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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

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

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

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

finance course with David Mullins in his first year, one that would eventually set his career course toward Macquarie Bank, Australia’s largest investment group. When he became an impact investor after 14... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

overcoming long odds. Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Can inclusivity, sustainability, and better governance boost economies? Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim discuss the impact investing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

on MBAs. Here’s a closer look at three of this year’s offerings. Investing for Impact Professor Shawn Cole, Finance, and Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi, General Management A rapidly growing share of asset... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

29 Oct 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability

Keywords: by George Serafeim

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

Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing

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

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

Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing; Impact Investing

09 Mar 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement

Keywords: by George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon; Financial Services

13 Nov 2020
News

Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

Professor of Business Administration. His interest in expanding the reach of this work drove the launch of the COVID-19 Business Impact Center, an online hub for the School’s intellectual capital related to the pandemic. Research is... View Details

03 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

the value of corporate sustainability activities ” Although researchers have studied returns around socially responsible investing and around corporate ESG performance, there has been little attention paid to how public sentiment momentum... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

specializes in serving the financial needs of its venture-capital and start-up clients. “They weren’t sure what to do with their lives.” Four years later, venture capital is, at least, out of the rough. “We see a set of improving fundamentals for View Details

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

13 Nov 2020
News

Insatiably Curious

experience was exactly what she needed. “I was drinking from the fire hose,” she says. “At MIT, I learned how to problem solve. At HBS, I got a framework that allowed me to see the bigger picture.” The School also facilitated her career transition—from technology to... View Details

January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
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PortageBay and ESG Analytics

By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Radhika Kak

In 2023, sustainable investors faced several challenges. The first was the lack of access to standardized and vetted environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, and equally, the interpretation of this data into investment-useful insights. Reducing reliance on... View Details

Keywords: ESG Ratings; Investment Funds; Governance; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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Educators

Purchase

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 2019
News

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

Receives YPO’s Sustainability Award on Economic Justice/Community Impact 2014 Receives National Entrepreneurship Award from President of Mexico Cofounder and Managing Partner, IGNIA As a husband, father, friend, and business partner,... View Details