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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
mission-driven investment firm focused on underserved markets, her work has spanned industries, geographies, and functions, bringing her challenge and fulfillment while opening doors to new opportunities. Seeking out a challenge Born in... View Details
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Marie Kyle
than design," Marie says. "That wasn't what I wanted to do." After a heart-to-heart conversation with her sailing coach, she realized that she, "loved the problem-solving aspect of engineering," and, with her coach's support, looked at View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
helping intentions; in other words, those participants who did not dehumanize outgroup victims were the individuals most likely to report volunteering for hurricane relief efforts. Internet Companies' Growth Strategies: Determinants of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Recognizing Potential
When Mark Stevens (MBA 1989) first heard about HBX, he immediately recognized its potential for providing a transformational learning experience for participants around the world. "I understand the impact you can achieve by creating educational View Details
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
and opportunities that leaders and organizations face in moving from organization-level to system-level (transformative) impact. Co-hosted two convenings on impact investing and transformative impact. 2016... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent or more. But VCs and entrepreneurs are human—and with the US startup failure rate hovering at around 60 percent (according to a 2015 Cambridge Associates study) those home runs are far from the norm. That makes it even more gut-wrenching to have passed on an... View Details
- 18 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
Turnaround & Restructuring Club Conference Recap
This panel discussion, which was moderated by Howard Brownstein (President and CEO, Brownstein Corp.), provided several first-hand accounts of turnaround stories. One panelist noted, “CEOs report to CRO! (Chief Restructuring Officer)” The Distressed View Details
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Sophia Virani
for the homeless. Then she learned about the joint MD/MBA program at Harvard. "It brought my health care and business interests together," Sophia says. "As an investment banker, I had looked at ways to turn businesses... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
Director Jana Pompadur Kierstead. “It was exciting to welcome alumni to campus for an effort that gives students a better foundation in the various opportunities that are available.” Class of 2007 Median base salary $115,000 Median total... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
Clubs News Clubs News Club Webinars Explore Untapped Potential of FemTech The HBS Women’s Association of Greater New York (HBSWANY), and the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSANC) each hosted a virtual panel discussion last month exploring the overlooked View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
American strengths. As the country approaches the 2008 presidential election, America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again (Crown) offers a nonpartisan agenda for change that Kanter urges U.S. leaders to... View Details
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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog
on closely related investing strategies such as distress and private debt. Students will examine a wide variety of investment settings: from lower middle market companies to mega-cap, from the United States... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Joe…
technologies, performing due diligence on prospective investments, conducting deep dives into new spaces and developing investment theses, helping our existing portfolio companies as a board observer, and supporting the firm’s fundraising... View Details
Keywords: Technology
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Brighton Mudzingwa
reduced foreign investment. The unemployment rate rose to 70 percent; we had record levels of inflation, major shortages of petrol, long lines and empty shelves. Zimbabwe had become a basket case." Brighton left Zimbabwe for greater View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Lunch with Jack: Student Dines with GE's Welch
met for a catered lunch in a room next to Welch's office on the 53rd floor of the GE Building at Rockefeller Plaza. "We talked nonstop," says Sanders, who spent his summer in Boston at the investment management firm of Gannett Welsh &... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
Publications March 2015 Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic Foreign Direct Investment: Effects, Complementarities, and Promotion By: Alfaro, Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
half-course format will play a more prominent role in the elective curriculum in the future because it gives students an opportunity to sample more instructors and ideas,” says Tom Eisenmann, the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: curriculum
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
First, almost all countries impose domestic taxes on “mobile” corporate income—for example, investment interest or royalties that can easily be shifted from one country to another. Second, many countries still collect taxes on foreign... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity
come to campus to give a company presentation or hold company conversations to inform students about their organization.” Physically being on campus keeps firms top-of-mind with students and exposes them to opportunities that they may not... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity