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29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

outbreak was to coordinate donations in cash and volunteer hours to organizations involved in the Ebola relief effort. I realized my long-term response needed to help prevent communities in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa from falling deeper into poverty every time... View Details

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

Even now, mere mention of Quaker Oats' acquisition of Snapple causes veteran dealmakers to shudder. For good reason. In 1993, Quaker paid $1.7 billion for the Snapple brand, outbidding Coca-Cola, among other interested parties. In 1997,... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

21 Nov 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

membership is considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives have led firms to increase return on equity proportionally by 41% on average, via higher margins, efficiency, or shareholder payouts, depending on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

not occur in non-election years, or in private bank lending. I show capture is costly: elections affect loan repayment, and election year credit booms do not measurably affect agricultural output. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

to the Ensemble as a whole and to every one of its performers and staff members. And he wondered how reducing his involvement would affect the organization’s sustainability. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818110-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

Working PapersFemale Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines Authors:Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Abstract Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

Publishing 27% Endowment Distribution & Current 18% Executive Education Tuition 14% MBA Tuition & Fees 8% HBS Online 2% Housing, Rents, & Other MBA Tuition and Fees Student tuition and fee revenue from the MBA program increased 21 percent... View Details

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

(ICUs) studied by the University of Minnesota. For example, while one of the two largest hospitals in Spokane County, Washington, was 92 percent occupied, the other was only 30 percent full. Hospital administrators could help alleviate... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

03 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

2009). He has taught a variety of MBA courses, including the second-year electives Business at the Base of the Pyramid and Customers, Commerce and Society: Business Value and the Private Creation of Social Value. Rangan agreed to take... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

graduate students from around the Harvard community, including the Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, and other Harvard and MIT graduate schools. The course provides a sufficient foundation in industry competition and... View Details

25 May 2016
News

Backing Harvard’s Work for Children

facing adversity. A partner at Riverstone, an energy industry-focused private investment firm, Tichio is a longtime HBS supporter—most recently serving on the Major Gifts Committee for his 10th Reunion. Besides HBS, he and his wife, Maya,... View Details

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VCPE Database Comparison

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January 1999 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Asia Property Limited

By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd

On October 23, 1998, Bud Lake leafed through his files on property markets in Asia. Lake was responsible for real-estate investments at an aggressive and eclectic investment fund with total assets of $1.5 billion--up from $400 million at its start in 1994. As the fund... View Details

Keywords: Private Ownership; Entrepreneurship; Investment Funds; Globalized Markets and Industries; Public Ownership; Real Estate Industry; Asia; United States; Europe

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09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

forthcoming Berrett-Koehler Publishers Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle) By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—Some negotiations are easy. Others are more difficult. And then... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

The noncompete clause is the basis for a love-hate relationship, depending on which side of the desk you're seated. The noncompete is meticulous legal phrasing that forbids inventors or other professionals from offering their talents to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

opportunities and challenging issues facing business and society around the world. Segneri explains that being part of this environment gives students and alumni from HBS and Harvard University’s 12 other schools access to a wide range of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

eager to use their business acumen to identify growing companies and help them prosper. Each year, Jonathan and Katja see several hundred students join the Venture Capital & Private Equity Club, engage... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf

transformed it into a multinational, $2 billion consumer products enterprise, part of which, Benckiser NV, went public in 1997. (The remainder of the company, including Coty Inc., is still privately held.) Harf has been active in cancer... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2024
News

Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details