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December 2006
Case

Southern Company's Investment in CEMIG

In the spring of 1997, Southern Company had the opportunity to acquire a significant portion of the electric utility in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The shares in the utility, CEMIG, were being sold by the state government as part of a comprehensive... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Privatization; Investment; Acquisition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Utilities Industry; Brazil

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17 Jun 2016
News

Minding God’s Money

a global humanitarian organization. As CFO of TDJ Enterprises, Thomas oversees the finances of Jakes’s separate for-profit business, a $400 million, faith- and family-oriented media and entertainment venture... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Alumni Books

we be good? How can we understand financial managers' ethical failings, which destroyed lives and brought nations and the global economy close to collapse? Das seeks answers to these questions in the Mahabharata, the 2,000-year-old... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

soon- to-be MBA — entrepreneur intends to make a difference with his business education. “In 20 to 30 years, I hope to have created a venture where people have meaningful work making a product that helps solve View Details

Sarah Leary

Sarah Leary is Nextdoor's Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Global Business Operations Officer, and Co-Founder of Nextdoor. Sarah started her career at Microsoft before serving in senior leadership at veteran tech organizations, including... View Details

Keywords: Business Products and Services (B2B)

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Wilcox Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Launching Global Ventures Entrepreneurial Management DJ DiDonna , Ebehi Iyoha Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Launching Tech Ventures Entrepreneurial Management,... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

Since 2009, HBS has given special recognition to seven social-impact organizations by awarding Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships (SEF) to their young alumni founders. Here's a status report on how the fellows and their ventures are... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

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William H. Draper, III | Baker Library

William H. Draper, III MBA 1954, Draper Richards, L.P. Play Video duration: 48:04 William H. Draper III, HBS 1954. Interview conducted in December 2010 William H. Draper III, HBS 1954, started his career in venture capital with Draper... View Details

Profile

Terrance McGuire

Silicon Valley—was the more significant hotbed for entrepreneurs. “At HBS, I got exposure to that buzz,” he said. Early on, he became a member of the venture capital club and in his second year, he became the club’s president.... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Fever Pitch

This year’s New Venture Competition saw heavy alumni participation on both sides of the judging. More than 160 graduates critiqued student startups during April’s on-campus event, weighing everything from team chemistry to financials. The... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Personal Services

01 Sep 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

Listening to entrepreneur pitches is one of the best parts of working in venture capital, says Anna Khan (MBA 2016), a vice president in the San Francisco office of Bessemer Venture Partners. “It’s a sacred... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2009
News

Education Revolution

COMPTON: Making the case on film that America’s education system is falling short globally. “I don’t even talk about education reform any more, I talk about education revolution,” documentary filmmaker and venture capitalist Bob Compton... View Details

Keywords: charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

industrial firm Ellaktor and Standard and Poor's shows. With the venture capital industry being underdeveloped, Greek entrepreneurs were also excluded from financing. (See here my view on increasing innovation capacity in Greece.) But... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

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

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer View Details

September 1993
Case

Rhone-Poulenc (A)

Rhone-Poulenc, France's largest chemical firm, with revenues of more than $7 billion in 1985, seeks to dramatically expand its presence in the United States. From 1986 to 1990, Rhone-Poulenc undertakes 18 separate acquisitions, ranging from small entrepreneurial firms... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Globalized Firms and Management; Acquisition; Chemical Industry; France

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Studies, the Social Progress Index (which he co-founded), and Oxford University Säid School Global Council. He is also a decorated athlete, having won medals in rowing at the Pan-American Games and US Elite Nationals (1991) and placing... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

Career Coach

Christina LaMontagne

Christina (HBS '09, Dartmouth '03) has held senior roles across innovative healthcare companies. She has led small digital health companies to achieve market leadership and >$100M ARR and has helped larger global companies embrace... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

06 Jan 2010
What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

Summing Up Do we even need a stringent climate change agreement? Judging from this month's comments, a question can be raised about the necessity of a climate change agreement, stringent or not, as a catalyst to foster innovation and the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

Eric Boutin

Eric Boutin is a digital health investor, board member, and serial entrepreneur, helping early-stage startups to global pharma companies reimagine healthcare through science and technology. Eric helps founders launch, fund, and scale... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

to American management practices with the increasingly global nature of business. Today, there’s a clear sense that this will be a global century in which economic activity and business innovation will be... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

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