Impact Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
News

What a Difference a Community Can Make

financial goal but, in true HBS fashion, to exceed it. It has been a joy and a privilege to take part in such a broad, collective effort to ensure that HBS has the resources to remain the standard-bearer in management education for years to come. READ MORE HBS Campaign... View Details

Keywords: John B. Hess (MBA 1977), Chair, The HBS Campaign

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

Profile

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

looking forward to in your career? The impact I can make. The ability to move things forward, to make change. For me, impact is not just about profits, but also the social environment, the overall effect. I... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Investment Banking

01 Mar 2017
News

HBS Celebrates Launch of New Legacy Society

Beth (MBA 1984) and Mike (MBA 1982) Fascitelli, paid tribute to the life of Mr. Whitehead and illustrated the lasting impact of legacy gifts on HBS. As Dean Nitin Nohria said in his remarks, “Very few institutions in the world outlive us.... View Details

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

01 Oct 2018
News

For the Greater Good

John A. Paulson (MBA 1980) is president of the investment firm Paulson & Co. and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he offers his views on the nature and role of philanthropy as a means to have a positive... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Career Coach

Beatriz Delorme

Bea has spent 4 years working at BCG prior to HBS and has is now focusing her career on the Climate space. She love to discuss career paths within the Climate & Sustainability area, and can help students think through which route makes more sense for the summer or... View Details

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24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

among graduates aiming for both success in business and beneficial impact on the world around them. They have come to believe that one can either succeed in business or enhance society—by expanding economic opportunity or by improving... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

01 Dec 2019
News

What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter An estimated $30 trillion in assets worldwide—including half of all professionally managed assets in Europe—are already evaluated through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) or impact... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Apr 2016
News

In the Spotlight: John Paulson (MBA 1980)

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

we may identify exceptional talent in a particular industry," he continues, "set them up with equity in a new operation that's backed by our capital, and then let them go forth, make purchases, and grow." A pioneer in this long-term strategy (which began with an View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

28 Oct 2021
News

Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

(HBSWANY), presented the discussion in partnership with the nonprofit Girls With Impact to explore how Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company, is using philanthropic and View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Career Coach

Guy Kamguia

(Engineering), Credit Suisse (Corporate Strategy), AFGRI Group Holdings (Investment & Strategy), Zebu Investment Partners (Private Equity, Value Creation), TOMRA (Corporate Strategy). View Details

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16 Jul 2020
News

Accounting for Real Change

independent auditors. The COVID pandemic has revealed a similar problem, Cohen writes. “This time, it is the measurement of companies’ social and environmental impacts that must be made transparent.” One-third of the world’s... View Details

Career Coach

Ryan Kim

investment banking analyst. He studied Environmental Science & Public Policy in college. Ryan lives in Newton, MA with his wife and two young children. Work Experience: Search Fund/Independent Sponsor (Castle Island Partners), Private... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking; Investment Banking

01 Jun 2003
News

Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

the future.” The Batten gift will enable the School to secure and enhance the southern entrance to the HBS campus in preparation for Harvard’s major investment in its Allston neighborhood. In honor of Batten, the School will name the main... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

23 May 2018
News

John A. Paulson, MBA 1980

boutique investment firm; Bear Stearns; and then Gruss Partners, where he concentrated on risk arbitrage and bankruptcy investing. In 1994, Paulson was ready to return to his entrepreneurial roots and set up his own fund. “Ultimately,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

29 Oct 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability