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- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
and forced a major reexamination of how investment decisions are made at Blackstone, resulting in changes with a significant positive impact on the firm's success. Today, Blackstone is the world's largest View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
from fossil fuels to alternative sources of energy. We will need to finance research in technology innovation and biotechnology, including stem cell research. We will need to generate most of our electricity using nuclear fuel. We will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
have been primary figures in Brazil’s economic development for more than thirty years. In 1971, Lemann founded Banco de Investimentos Garantia and soon recruited Sicupira and Telles to join what would become the most successful investment... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Mustapha would be lucky to harvest 1.4 metric tons of maize—one-fifth the yield farmers in Brazil and China can expect. To match their production, he'd need to invest about $500 per hectare. But Mustapha earned only around $600 a year—and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
FAQ
Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices Why is this a good time to establish a charitable lead trust? Record low rates used in determining... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
and they had two sons. Plans to take the company public were thwarted by regulatory changes, so without the much-needed infusion of capital, James's ingenuity was tested. He was forced to close some offices and began focusing on View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
have invested years in developing their careers and selecting an area on which to focus their research. People need predictability — not in the research ideas they pursue, but in basic human issues such as pay and employment. It may be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
influence HBS and HSPH curricula. Chu and Bloom, for instance, lead an HBS-HSPH elective on social-impact investment that includes the Antares field studies, cotaught with HBS associate professor Shawn Cole and HBS professor Kash Rangan.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
Houston-based investment bank that specializes in the energy industry. The future oil shortage, he says, is a problem we should address right now. Based on your research, how soon will we feel the effects of the diminished Saudi oil... View Details
- 06 Jan 2020
- News
Home Grown
Granite Equity, a nontraditional private investment and holding company in St. Cloud, Minnesota, aims to find and support local, family businesses and grow them right where they are. The firm looks for companies that value employee... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
annual sales total $436 million—a number Birnbaum projects will climb to $1 billion by 2016. So how did the company get its fizz back? First, Birnbaum invested in product innovation, something the previous ownership hadn't touched in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
for us to start this,” Sambvani says. Now, a year after the launch of their product, Sambvani and Duncan are running a seed-stage company with 10 staffers and more than 100 customers, all of whom were found without investing in marketing.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
United States became a big part of the phenomenon. Twitch, which launched in 2011 as the YouTube of gaming, was designed for watching and streaming video game play and connecting with like-minded players. It was also the perfect vehicle... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- News
The Puzzle of Life
really? It's just a school. But they were right. HBS didn't change who I am as a person, but it opened doors and showed me things that I didn't even know existed." Farquharson explains that InCube Ventures follows the model of a typical venture capital fund, with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
Record-keeping? Control?) —S.B. Master (MBA 1980) DITKOFF: Your first stop is probably a lawyer or tax advisor to analyze the financial impact on your specific portfolio. Your next goal is to find high-impact organizations that you care about. Luckily, you can make... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
sequestration, grasslands, and the food and agricultural sector. Audience members also contributed climate-smart investment advice, ranging from the role of bicycles in cities to alternatives to plastic and... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
enhance the value of the MBA Program by creating a true partnership among faculty, students, and administrators. The Student Association seemed a good vehicle for implementing those ideas; in tandem with the School's MBA: Leadership &... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
a beaten track, people often try to steer you toward seemingly easier alternatives "for your own good." But for those who would blaze a new trail, I suggest a three-pronged focus: Embrace self-empowerment. Knowledge is power, and... View Details