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Matt Spielman

IAG (VP of Account Management), Return Path (Chief Marketing Officer), Moxie/Publicis (SVP Strategy Director), We Are the Mighty (Chief Revenue Officer), Inflection Point Partners (Founder/Managing Partner), Morgan Stanley (Associate), Genesis Angel View Details

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Value Line | Baker Library

Value Line Comprehensive stock reports and covers most actively traded U.S. exchange-listed stocks, small and mid-cap stocks, mutual funds, options and convertibles. Read More Also provides the ability to screen for lists of stocks and mutual View Details

04 Nov 2014
News

Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

programs, to full scholarships for all doctoral programs—to more than 500 students, including 45 HBS students. This year, the Fundación is providing funding to 60 graduate students across the University. “We are View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2007
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Private Equity under Investigation

Fifty-three years ago, Judge Harold Medina dismissed charges brought by the Justice Department against seventeen leading investment banks. A case built up over a decade of investigations and almost three years of trial collapsed when the... View Details

Keywords: Josh Lerner; syndication; antitrust enforcement; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

19 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

California Public Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS)—the largest public pension fund in the U.S.—had adopted a new principles-based approach to investing in emerging market equities in November 2007.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

multi-billion-dollar investments through a customized fund structure that had fewer allocation mandates than traditional fund structures and guarantees to reinvest 50% of any... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived

significant investment in the area. At Kaiser Permanente, for instance, 25 percent of annual capital spending is invested in IT, and in the private sector, 102 telemedicine companies have received venture... View Details

Keywords: Halle Tecco (MBA 2011), founder emeritus, Rock Health; angel investor; adjunct professor, Columbia Business School

01 Dec 2018
News

Preparing Global Leaders

and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East Africa. He and his wife,... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel

daily grind: “Forget the city, forget work, and remember who and what is most important.” Born at the Harvard i-lab, Getaway recently used an online real estate investment marketplace to raise $110,000 in just 45 minutes. The money will... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Rhea Acharya | MBA

to daily calls with founders and formal investment committee meetings painted a holistic picture of the entrepreneurial ecosystem — and the synergy between technology and business necessary to solve tangible problems. In fact, the View Details

Brittany Davis

Brittany is a General Partner at Backstage, identifying and investing in pre-seed and seed stage companies for the fund and Accelerator. She has led investments in the fund, as... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital;#30;#Fashion, Beauty, Apparel, & Retail;#31;#Finance;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#19;#Digital Health;#20;#Ecommerce

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

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

investing in smaller businesses. Educational Objectives The course focuses on how to manage smaller businesses with an emphasis on the financial aspects of buying and growing these businesses. The cases are designed to give students... View Details

Career Coach

Nicolle Richards

confused, burned-out, or otherwise unsure how to approach the summer. Work Experience: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (philanthropy), Lendable (Nairobi-based impact investing start-up), Dearfield Fund for... View Details

11 May 2020
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Better Than Cash

partnership is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, BMZ, Flourish, Mastercard, Norad/Vipps, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the US Agency for International Development, and Visa, and hosted by the... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Fever Pitch

their favorite investment, while some 1,600 students and alumni voted on awards for impact and innovation among finalists from 14 global regions. Best Investment Selected by HBS Alumni Angels StreetShares (Mid-Atlantic US Region) Mickey... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Personal Services

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

“Reimaging Capitalism” into practice by helping funds build investing strategies and philosophy around how they evaluate potential investments via a series of ESG ratings. I’m... View Details

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The Impact of Employer Matching on Savings Plan Participation under Automatic Enrollment

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

Existing research has documented the large impact that automatic enrollment has on savings plan participation. All the companies examined in these studies, however, have combined automatic enrollment with an employer match. This raises a question about how effective... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics; Compensation and Benefits

16 Mar 2018
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Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams

she worked in real estate investment banking at Goldman Sachs and then pivoted to the Walt Disney Company and AwesomenessTV, a digital studio that produces original programming for the emerging Generation Z. Ng knew she wanted to pursue... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

From some social enterprise’s own triple-bottom lin... HBS Celebrates 20th Anniversary of New Venture Competition 23 Feb 2017 In April, Harvard students and alumni will compete for $300,000 in cash prizes to fund their star... The Pitch:... View Details

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