Investment Activism - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1996
News

New Releases

two being able to find synopses of Harvard Business School research on hundreds of topics. Would you like to know more, for example, about the investment and financing decisions that are made during the development of entrepreneurial... View Details

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Social and Governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio. His efforts ranged from constructing new stock market indices based on ESG data, changing the compensation and incentives of active View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 May 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Africa Business Club

community with Harvard Business School. MISSION The HBS Africa Business Club, founded on November 12, 1997, is dedicated to increasing the awareness of business opportunities on the African continent. Our activities are professional,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2012
News

Supporting our Exceptional Faculty

increasing shareholder value. When the alumni invest in our faculty — by funding professorships or supporting the activities of the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning, for example — they are... View Details

Keywords: David E. Bell; professorships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Association of Boston Commemorates Centennial In 2023, the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) is commemorating its Centennial Year with activities and events aimed at celebrating a century of alumni accomplishments, exploring the trends shaping... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2011
News

A Modest Tax Proposal

First, almost all countries impose domestic taxes on “mobile” corporate income—for example, investment interest or royalties that can easily be shifted from one country to another. Second, many countries still collect taxes on foreign... View Details

Keywords: Robert C. Pozen; tax holidays

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Women | MBA

meet some of your closest friends. Women’s Student Association The Women's Student Association (WSA) is the largest student club on campus. The WSA actively supports a community that empowers and mobilizes women to thrive academically,... View Details

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Kraft Accelerator

(pdf) HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator Unique Venture Models (pdf) HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator Disparities: Activating the Right Strategy (pdf) HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator 10 Best Practices from Virtual... View Details

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

rights and efficient debt enforcement mitigate the effect of excess control rights on loan spreads. Taken together, our results suggest that potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders are facilitated by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Feb 2023
News

Alumnus Gift Will Nurture Basic, Therapeutic Science

been a partner of the School for over two decades, and I am delighted to continue to support the HMS community in its important work by helping to modernize these landmark facilities to keep pace with therapeutics innovation." Bertarelli is a former biotechnology... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Supporting Global Understanding, Locally

practice and innovation around the region,” says Sabanci Dincer, who is chair of Akbank, one of the largest banks in Turkey. Sabanci Dincer’s commitment to furthering the School’s efforts in the Middle East have included generous View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

New Spaces: Convening Power

1982). Seth is president and CEO of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based investment management firm. Beth is president of the Klarman Family Foundation. “We hope that Klarman Hall will be a world-class addition to a world-class institution,”... View Details

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the 1930s, investments were generally targeted for trusts, pensions, and other conservative funds rather than emerging industries. 32 The urgent military needs during World War II had fostered... View Details

01 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics

Take Lenovo, for example. The fourth largest personal computer manufacturer in the world is the first and only Chinese company to be a global sponsor of an Olympics. Lenovo's investment in the Games is around $100 million. The company... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Sports

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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society

government, and the nonprofit sector, alongside nine Harvard Business School faculty members. This roundtable generated a candid exchange of perspectives on the early outcomes of the United States' industrial policies, especially the Infrastructure View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

when it opens early next year. Plans are also on the drawing board for new facilities to house lifelong learning activities and academic activities related to faculty development and for an academic center... View Details

Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database, we analyze the locations of new establishments of biopharmaceutical firms in the U.S. in 1993–2005. We consider all activities in the value chain and allow location choices to vary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

positions. To enable such assessments, firms must become as transparent about their corporate political responsibility (CPR) as their corporate social responsibility (CSR). For their part, rating systems must demand such information from firms and include evaluations... View Details