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- 01 Sep 2012
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Rebel with a Cause
environmental sustainability efforts, serving as executive director of Ceres, a coalition of environmental groups and institutional investors; initiator of the Investor Network on Climate Risk; and cofounder... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
emphasis on function reflected conference chair Professor Kenneth A. Froot's decision to bring a different message to the gathering. "With a functional approach, you do less comparison of the institutions for corporate governance and... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
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A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
MCC’s explicit selection criteria,” notes Bloom. “We’ve also seen African countries who have not yet qualified seeking advice from those who have. Most valuably, countries have made important legal, economic policy, and institutional... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
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How Business Schools Lost Their Way
through the efforts of a vanguard of institutional entrepreneurs, both academics and managers, who saw the need for creating a managerial class that would run America’s large corporations in a way that served the broader interests of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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Shareholders' Value?
institutional investors lack the motivation and time to effectively discipline or otherwise oversee management. And investors all have differing time frames, priorities, and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
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Lovepop Woos The Sharks
Wombi Rose (left) and John Wise Wombi Rose (left) and John Wise Former i-lab resident LovePop—founded by Wombi Rose (MBA 2015) and John Wise (MBA 2015)—had an atypical appearance on ABC’s entrepreneurial reality show, Shark Tank: By the end of their presentation, they... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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Results and Recognition
institutions that were formative in shaping who we are,” says Joe, and, second, “we want to support organizations that make a difference in the lives of others.” Given that HBS meets both criteria, the O’Briens are committed not only to... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Full Stream Ahead
With its ability to hold steady and provide a regular return, rather than bounce around in time with the volatile stock market, music also starts to look more attractive as a non-correlated risk. The extra yield is especially appealing to View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business
2014) Angel investors could be a good fit if you can tap either friends and family or local institutional angels. Although most large banks might not be interested, there may be a small regional bank that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Merton Named University Professor
mathematics from Columbia University in 1966, Merton studied applied mathematics at the California Institute of Technology and earned an MS in 1967. In 1970 he completed a Ph.D. in economics at MIT and joined the faculty of the Sloan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
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The Right Connections
contrast, "upstream" social capital -- team members' ties to important research institutions -- had no impact at all on the new organization's success. "In this industry," Higgins theorizes, "upstream connections may indicate that the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2017
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A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
on channeling the keen interest many of us have in financial stability.” There is consensus within the group that financial instability often follows periods when institutions, policy makers, and investors have underestimated risks. These... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
asset allocations to commercial property holdings. Until recently, says Dubrowski, institutional investors limited their commercial real estate allocations to between 3 and 5 percent of their portfolios.... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
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Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
Chairman, Orbis Investment Management, Ltd. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education: B.Com., Rhodes University, South Africa, 1957 On Leadership: “One needs to cultivate a sense of purpose, a commitment to making a difference through business.”... View Details
- 26 Sep 2018
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Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
senior director of financing land conservation at the investment bank Seale & Associates. “We’re finally seeing a real interest in environmental issues by family offices, private equity funds, and institutional investors,” he notes. One... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers
Palo Alto, CA Business management software, solutions, and services Lionel Bony (MBA 2006) Rocky Mountain Institute Snowmass and Boulder, CO Nonprofit research and educational foundation aiming to foster efficient and sustainable use of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business
been rising for everyone, we might feel differently about executive compensation, but in fact the gap between top and bottom has grown dramatically. Paul Healy: Short-Term Pressures The freedoms that we’ ve been given as investors in the... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Open Market
businesses that have dominated the space for a very long time. Their outdated approach has been such a disservice to the retail investor. I wonder if you think that this idea of the empowered individual investor can coexist peacefully... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
pay the government up front for bailing them out. The old system didn’t work too well, and this one wouldn’t either. Wouldn’t the pool of reinsurance money paid by these private institutions shield the government from any losses? Not... View Details