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- 08 Jan 2019
- News
Raising Prospects for Female Funders
Maria Eugenia Giron (MBA 1992) is an entrepreneur and investor in the luxury goods industry, based in Madrid. She’s a cofounder of Rising Tide Europe, a women’s angel investing group that is part of an international movement to provide... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
States. What’s that? Yes, R&D investment produces benefits and prosperity, but not the wide array of pluses and spill-overs offered by “venturesome consumption” of new products and services, the author contends. Citing his own research... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
gas investment program, which represent around 40 percent of our committed and invested capital. “To answer the question of what the industry will look like in 2030, I’ll say first that we at Riverstone have... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected
research initiatives, including the new FIELD course required of all first-year students. And it increased investment in capital projects. For example, $16 million went to renovating the former WGBH building at 125 Western Avenue, now... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
Courtesy Rahul Advani, Sara Graziano, Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1996, focused on the energy sector, he thought a future of accessible and affordable clean energy was a ways off. But as he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
innovation leaders’ trajectories from heading up a new team and generating first results to navigating the inevitable crosswinds, complications, and conflicts—and ultimately delivering success. Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Guide to... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Leveraging the power of yes
Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
green pigs. If the ultimate outcome of that frantic gaming also teaches us something (probably not the case with Angry Birds), our brain is likely too engaged in the task of winning to rebel against some higher purpose. Nick Maynard (MBA/MPP ’02) harnesses that power... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Photo via Forbes, courtesy of Rent the Runway Rent the Runway’s latest fundraising round—a $125 million investment led by Bain Capital Ventures and Franklin Templeton Investments—has pushed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Bridging Domains
chairman of global private equity investing at Goldman Sachs, Sanjeev observes, “Every business in the world is interacting with science and engineering today. There’s a tremendous need for managers to become more conversant in how... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
While many countries are facing mounting economic, social, and political challenges, Karen Wilson (MBA 1991) says that “there’s a lot of potential in leveraging private sector approaches to address these challenges in new ways. The interest and willingness to View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. What’s to Be Done about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
An Exceptional Faculty of Scholars and Teachers
A Mission-Critical Priority HBS faculty members create transformational experiences in the classroom and develop innovative ideas to address problems and seize opportunities in business. These activities are at the heart of the School’s... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
requires continuing innovation in all of our educational programs. What we see ahead is a need for leaders with strong general management skills - people who know how to get things done and are able to inspire others. These qualities have... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
pursued a variety of career aspirations. Heffernan trained as a doctor (graduating first in his class), practiced briefly, and decided that medicine was not the right fit. He tried investment banking with Goldman Sachs for a few years,... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
funders.” Spurred by her mentor’s advice, she cofounded her own early-stage investment fund, the WOCstar Fund. The fund focuses on innovative tech startups founded by women of color and inclusive teams. For... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Make or Break
BLOOM: Build it and good things will come. Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) has been an investment banker, a special assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers, and cochairman of President Obama’s task force over-seeing the Chrysler and GM... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
will involve a variety of approaches. M. Colyer Crum During more than thirty years on the HBS faculty, Colyer Crum, the James R. Williston Professor of Investment Management, has established a reputation not only as an expert in finance... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage