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- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
Photo courtesy Pialy Aditya Photo courtesy Pialy Aditya A couple of years ago, Pialy Aditya (MBA 2005) got an unexpected inquiry from a venture capital firm: Would she be interested in being a partner? Though she wasn’t looking for a new...
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- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
also a de facto dictator, torturing and killing citizens who dared to protest for a more democratic government. Education was another driver for the family’s emigration. In Korea, the cultural drive to achieve the highest possible level...
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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Bringing a new funding model to the life sciences industry
exciting life-science innovation—that is a big opportunity," says Farquharson. A former partner at Halo Funds, he was a founding member of InCube, a traditional venture capital fund, when he started VentureHealth with the hope of View Details
- 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 View Details
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Dan Morrell
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
business is to make money and maximize shareholder value. She shows that we have failed to reimagine capitalism as not only an engine of prosperity, but also a system in harmony with environmental realities, striving for social justice...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
have made an important contribution to both the democratization and the strengthening of the American economy," says HBS professor Jay O. Light, an expert on the financial services industry. And now, according to Light and other...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
In recent years, trends toward economic growth, decreased financial regulation, and broad political change have led to more democratic societies, creating conditions for what some have called an African renaissance. READ MORE Mandela in...
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Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
it has been challenging to balance all of the above with fundraising simultaneously. Thanks to our user traction, however, we have been able to raise sizable capital through inbound inquiries from prominent investors as well as...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
customers, in other words — and its position vis-à-vis competitors. If an enterprise had different lines of business, it might view these in historical terms — “First we got into radio, which led us into television” — or as a capital...
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- 28 Feb 2022
- News
Equal Partner
Courtesy Pialy Aditya A couple of years ago, Pialy Aditya (MBA 2005) got an unexpected inquiry from a venture capital firm: Would she be interested in being a partner? Though she wasn’t looking for a new job, she was intrigued by the...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
savvy and organizational skills to the man Wall Street loved to hate, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as detailed in this excerpt from the chapter “The Long Road Back.” Having tasted politics in 1932 by working for Franklin D. Roosevelt as a member of the View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
fine, but many of them also haven’t studied the region. When I look at some of the articles being published by major news outlets, you can tell they didn’t have an editor who really understood the issues. We’re creating the human capital...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
’91), an expert in project finance, studies how firms structure, value, and finance very large capital investments such as oil fields, mines, and power plants. His research covers both developed and developing countries, including...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
process at every level of the 17,320-employee company. "Most nonhuman resources, such as capital or equipment, can be acquired," he says. "What's more important is how a corporate strategy is executed and how people utilize resources." At...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Making Democracy Work
A democratically elected government is essential to free-market capitalism—a strong democracy provides the foundation necessary for capitalism to benefit all, rather than only a few. Today, democracy is in...
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- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019
problem and solved so many others along with it: democratizing access to designer fashion, increasing sustainability by reducing the tendency to overbuy, and helping her customers to feel their best and live their most confident lives,”...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Social Enterprise Pioneer
examining how, in their teaching and research, they can best prepare students for leadership roles in this key sector of the economy. The Prophet of Start-Ups A new biography of HBS professor Georges Doriot declares him the prophet of modern venture View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
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One Two Punch
wee hours of his election victory over Democrat Mark Green last November, saying, "We are clearly going to have enormous problems, but I know we are up to the task. New York is alive and well and open for business!" (New York Times,...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Research Brief: Capitol Gains
legislation's repercussions or figure out how to systematically capitalize on it." To further explain his model, Cohen cites this year's controversial farm bill, which passed in the Senate by a vote of 68 to 32, with support from 83...
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