Institutional Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Apr 2014
News

Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

accelerate the development of innovative solutions and help position Harvard University as the preeminent institution in health care and life sciences," said Dean Nohria. "With the generous support of the Bertarelli Foundation, we hope... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

engineering Koning’s research might be sobering to the cities and institutions that invest in startup-focused events and programs in the hopes of stirring innovation and prosperity. Even if a fledgling... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

professionals and institutions in building better financial futures. The Sustainable Investing team is focusing on a variety of environmental, social, and governance projects, including the launch of a new... View Details

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

facilitating face-to-face interactions can provide information that impacts the formation of scientific collaborations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-023.pdf Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2016
News

Summing Up the New Students

Ave. that it sunk in.” Levana Sani Jakarta, Indonesia CV: Research officer, Genome Institute of Singapore “My background is in biochemistry, so I took the HBX CORe course over the summer to build my finance skills. I imagined myself... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading in the face of complex challenges

ultimately an investment in a better world,” says Hess, “one led by alumni who build more effective, sustainable institutions and organizations and inspire hope and opportunity in communities around the... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

The Big Business of Little Loans

Ensuring that quality, Teo says, means focusing not only on growing fast but also on growing well. For Funding Societies, that means a borrower must have at least $250,000 in revenue and meet with a loan officer before the Funding Societies team View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

Profile

Scott Wu

monitored refugee camps and volunteered in AIDS orphanages. He spent eight years as president of Aim High, an educational organization focused on inner-city, disadvantaged children. He was also cofounder of a Gates Foundation–funded middle school, and served as... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Technology

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

solving climate change by setting high environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards in farmland management and investing in regenerative agriculture.” Pat Coady MBA 1966 | Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure "We’re finally... View Details

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

Compton, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Ralph Flanders, president of the Federal Research Bank in Boston and later senator from Vermont; Merrill Griswold, head of Massachusetts View Details

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

PublicationsSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcácer and Paul Ingram Publication:American Journal of Sociology... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Anand Radhakrishnan

Business school is a means to an end. But what end? In our title-obsessed culture, it's easy to lose sight of – particularly if you're fortunate enough to attend an institution as mythical as Harvard Business School. Surrounded by the... View Details

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Tennenbaum Technology Operations Center | About

Tennenbaum Technology Operations Center The Tennenbaum Technology Operations Center, located in Shad Hall , was named in honor of Michael E. Tennenbaum (MBA 1962) in recognition of his support of educational technology. About the Name Michael Tennenbaum is the founder... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

women-owned firms participate in only 9 percent of institutional equity deals, receiving just 2.3 percent of venture-capital dollars. Springboard is working to correct that gender disparity. HBS Dean Kim B. Clark, speaking at the opening... View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

Roger B. Smith

Smith made sweeping changes at the auto giant, which had become complacent in its success and was losing share to foreign imports. Smith instituted a barrage of controversial changes at GM that included forming strategic joint ventures... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

as important as rewarding investors is using the power of business to build a better society. Roundtable members committed to building up local communities, investing more in employees, fostering diversity and inclusion, embracing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

these private resources are concentrated in the global north and China. The south needs trillions of dollars in capital too but lacks the private institutions to provide it. Private sector investment in... View Details

13 Nov 2014
Blog Post

Finance Conference Recap

Over 400 attendees registered for the event, which featured three keynote speakers and six panels through the course of the day. The opening speaker was Mr. Doug Braunstein, current Vice Chairman at J.P. Morgan Chase. With experience in View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets

market is emerging, new products have been introduced, new trading platforms have been launched, institutions participating in the market have been strengthened, and there is greater public awareness of the critical role capital markets... View Details

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Israel - Global Activities 2021

Agribusiness Seminar as well as to students in his Food and Agribusiness MBA elective. “The goal of the case discussion is to help course participants and students understand how economic institutions and corporate strategy interact in a... View Details

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