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- 12 Apr 2023
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Step Change
working as an economist in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance when the Arab Spring swept through Cairo in 2011. When we met, she was executive director of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, a $300 million investment initiative between... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 25 May 2010
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Commencement and the Winds of Change
most of his young life working to close the divide that separates Israelis and Palestinians. After a career in finance, he left the United States in 2009 to accept a new position overseas. And here’s the incredible thing: Hussein, a Muslim, is now CEO of the View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq
This month marks the first anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq. Within weeks of their initial military assault, U.S. and coalition troops triumphed over the Iraqi army and took on a new mission — rebuilding a country devastated by decades of warfare, View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
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Charlie Rose Interviews Goldman CEO Paulson
covered everything from the state of the U.S. stock market, to work-life balance, to international capital markets. The spirited conversation was one of two sessions held on campus that aired on the Charlie Rose show in the spring. Rose,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
separation. This company has created a medically and scientifically proven approach to help repair the condition, which can cause issues with internal organs and other complications for years. Does the Black Lives Matter movement have the... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
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Good Investments
greatest investment successes is Vistaar, a financing firm that offers funding to small- and medium-sized businesses in India that fall into the “missing middle”: too small for commercial bank loans, too big for microfinance. Since its... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
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K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience
success or disaster. “When I sit on a board, I think of it as mentoring,” says Chia, EVP of Walden International Investment Group in Hong Kong. “I don’t think of myself as a venture capitalist but as somebody providing venture assistance,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
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Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and chief strategy officer of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
four qualities—hope, optimism, determination, and self-motivation—that have carried him far from his roots. After leaving home, earning two degrees at universities in India, and working as an international banker for nearly three decades,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
This book offers practical, nonpolitical, and nonpartisan solutions to the problems of public debt, the environment, and international relations that business leaders can implement today for a better tomorrow: practical steps to limit... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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One-on-One with Jim Breyer
attractive place to invest. The investment and venture capital cycle is continuously changing, and one of the most fascinating internal discussions is often around where we’re in the cycle. When you first evaluated Facebook three years... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
Getting Reality on the Table One of the country's foremost experts on money laundering and illegal flight capital, Raymond W. Baker (MBA '60) set out for Africa one year after graduating from HBS, seeking "a taste of international... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
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The Deleterious Effects of Dirty Money
corporations, and fake transactions. The practice bolsters international crime and terrorism and contributes to global inequality and poverty, he writes. A guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at the Center for... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
that the Bank has an indispensable development role: to help finance and assist the desperately poor countries that seldom see private capital. But he also believes the institution must justify its continued existence through superior... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Brazil Banks on Experience
of Goi ás as a member of a party that opposed Lula’s Workers Party. “Despite being a member of the outgoing governing party and making his career in international finance, Mr. Meirelles won points with Mr. da Silva partly because of his... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Entrepreneurial Finance elective in the MBA curriculum. In the Executive Education Program, he has developed materials for and served as codirector of courses in Conflict and Evolution in Private Equity, Corporate Venture Capital, and... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
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Balancing Progress and Preservation
but when a developer is clearly trying to do the right thing, you need to be willing to say ‘yes, okay.’” While acknowledging that change is inevitable, and even appropriate, in a dynamic international city such as New York, Zuckerberg... View Details
- 19 Aug 2016
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Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
In emerging markets, where traditional credit scores are rare, how can lenders decide who is creditworthy? Just ask, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and chief strategy officer of the for-profit Entrepreneurial Finance Lab. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
Beijing is America’s largest foreign creditor. But how long will the Chinese continue to finance U.S. deficit spending? Illustration by Stuart Bradford In his new book, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, HBS professor... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
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Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
environmental value simultaneously through its activities," Keshavjee explains. "It is now embarking on a massive investment with equity partners and scaling up its activities." HCA, in partnership with a number of local NGOs and View Details