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  • February 2010 (Revised June 2011)
  • Case

SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool

By: Mukti Khaire and Kathleen L. McGinn
The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; For-Profit Firms; Gender; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Arts; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; India
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    Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited

    Americans are awash in debt. Credit undergirds daily life more than ever before—it is one of the defining aspects of life in the United States today. The damage from a depressed housing market is exacerbated by the subprime lender implosion, sending shock waves... View Details

    • 2014
    • Chapter

    Payout Policy

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin Schmalz
    We survey the literature on payout policy, with a particular emphasis on developments in the last two decades. Of the traditional motives of why firms pay out (agency, signaling, and taxes), the cross-sectional empirical evidence is most persuasive in favor of agency... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Investment; Financial Services Industry
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    • 23 Apr 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

    As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
    • 16 Dec 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: December 16, 2008

      Working PapersSilent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations Authors:James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people working in organizational... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 Jul 2020
    • Blog Post

    A Letter from the Women in Investing Club

    To our Women in Investing Community and Supporters, When we initially outlined our commitments for 2019-2020 as Women in Investing (WII) Co-Presidents, we centered the upcoming year around three key ideas: growing the club’s presence on... View Details
    • 20 Jul 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: July 20

    contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 30 Apr 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

    Unique Identification System," with Anjali Raina (HBS AMP 174, 2008), executive director of the HBS India Research Center in Mumbai. "Any company that wants to operate in emerging markets that are large and populous, like China,... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • Program

    Advanced Management Program

    financing, and outperforming the competition Deploy a broadly informed global perspective as you evaluate markets, analyze competitive forces, and establish corporate strategy Navigate the global financial system while capturing... View Details

      Jeffrey F. Rayport

      Jeffrey F Rayport is a faculty member in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the School’s MBA and Executive Education Programs and on HBS Online. His primary focus in teaching and research is growth-stage technology... View Details

      • June 2019
      • Case

      Athena Bancorp

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Sarah Abbott
      Athena Bancorp was founded in 2016 by Beth Daniels, a banking professional with 15 years of experience in the industry. Daniels took advantage of what she perceived as a gap in the market caused by recent industry consolidation, a decreasing industry focus on branch... View Details
      Keywords: Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Strategy; Service Delivery; Banking Industry
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      • Web

      Events - MBA

      Students Join staff from Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, as well as the Center for Public Leadership (CPL), to learn more about financial aid opportunities specifically available to... View Details
      • Web

      Entrepreneurship & Innovation - MBA

      support our alumni with robust programming for collaboration and lifelong learning. # 1 Female Founders Founder Count Company Count Capital Raised * *Pitchbook 2023 Rankings Resources Departments Rock Center Harvard i-lab Career and... View Details
      • 2014
      • Case

      Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Culture

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Weiku Wu and Jia Guo
      Meizhou Dongpo is a large catering group in China. On June 6, 1996, the first Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant was opened in Beijing. The enterprise entered the stage of rapid development in 2000, and set up Beijing Meizhou Restaurant Management Co., Ltd. In June 2003 the... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; National Culture; China; Restaurants; China
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      • 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant: Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Culture (TN)

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Weiku Wu and Jia Guo
      Meizhou Dongpo is a large catering group in China. On June 6, 1996, the first Meizhou Dongpo Restaurant was opened in Beijing. The enterprise entered the stage of rapid development in 2000, and set up Beijing Meizhou Restaurant Management Co., Ltd. In June 2003 the... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; National Culture; China; Restaurants; China
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      • 22 Mar 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: March 22

        PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 2004
      • Book

      Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

      By: Amar Bhidé
      Academics and practitioners readily admit the importance of entrepreneurs for the wealth of nations. However, the relationship between the economic and social environment, entrepreneurship and value creation is not yet well understood. Moreover, at the micro-level, the... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Corporate Finance
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      • 21 Aug 2015
      • Blog Post

      My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

      School (HKS) individually offer generous aid to students in financial need, but Harvard has also created unique fellowship programs to offset the extra costs of their joint HBS/HKS program. Many of the unique fellowship programs for... View Details
      • 28 Sep 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

      In many emerging economies, the need to give people in poverty better access to financial services seems obvious. The mobile phone is a perfect vehicle, given their widespread adoption, even among the View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services
      • 22 Apr 2020
      • Research Event

      How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

      Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
      Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services