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February 2020 (Revised January 2022)
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Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (A)

By: Shawn Cole, Michael Norris and T. Robert Zochowski

In 2017, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, was preparing to meet with his board of directors to discuss beginning a mission related investments (MRI) program. Walker hoped to devote $1 billion of... View Details

Keywords: Mission-Related Investing; Philanthropy; Foundation; Endowments; Socially Responsible Investing; Investment; Institutional Investing; Investment Activism; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States; New York (city, NY)

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26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

moment we feel pressure from a large [pharmaceutical company] to make one particular clinical trial sound more appealing, we're out of business. If that [news] gets out, either through The New York Times or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

Almost fifty years ago, nineteen-year-old Andy Grove stepped off a boat in New York City, a poor immigrant from Hungary who barely escaped Nazi occupation. A decade later he... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

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Brandon Lovell

youth in corporate internships. In 2009, Brandon earned a position at a New York investment bank; after six months of training, he obtained his formal internship where he "learned about investment... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Financial Services

January 2017 (Revised December 2017)
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Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?

By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth J. Cooper

Carmichael Roberts, a rare African-American venture capitalist, considered leaving his general partnership in a private equity firm near Boston and setting up his own in 2015. He weighed whether the timing was right, with the economy still not fully recovered from the... View Details

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23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

to online investment guidance and cryptocurrency. Upon earning her BA, Johnson moved to New York and worked as a research associate at Booz Allen Hamilton. The experience influenced the rest of her life. She... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

new urban data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2004
News

Marquis Jet Takes Off

Allard: a three-year ascent to $240 million in revenues. Photo Courtesy Marquis Jet Marquis Jet may be flying high today, but just three years ago it was far from clear that the New York–based company’s innovative approach to private-jet... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Air Transportation; Transportation

03 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Physicians Off the Beaten Path

Faraz and Youssef lead by example. Faraz is a physician, writer and current MBA student at Harvard Business School. He has an MD from Cornell University and his writings have been published in The New York... View Details

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

The Art of “Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “A pot of printer’s ink is better than the greatest gold mine.” New York Times , October 14, 1894 5 Product advertisements in the early half... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

to the challenge. Think of it as a new strategic initiative facing huge execution challenges. These require senior management to get the best information they can about barriers to execution, and it requires trust and commitment. That... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Applying to Business School as a Couple

For Kate Kingen and Patrick Garrison applying to business school was a mutual decision – and coming to HBS was a journey they decided to embark on together. Kate and Patrick first met in New York City when... View Details

01 Sep 2021
What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms (Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2015). Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Seeking a Path to Trust,” The New York Times, November 12, 2019. Sandra J. Sucher and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jun 2007
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HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

and the Caribbean were using Walker beauty products. The New York Times marked the day of her death with an obituary titled "Wealthiest Negress Dead." Koehn says "Madam C.J. Walker" was... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

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50 Years of Women in MBA

04 SEP 2012 Harvard Business School Class of 2014: First Impressions 14 JAN 2013 NEW YORK TIMES A Generation Gap? Not on This Web site Re: Halsey Schroeder (MBA ’11) 11 DEC 2012 HBS BULLETIN The Accidental... View Details

06 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling

watched the Mahabharata on rented videotapes. I watched Bollywood movies religiously. I wrote in my HBS essay: “According to The New York Times, Bollywood is viewed as an industry that can successfully... View Details

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

the Finger Lakes region of New York State, was at a crossroads. The business was poised for growth, and its owners, Laura and Alan Falk, were considering signing a deal with Groupon, the online coupon firm,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

these differences academic? Do cross-company comparisons confuse the matter even further? Just how should pay be linked to performance? What do you think? To Read More: The Mark Watson quote is from "The Chatter," The New View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Judges - Alumni

New Venture Competition Judges 13ms 2025 Alumni Track Global Judges Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Tina Henry Bou-Saba Founder & Managing Partner, CXT Investments Bio: Tina Henry Bou-Saba is an investor,... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

New Jersey, Porter earned all-state honors in football and baseball. He also taught himself golf well enough to eventually win a place on the 1968 NCAA All-American golf team while an undergraduate at Princeton, where he also earned... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

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