

Monica Dodi

As a cofounder and managing director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF), Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) backs female-led, early-stage ventures in digital media and sustainable products and services. Dodi says these emerging consumer... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

Sebenius's Dealmaking: Financial and International Negotiations, and Professor Joseph L. Badaracco's seminar, The Moral Leader. "These and other small courses showcase the exciting areas that faculty are exploring," says Salter. "Many will no doubt View Details
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

is reaching its alumni in the most effective manner. In particular, the committee will focus on how best to market the annual Global Alumni Conferences' resources for international alumni and how best to use HBS volunteers to market alumni View Details