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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Bank after a distinguished career as a Wall Street investment banker. "I wanted a program that would stimulate their thinking and make them aware of different approaches to problem solving and implementation of alternative courses of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
Investment returns are not a major aspect of the decision. That makes impact investing (which is usually more illiquid and a long-term commitment than the typical portfolio)... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
investing immediately, with the first check we received,” he says. The initial fundraising goal was $4 million; the fund has now raised $25 million. Aravaipa also had long-term vision. “This isn’t software,”... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
identify emerging Internet leaders that combine long-term fundamental growth and strong cash flow. In China, virtually no company of any size exists without government investment. How does that affect how you View Details
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
the world that has benefited everything from lemurs in Madagascar to sage grouse habitats of Wyoming, forests in New England to water quality on the Rappahannock River. Such efforts have also a spurred significant innovation in financing tools for the sector, which in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
HBS's Unique Economic Model
Rick Melnick Harvard Business School is renowned for educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Less well known is the economic model that enables HBS to do this—model that is unique in higher education. HBS is a living example of what it teaches: For a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
we may identify exceptional talent in a particular industry," he continues, "set them up with equity in a new operation that's backed by our capital, and then let them go forth, make purchases, and grow." A pioneer in this long-term... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
New Releases
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business School Press) The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail demonstrates why outstanding companies that focus on competitiveness, listen closely to customers, and View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
into the future, declares Vanguard's Brennan, who also currently serves as chairman of the industry's national association, the Investment Company Institute. "Change will not alter our industry's foundation, which consists of assets such... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
collateral business. For long-term strategy, the company is weighing two options. One, invest in expanding their client base and extending it beyond the sports market, targeting all kinds of community events... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- News
Suzanne J. Battit (MBA 1992)
“That first semester was daunting, but we helped each other through it.” After graduation, Battit went on to healthcare consulting in Chicago and then returned to Boston to work in investment management. Then September 11th happened. “I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Books
from its character as a science-based business. This poses three challenges: how to finance risky investments with long time horizons for R&D; keep pace with advances in drug knowledge; and integrate capabil-ities across the spectrum of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
fees to service and administrative charges and investment and withdrawal penalties. Chapman is not alone in his struggle to make sense of a murky system, though his career probably gave him a leg up on the average pensioner—a growing... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
a relationship between long-term thinking, social purpose, and success,” he says. Since taking over as CEO, Waldron has invested in the foundations of this relationship. He has focused on service to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity
solvent and that a credible monetary policy will emerge, he said. The country also needs international support, but such aid may be hard to come by now. Asked if converting the Argentine money supply into long-term bonds that people don't... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
top posts at Schering-Plough and Wyeth. Are there structural reforms that could be implemented in the drug industry to lower the market-driven price of drugs? Forcing pharma firms to invest in R&D a minimum percentage of the sales of any... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008
will make important incremental investments to offset the effects of the downturn (for example, increasing our support to students in their job searches). Finally, we will seek out opportunities to strengthen our View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
searches to cope with what portends to be a long-term economic slowdown. To contact MBA Career Services, call 617-495-6232 or e-mail mbacs@hbs.edu; for Alumni Career Services, call 617-495-1433 or e-mail career_advisors@hbs.edu. CLASS OF... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
The leaders of Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, know the strength of the area in which they sit. They aren’t looking for portfolio businesses with a Manhattan financial... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon