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- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
easier to achieve in a for-profit organization than in a comparable nonprofit," he writes in a recent working paper, "Philanthropic Social Capital Markets and Performance-Driven Philanthropy," and the most... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
invested in companies such as AeroFarms, an indoor growing system that uses aerosolized nutrients to grow food without soil; the Conservation Capital Fund, which finances free-range cattle operations; and eNow, which produces solar panels... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
and capital may benefit greatly from a VC’s experience, contacts, and financial resources. A downside is that VCs often will be inclined toward courses of action that a King founder might not like. Also, it’s important to remember that in... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
In 2001, Monisha Kapila (MBA 2005) went to India to help its people emerge from the devastating Gujarat earthquake. As she worked with artisans to reach new crafts markets, she knew she had found a perfect way to use her business skills for View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
MBA 1988) is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. For two decades, he ran equity capital markets for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. His casework focuses on international investment, sovereign... View Details
- 21 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management
development, operations, and project management. Conor Sullivan, Investment Director for the Social Outcomes Fund, and Claudia Cheung, Program Director for the Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, shared their experience as HBS recruiting... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- Career Coach
Marc Herson
Plattner Ventures (Partner); Softbank Capital (Executive-in-Residence); SONY BMG Music (Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development); Bertelsmann AG (Investment Director); Thurloe Finance (Founder of VC firm); Lawyer View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Start Me Up
In April, HBS students and alumni looking for capital ran their good ideas through the gauntlet. As part of the New Venture Competition, the School's annual entrepreneurship challenge, 25 finalists— 8 student teams and 17 alumni... View Details
Responsibility of Business
and environmental and social sustainability in a global context. I was able to meet scholars involved in a broad spectrum of research domains; from emerging markets to corporate sustainability, which made it possible to synthesize my... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details
- January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B1): Niall Carroll
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Perspective; Financing and Loans; Accommodations Industry; Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B1): Niall Carroll." Harvard Business School Case 298-003, January 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Alumni Team Up to Fight Cancer
Bill Bowes (MBA ’52) and Kathy Giusti (MBA ’85) first met in 2009, when they were both honored with HBS’s Alumni Achievement Award. This cross-generational meeting would demonstrate not only the power of serendipity but also the power of HBS to convene remarkable... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
disentangle two distinct consequences of the geographic co-location of competitors in the same industry. Geographic co-location increases the ease with which "communities of practice" can form, and these tightly interwoven View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?
ENRIQUEZ: People take too much for granted. PHOTO BY JEFF THIEBAUTH As CEO of Biotechonomy, a life-sciences research and venture capital firm, Juan Enriquez (MBA ’86) has examined the impact of life sciences on the global economy. In his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
When HBS launched the US Competitiveness Project in 2011, the American economy was struggling to recover from the Great Recession, Washington was in gridlock, and the nation was caught in the hype of a presidential election. Against this backdrop, Dean Nitin Nohria and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
has enough leverage to practice it. Boards of directors play an important role in championing the cause of stakeholders of all kinds. DF in AZ put it this way: “If a company promises a fundamental shift towards shareholder capitalism but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
discipline. I was (and still am) at the nascent stages of my leadership development and in order to capitalize on my full potential, I knew I had to receive formal training that challenged my perceptions of what the combination of... View Details
- January 1998 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Examines the issues raised in the financing of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, an Irish hotelier. The perspective of Paddy Fitzpatrick, founder and CEO at Fitzpatrick Group, and Niall Carroll, founder of ACT Venture Capital, are contrasted. View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Perspective; Accommodations Industry; Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-002, January 1998. (Revised December 2001.)
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
"By emphasizing some aspects of the job over others, you can draw a different pool of candidates and potentially create different levels of performance," Ashraf says. "And as a leader you can help every individual to accumulate more stock of altruistic View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B-2): Paddy Fitzpatrick
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Perspective; Financing and Loans; Accommodations Industry; Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B-2): Paddy Fitzpatrick." Harvard Business School Case 298-004, January 1998. (Revised May 1999.)