Investment Activism - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
News

The Power of Cultural Understanding

years. As an endorsement of this international focus, Jafar has established a fund to support the MENA Research Center in Istanbul, its Dubai Research Office, and other HBS activities throughout the region. The expansion of HBS’s global... View Details

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

depreciation schedules for investment can be different for tax and accounting purposes, creating a tool for fiscal stimulus. I think this rationale has outlived its usefulness for several reasons. For starters, these different definitions... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most FDI was located in developing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2019
Blog Post

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

25 Mar 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

commandments by God to serve the poor.” Crane led Opportunity International until 2009, after growing private revenues by 30 percent, compound annual growth rate, and increasing its client base from 375,000 to 1.5 million. He also walked away from his other angel View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

As waves of globalization wash across the business world, tremendous new opportunities for financing and investment present themselves to savvy enterprises. In a new casebook, HBS professor Mihir A. Desai discusses the numerous challenges... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

17 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Through The Eyes of The Patient: A Recap of The 13th Annual Health Care Conference

Engagement”. Oriented around the consumerization of health care and patients as more engaged stakeholders, 40 panelists across different 8 panels and 2 keynotes delivered their thoughts about what adding a more invested, active consumer... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Mar 2018
News

Case Study: On the Record

Cleary (MBA 2010) and the leadership of investment management startup Alpha Architect were considering launching an affordable, actively managed robo-advisor. They asked Bulletin readers how to price the... View Details

Keywords: April White

Student-Profile

Yueran Ma

appears to be a significant component of financing activities in capital markets today; it could also affect how we think about government policies like quantitative easing, as well as other corporate View Details

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Why Home Construction Has Slumped for Decades | Working Knowledge

macroeconomists provide evidence that the construction sector is holding back the broader economy. There are spillover effects from the construction sector that enable other activities to emerge, just like we think about roads and... View Details

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

empowered and included. I’m excited to be part of elevating more BIPOC talent into senior leadership roles." Matthias Argenyi (MBA 2026)Matthias brings three years of experience from social finance, where he played a pivotal role in scaling an impact View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

You’re an Old Fuelie

but not widely understood. “It’s a beautifully engineered system that I think was maybe more like a solution looking for a problem,” Hyde explained to the New York Times (December 2, 2007). After a career in real estate and investment... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
News

How to Spur Prosperity

Many observers say that job creation is the key to economic recovery in the United States. Can government investments in entrepreneurial ventures succeed in creating jobs? A number of variables need to come together to make it happen.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

multinational resource and related investments were highly enclavist and embedded in the institutional arrangements of Western imperialism and autocratic dictators. Western firms reinforced rather than disrupted institutional and societal... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Real Property - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Real Property Course Number 1684 Associate Professor Boris Vallee Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course is intended for any student serious about a career in managing, developing, or View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Devtosh Khare

with the herd and went into banking." But after two years working 100-hour weeks as an investment analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation (DLJ) in Los Angeles, he decided that "moving money around is not what life... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Valuation No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/219051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-080 Executing Active Investment Strategies No abstract available.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Larry Braithwaite

estate investing and development. "The MBA was the next logical step," Larry says. "I approached HBS with a combined interest in entrepreneurship and community development. It was the right fit, because general management... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

Rica, for instance, with a long history of investing in education, began developing a cluster in information technology some years ago and eventually convinced Intel to build a plant there. Related actions followed, including supplier... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

times but would invest in preventing (the) law of (the) jungle from taking over.” ArlenMD suggested that there are organizations on whose efforts an oversight initiative could be built. He cited as one example the American Medical... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

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