Investment Fund - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

funding to invest in innovation. That's an important part of what this campaign will help to achieve." A crucial element of support for the innovative work of the School and its faculty is the HBS View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

29 Sep 2022
News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

In March 2020, Sijh Diagne (MBA 2017) left his job as an investment banker in New York to move back to his native Senegal as an advisor to the minister of economy, planning, and cooperation. The position would entail developing the... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

Gerald Marwell and Ruth Ames. In their 1979 study, groups of high school students were given funds to invest. Participants could opt to invest individually, at a relatively low rate of return, or to add some... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

25 Mar 2021
News

Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

million to the School in his name. With characteristic humility and honoring a process set by his predecessor, Dean Jay Light, Nohria stressed the importance of allocating these funds to advance the future priorities of his successor,... View Details

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

well. After HBS, she moved to New York City to work for the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (the EAEF), a $300 million investment initiative focused on strengthening Egypt's private sector. On a trip to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

Conference, held February 7 at Harvard Business School. Panelists represented private equity groups that handle funds from $1.5 billion to 5.1 billion euros. Like its amazing variety of wines, languages, and driving habits, the European... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 May 2013
News

Lynn Thoman, MBA 1979

culture. The Medical School has been able to use the funds to invest in R&D across HMS and the affiliated hospitals, thereby bringing all the institutions closer together and leveraging the strength of the... View Details

17 Apr 2014
News

Support for the Global Century

Robert F. Greenhill (MBA 1962), the founder and chairman of an investment banking firm with 13 offices across five continents, is acutely aware of the global nature of business in the 21st century. “As is the case in most companies today,... View Details

02 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

until this point, momentum was a strategy employed nearly exclusively by hedge funds, and thus not an available investment strategy to most individual investors. This case highlights the difficulties in implementing this "mutual... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
News

Banking on HBS

Bank after a distinguished career as a Wall Street investment banker. "I wanted a program that would stimulate their thinking and make them aware of different approaches to problem solving and implementation of alternative courses of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2014
News

Making a Statement

Getting Behind Health Care Andrew M. Paul (MBA 1983) sees a powerful connection between the business side of health care and the benefits of better service delivery to patients. “By investing in companies committed to innovation, you can... View Details

13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

fund the launch of nearly all start-ups. The founders' current income, cash reserves, credit card capacity, and "mortgagable" assets account for most of the early stage capital in the United States.2 Other forms of non-cash... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library

Stock Exchange. 1899 Lehman Brothers takes on investment banking activities, issuing its first public offering for the International Steam Pump Company. 1901 to 1925 Philip Lehman serves as head of Lehman Brothers. 1913 The Federal... View Details

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

established its initial offices in London, Paris, and Chicago, concentrating on placements for entrepreneurial ventures for almost a decade before setting up its first fund in Great Britain in 1981 to invest... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

12 Jul 2018
News

In the Market for Environmental Change

on the farm for about 10 years, and we were asking a lot of questions about what was going on in the environment. The Environmental Defense Fund has worked successfully for decades now with the corporate sector. They have had a number of... View Details

19 Nov 2014
News

The Power of Yes

money to good use: Dichter would simply open his wallet. At the time, Dichter was director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

05 Jan 2022
News

Untapped Potential

technologies and providing services that are designed to improve water management worldwide. Already, the fund has invested more than $9 million in 12 companies that address such pressing problems as flood... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Fellowships Have Impact

fellowships discuss the impact of that support as they strive to make a difference in the world. (8 min. video) Investing in Fellowships Gifts in any amount to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation help... View Details

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Preqin | Baker Library

and real estate data. Preqin data covers the entire investment process with data pertaining to investors, fund managers, funds and performance, transactions, portfolio... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Case Study: On the Record

the risk associated with investing the potentially significant time and money necessary for the R&D, equipment, and talent that could eliminate these bottlenecks, or focus on growing the business with its current industry-leading... View Details

Keywords: April White

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