Pension Fund Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

is oil and gas, and I grew up next to an oil refinery. Witnessing the environmental damage and the contrast between our beautiful nature and our main industry firsthand got me interested in how we can build a balance with nature. After college, I worked at a View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Leading at State

Department of State. These students represented the first cohort of the Secretary’s Leadership Seminar, a six-month, custom Executive Education offering for mid-career foreign and civil service employees. The idea for the program—and the View Details

Keywords: leadership; international relations; politics; Executive Education

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

change the way a charitable organization solicits donations. “Donors don’t just want to buy medical equipment and supplies. They want to buy outcomes” Rather than asking for funds toward a new building or a supply of medicine, Partners in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

Few people enjoy asking for money. Whether you’re selling cookies or seeking a gift to fund medical research, it's rarely easy. “Many people see it as akin to begging,” writes Harvard Business School Professor F. Warren McFarlan in his... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Oct 2002
News

Michael F. Cronin

family,” says Cronin, who later comanaged the Pub & Galley while at HBS. It was two HSA advisors, Brad Howe (MBA '69) and HBS professor Pat Liles, who helped convince him he should apply to the School. After earning his MBA, Cronin worked for two years at the... View Details

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

framework can serve as the cornerstone of both effective management and sound governance. Key Learnings · A sophisticated governance system is necessary in a complex capitalistic economy to ensure that capital funds the best ideas. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

these redlined areas form the shape of a so-called Black butterfly, and they suffer the highest rates of poverty, crime, and chronic disease in the city. Studies show that investment is far lower in predominantly Black neighborhoods than... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

Developing skill as an effective acquirer is an important muscle for scaling companies and now is a great time to test out that skill. 6. Consider financing There is a ton of money out there looking for great companies to invest in. View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

of his employees. It’s also delivered by way of a program that creates access to earned wages before payday to alleviate the need for payday loans, a commitment to annual wage increases, and an emergency assistance fund to get people... View Details

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

terms. (b) Sixty percent of typical organizations do not link their strategic priorities to their budget, virtually ensuring that key strategic initiatives do not get funded and resources may not be supplied to deliver on the strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

starting their own business or joining a startup team; and students considering working in a venture fund or incubator, or investing in their own right. The Life and Role of the CEO Faculty: Trevor Fetter,... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

Springs Industries, Inc., Telsat Canada, Bell Canada, and Teradyne Inc. He was a founding board member of the Canada Development Investment Corporation and a member of the Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services... View Details

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

going to be incredibly valuable. Carter Roberts, HBS MBA 1988, President/CEO of World Wildlife Fund-US Climate Rising episode: How World Wildlife Fund Partners with Companies on Climate Change “You can make a difference as long as you... View Details

14 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

imposing costs on marginal ones. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52388 Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey data from a sample of senior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

as a platform to not only improve the health and wellness of one of the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations but also to create a whole new industry around the business of sports,” says Tatum. Creating an industry from scratch, though, required both capital... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

profit into long-term investments that aligned with the company’s decarbonization goals. Maersk has a unique scale that makes its decarbonization targets particularly important, with the company singlehandedly responsible for... View Details

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

According to Peacock, it was less important who provided the services, whether the government or "competing" nonprofits, as long as they were being provided at a high quality. In exchange, the government needed to reallocate View Details