Low Income - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

on income and deforestation, but diverged on chemicals and legality, leading to low uptake. The Alliance responded by launching a second sustainability standard called the CRAFT Code in 2018. Whereas... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Sep 2015
Blog Post

What is the JD/MBA Program at HBS?

indelible mark on my professional aspirations. I'd like to return to those same low income communities to help spur economic development, working to create public spaces of commerce and communion, and... View Details

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

concluded that "governments should fund education in math and science ... Markets will take care of entrepreneurial innovation." Jay Somasundaram asked whether we are even asking the right question. In his words, "The critical problems of this century... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

questions. Yet, the conceptions of business that each question implies can be (and historically have tended to be) mutually exclusive. Everybody wants goods and services made available at low prices. But achieving that goal often means... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

is also the fact that if you go to a CVS or a Home Depot, there is a panoply of products that were once the sole domain of supermarkets. Twenty-five years ago supermarkets had more than 80 percent of the consumables market share; today that number is in the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

11 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

facilitating their entry at larger firm sizes. On the other hand, the process of lowering financing constraints democratized entry and created a lot more churning among entrants, particularly at the low end of the size distribution. Our... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Mar 2024
News

OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

Clubs News Clubs News Demystifying AI at Orange County Leadership Breakfast At its first HBS Leadership Breakfast event since before the pandemic, the HBS Association of Orange County (HBSAOC) tackled the potential of AI with a talk titled The Dawning of Artificial... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

programs: the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Emergency Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Both provided cash grants and low interest loans to qualifying small businesses and gig workers. As COVID-19 spread, the two classmates... View Details

04 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

banks, both large and small, from ever fully returning to the small business market. Cyclical Factors Linger From The Recession In the recent recession small-business sales were hit hard and may still be soft, undermining their demand for loan capital. View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

17 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

the mass merchants have gone after the middle class, but as income bifurcation happens and the middle class tends to disappear, you don't have the disposable income to take advantage of. In just about any... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

of its faculty, staff, and students as it leaned into its mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Faced with the most significant disruption to the MBA Program since World War II, the School's leadership—including outgoing Dean Nitin Nohria and... View Details

21 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 21

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44800 Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Banking Regulation and the Low Risk Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract—Minimum capital requirements are a central... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?

the Internal Revenue Service is the federal tax gap, which is the difference between what Americans should pay on their taxes and what they actually do pay. According to the IRS's most recent estimates the gap amounts to around $350 billion annually, largely due to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting

16 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

(B) case focuses on the sourcing dilemma: pre-processing vs. source separation. To ensure that its waste input fuel is of sufficiently high quality (i.e., low level of inorganic contaminants), the company can either build a pre-processing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Apr 2011
News

BioMine Strikes Gold

affordable and standardized medical appointments to low income families that are uninsured and underserved by the public system, in the poorest districts of Brazil’s largest cities. Spendwisor.com enables... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

18 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

how these Americans spend their income tax refunds, using transaction-level data from a stored-value card product. Card-holders may choose among several tax settlement and loan options, effectively receiving cash as much as 90 days... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

its own performance was critically dependent on the ability of its key suppliers to manufacture goods quickly, responsively, and at low cost. Kenyon developed a sourcing leadership theme on its strategy map that stressed development and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

21 Jun 2022
News

Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

impactful roles in tech, while creating a network of Latino innovators who make a difference in the world.” The effort is in response to the very low percentage of people of color working in tech while demand is rising. A 2019 survey by... View Details