developing nations - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

was roughly half as large as prior estimates have suggested. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55509 Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract— Recurrent concerns over debt sustainability in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

action. Q: You recently wrote about the writings of Mandarin Yung Wing, a senior bureaucrat during the time of the Manchu regime and the first Chinese national to graduate from Yale. What did he accomplish, and does his story hold... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

has embraced our solutions to reduce water wastage in a city that is facing severe water shortages.” Juan Pablo Del Valle HBS MBA 2001 Chairman of the Board, Orbia Claire Broido Johnson HBS MBA 2002, CEO, CBJ Energy “I’m developing new... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

Raymond James Financial 1983 Raymond James Financial IPO, NYSE 1987 Appointed Trustee, Salvador Dalí Museum 1992 Named Chairman, Securities Industry Association 1994 Establishes Thomas A. and Mary S. James Foundation 2007 Named Chairman, Financial Services Roundtable... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

featuring women protagonists -with initial support from retired Kmart executive Marjorie Alfus and the Committee of 200 (a national organization of women business executives), the School has developed over... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

of health care spending, we should launch a decade-long national "Healthy Living" campaign focusing on nutrition, diet, physical fitness, and stress reduction. We cannot continue to ignore the obesity epidemic sweeping the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

market because we don't have any national supermarket chains. Except for Wal-Mart. That's a very interesting story in itself. Wal-Mart is, I think, the number five grocery retailer in the United States. The great advantage it has is that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

companies. 26 As head of the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II, Bush enlisted Polaroid in the cause, and the company entered into a contract with the National Defense Research... View Details

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

explains Shell, “and big funders don’t often give large sums to people they don’t know. In addition to financial support, we add social capital by enhancing the professional development and visibility of executives of color in the... View Details

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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA

mandatory session. Flights The Global Experience Office covers the cost of a round-trip, economy class ticket between Boston and the student's FIELD Global Capstone city, which the student will book independently through a portal View Details

04 Aug 2020
News

How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

disparity, wealth disparity, gender disparities, racial disparities. When we're in a moment when democracy is in decline, authoritarianism is on the rise around the world and where many people in this country and beyond are fearful and dissatisfied with our View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

These Are the Good Old Days

the Bulletin about her experiences as an executive, a woman, a mother, and a New Yorker. In doing so, she shed light on some major social and business developments that have shaped — and been enriched by — the lives and careers of her... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

Turnover in India (revised) Authors: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

Named Treasury Secretary in 2006, Paulson led the country through one of its most challenging periods of financial turbulence. A lifelong environmentalist, he and his wife, Wendy, work to protect natural resources around the world. Whom do you admire? Alexander... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

much more complicated due in part to the development of mortgage brokers. The new system fueled a bevy of mortgage backed securities and derivatives that were terribly difficult for experts to comprehend, he said. Too much leverage... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

as their mental well-being—a forthcoming article in American Psychologist examines current organizational psychology research to help business leaders manage COVID-related fallout in the workplace and develop solutions to ease the stress... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different floors of the same building. Diane is business View Details

16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015

815-085 Building an Integrated Biopharma Company: Crucell (A) By 2009, Crucell had become the largest biopharma company in the Netherlands and was a symbol of national pride. The case traces the evolution of the company from a university... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2022
News

Turning a Moment into a Movement

States. In this way, the initiative is not unlike other efforts across the nation to build board diversity—except, perhaps, in its unique approach. The Board Challenge asks that organizations pledge to add a Black director within 12... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

(USSFTA), the development and ratification of a charter for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the resolution of territorial and humanitarian disputes in the Baltics and Asia, and successful... View Details