investment activism - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

YaleGlobal piece mentions Growing Sustainable Business and the Investment Climate Facility for Africa as positive collaborations between business, government, and nongovernmental organizations. Are there other examples that provide hope... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

13 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

11 Sep 2017
Blog Post

7 Lessons from My Time at HBS

during the first weeks at business school, the academic, social, and professional activities are so plentiful that it becomes unfeasible to participate in each and every one. It would be great to do them all, but that is not possible. The... View Details

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Circularity in Denmark

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Accelerating Climate Solutions - Short Intensive Program 2023

construction. Pott’s dinner lecture brought the climate fight into the context of history and humanity and sparked deeper conversations with alumni, faculty, and students at each table. Later in the week, visits to Greentown Labs, Autodesk, and Gingko Bioworks offered... View Details

16 Jul 2013
News

Embracing Chaos

This is a huge opportunity, but the window is going to close. They have to move quickly." Venkatesan knows his message may strike some as zealous, but he's fine with that. "I'm doing it because I love my country," he says. "We need more companies to come View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

could do much to advance the study and practice of creativity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52919 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Quasi-Field Experiment By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

major cities and hold regular meetings to screen investment prospects, India has few such active networks. It’s not surprising then that 85 percent of the capital raised by Agarwala and Varma — they are not... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

13 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Case 307-078 Seeking to impact global poverty and philanthropy, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar donates $100 million to Tufts University for a trust restricted to investment in microfinance.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

suggested that the benefit of separating the new venture had to do with securing resources for it. However, our research found that parent organizations invested roughly the same amount in integrated ventures as they did in independent... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the world to speak and perform about these issues.” Tucker: “I’m a principal at Troy, a venture capital firm investing in what we believe are the most... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 1999
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

and the school year, advising clients as well as evaluating mid-cap companies for Monitor Clipper Partners, the company's LBO investment arm. "I learned how to juggle and prioritize lots of activities from... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Mar 2014
News

Social Enterprise Initiative Marks 20th Anniversary

Initiative (SEI), they did just that. "Even the funding broke new ground," notes former SEI director Laura Moon. "John Whitehead provided staged investments based on meeting certain milestones. We now call that venture philanthropy." The... View Details

Keywords: SEI

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

30 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Searching for Professional Passion Through My VC Summer Internship

resume, practice for potential interviews, identify open internships, and search the alumni network to connect with key leaders at these companies. I ultimately landed an investment internship with In-Q-Tel (IQT), a venture capital entity... View Details

08 Apr 2021
Blog Post

HBS Entrepreneurship Immersion - Four Highlights

of the HBS New Venture Competition Toolbox - YC S20 - where I currently serve as an advisor. I also met Zoba at the Harvard i-Lab and introduced them to their lead seed investor - CRV. 2. Huge Range of Entrepreneurship Clubs at HBS HBS offers a huge range of clubs and... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

the investment and financing decisions that are made during the development of entrepreneurial ventures? How about success factors for women managers, or the psychological factors that influence risk-taking? Interested in updating... View Details

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

interested in managing, consulting, financing, or investing in a company that operates in multiple businesses, geographies, or activities . [1] See D. Collis, “Wy do so Many Strategies Fail??” Harvard... View Details

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Policy - Business & Environment

fossil fuel industry in the early 1990s. Today Perhaps as a result of U.S. industry disinformation campaigns, more Americans doubt the connection between human activity and climate change than do people in many other countries. Even... View Details

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