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- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
Webster, Alumni Engagement Manager at BEI, the major takeaways from the event emphasized both the opportunity and the urgency that the business community faces in confronting climate change. “There is an opportunity, if not a requirement, for the business community to...
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Margie Kelley
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
individuals, subgroups, and teams perform. Paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1534-0856&volume=15 The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid Author:Werker, Eric D. Publication:In Handbook of Safeguarding Global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Nneka Ezeigwe
different kinds of industries on the ground, looking at what drives change and takes an economy to the next level. I’ll be able to work with policy makers and business leaders who are expanding Nigeria’s economy and political landscape....
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Manufacturing/Energy
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape
political complexities pose significant challenges. Prior to our immersion, our research pointed to a few central tensions that made it challenging for the agricultural sector to decarbonize. Firstly, land ownership is highly fragmented,...
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- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
in U.S. politics: CEOs are taking very public stands on thorny political issues that have nothing to do with their firms’ bottom lines. Business leaders like Tim Cook of Apple, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Marc Benioff of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
her ultimate goal – working in her home country to make it a better place. Positioning Herself for Success After high school, Llano lived in France for a year and then studied Business Administration and Political Science at Universidad...
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Health Care
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her...
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- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
improving inventory management for its network of small and large retailers. Set just after the announcement of the Adidas-Reebok transaction in 2005, with New Balance having recently initiated a companywide effort to improve operational...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
Toronto. "But more recent research shows how culture endures in spite of globalization. Networks and local regulations also significantly influence how companies react to their local environments." “For philanthropic leaders,...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
honor achievements for the benefit of mankind. Longevity: The prizes have been awarded since 1901. Urde and Greyser note that the international prizes made a big impression from the beginning because they were established during a time of prevailing nationalism. "The...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS - MBA
even talk to me?” I wondered. The good news is there are a multitude of ways to get familiar with your desired industry here at HBS. Here are a few things that worked for me: Network, network, network The HBS View Details
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Michael R. Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is not your typical entrepreneur. His resume is an astounding mixture of business, political and philanthropic achievement in a career that has crisscrossed so many boundaries that it defies categorization. Having built...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
outbreak sites. It primed political leaders to understand both the far-reaching consequences of outbreaks and the need to make rapid containment a high priority. SARS stimulated efforts to find ways to lessen the impact of the next...
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- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
out-of-sample firms. We consider and reject several alternative explanations of our findings. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-107.pdf The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization Author:Karthik Ramanna Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Monica Brand
Mexico's largest construction company, Empresas ICA, makes an initial public offering to international equity investors in April 1992 to help fund its participation in an ambitious new private-sector approach to highway development. Under the new program, launched by...
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Construction;
Transportation Networks;
Infrastructure;
Privatization;
Private Equity;
Investment;
Initial Public Offering;
Private Sector;
Government and Politics;
Policy;
Construction Industry;
Mexico
Emmons, Willis M., III, and Monica Brand. "Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program." Harvard Business School Case 793-028, September 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
announcements about additional cities soon. “It’s taken a lot of political courage for Ithaca to say: ‘We want to be the first city in the U.S. and the world to decarbonize all our buildings.’” Keith added: “We don’t know yet how many...
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Departments | Employment
Business and Environment Initiative, launched in 2010, seeks to deepen business leaders ’ understanding of today ’ s environmental challenges and to assist them in developing effective solutions. We aspire to help leaders think clearly about the design of economic and...
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- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
Google made her “a very attractive offer” for the domain name and she had to decide whether to take the money and move on. Instead, she put together a website herself over the course of a weekend and watched as the traffic grew and grew. Today the site offers a rich...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
another farewell, bound for every corner of the globe, they mark the completion of a degree and the beginning of a new relationship with one another and the School. (“It’s sad that we can’t all go to work for the same company,” one graduate remarked ruefully.) Yet the...
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