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- 2022
- Working Paper
The Lifesaving Benefits of Convenient Infrastructure: Quantifying the Mortality Impact of Abandoning Shallow Tubewells Contaminated by Arsenic in Bangladesh
By: Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster and Reshmaan Hussam
We document the consequences of a public health campaign which led to the sudden abandonment of local water infrastructure by one-fifth of Bangladesh’s population. Households who experienced quasi-randomly distributed arsenic contamination, and thus were likely to... View Details
Keywords: Child Mortality; Arsenic; Unintended Consequences; Health Disorders; Safety; Outcome or Result; Bangladesh
Buchmann, Nina, Erica Field, Rachel Glennerster, and Reshmaan Hussam. "The Lifesaving Benefits of Convenient Infrastructure: Quantifying the Mortality Impact of Abandoning Shallow Tubewells Contaminated by Arsenic in Bangladesh." Working Paper, September 2022.
- November 1993
- Background Note
Expanding Arsenal of Productivity Improvement
Dooley, Arch-Richard. "Expanding Arsenal of Productivity Improvement." Harvard Business School Background Note 694-048, November 1993.
- 11 Jun 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Throwing the Baby Out with the Drinking Water: Unintended Consequences of Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
one. This issue goes very much to something I've become personally convinced of through my work in microfinance and through the time that I've had to reflect about this at the Harvard Business School: Poverty is not able to be tamed with just one single universal... View Details
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Hiring Organizations
Archive Resale Arctos Sports Partners Ardea Technologies Arizona State University Arosa ARPA-E Arsenal Capital Partners Ascend Partners Aspiration Partners, LLC Assembly Astorg AstroForge Athena Club Atomic AI Author Health Avala Global... View Details
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Getting Started - Alumni
have resources to ensure you are putting your best foot forward. Learn more about LinkedIn Perfect Your Pitch One of the most important tools in your career growth arsenal is the 30-second elevator pitch – a succinct personal narrative... View Details
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Investors - Entrepreneurship
Partners MBA 2009 Tony Tjan Cueball Capital MBA 1998 Steve Tomlin Avalon Ventures MBA 1987 Frank Torti New Enterprise Associates MBA 2007 John Trbovich Arsenal Venture Partners MBA 1997 Robert (Robin) Vasan Mayfield Fund MBA 1999 Paul... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
ago, when European explorers arrived on the shores of a new land, they faced indigenous populations that did not welcome the explorers' conquering intentions. Subduing the natives would require an arsenal of weapons and tremendous... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
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Events - Business History
Nov 23 23 Nov 2020 Business History Seminar The World's Biggest Landlord: How the U.S. Military Built its Arsenal of Houses A. J. Murphy, Brandeis Nov 16 16 Nov 2020 Business History Seminar 'Funk Money': The End of Empires, the Expansion... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
including overarching business goals and strategy. If there are serious functional and/or other internal fractures on either side, the process won't work. Broaden the negotiation perspective to encompass all elements of the situation. That way each party can bring to... View Details
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
used just about every weapon in his arsenal to save the economy from collapse. He lowered the federal funds rate to just about zero—the lowest ever—and he developed and employed all sorts of unconventional tools to help stabilize things,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
whole arsenal of ways we might do this, many of them that we find in the practices of artists, but to see what they all are, you'll have to stay tuned for the completion of this research. View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Books
David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius (HBS Press) Besides the dimensions of negotiating-table tactics and deal design, Professor Sebenius and his coauthor offer a third dimension in their negotiation method: setup, an arsenal of moves away... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
firms are the management arsenals of many public companies — strategic due diligence, blueprints for action, tying compensation to performance — but they are not applied with sufficient consistency, rigor, or thoroughness. In short, what... View Details
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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Mayo, Professor of Industrial Research, Harvard Business School, 1933 The thousands of images Ayres and Davenport received revealed that behind the product lay a corporate system driven by power, efficiency, and industrial research. These recurring themes provided a... View Details
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Cathy Zhou
you a set of skills and principles that you can draw on. None of the situations I've encountered at work are exactly what I've come across in a case, but HBS gave me an incredible arsenal of principles and examples that I can draw on to... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
learn how to navigate a business world dominated by new technology. Thanks to even newer technologies that enable us to stream, store, and access everything digital, we now have at our disposal a new arsenal of techniques and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
The social sector is big business. In the United States alone some 1.5 million nonprofits and other social ventures have combined revenues of $700 billion and control assets valued at $2 trillion—a seemingly substantial arsenal to tackle... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
vital weapon in the competitive arsenal of most organizations, may be seriously handicapped by the very action intended to increase a company's competitive position. Amabile has been studying creativity in the workplace for some 25 years.... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
At the gambling meccas that employ them, they are called "casino hosts"—essentially front-line employees with nevertheless big responsibilities. These staffers work to develop one-on-one relationships with high-rollers to make sure they are very happy customers. The... View Details