Economic Value Estimation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2012
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Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards

managing director of FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, were awarded first place for their January–February 2011 article “Creating Shared Value.” The article lays out the concept of shared value, which focuses on the connections between societal and View Details

Keywords: awards

01 Sep 2014
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Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities

you might say—about the mechanical effects of an economic policy. We are not very good at thinking about the broader value judgments underneath those decisions. What part does the minimum wage debate play in... View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research; writing

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

business that is creating economic opportunity for marginalized communities in the United States. McClain, who also completed a master’s in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as chief of staff at BrightUp, a... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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A Boomtown's Echo

census takers in Watford City, North Dakota—in the far west of the state, 50 miles from the Montana border—counted 1,435 people. Today, that number is estimated to be at least 10,000. A familiar fuel for American boomtowns fed the rapid... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

21 May 2018
Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

beverage business incubator when it opens later this year. Located right next to a public transportation stop, the new facility will spur economic activity in one of Chicago’s highest need neighborhoods, East Garfield Park on Chicago’s... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

to help managers navigate the myriad decisions they must make in order to create value from their foreign operations and outperform competitors in an increasingly integrated world. Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First View Details

April 2013 (Revised February 2018)
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Norway: The Embarrassment of Riches

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Forest Reinhardt and Senny Munthe-Kaas

In early 2013, Norway was by many accounts the world’s most developed country; it topped various indices for everything from democracy to happiness, had a comprehensive welfare state, and massive oil revenues endowed it with a substantial, and growing, Sovereign Wealth... View Details

Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Welfare State; Natural Resources; Internationalization; Dutch Disease; Happiness; Macroeconomics; Energy Sources; Values and Beliefs; Sovereign Finance; Immigration; Welfare; Energy Industry; Norway

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Kate Aitken

who seek a better life and promised that education and hard work would ensure future success. In the America of my childhood, openness and opportunity were inextricably linked. Today that link feels broken. Economic inequality has driven... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS

companies with estimated annual revenues of $4 billion, is one of the world's most colorful business leaders. His oft-repeated message: "If your business isn't fun, it's ultimately going to be worthless to you." From its airline to... View Details

19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

continued and expanded, with further empirical exploration of a distributed model of innovation that includes communities and platforms in a variety of contexts and with the development of theory to explain the economic underpinnings of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Thomas Rajan

industry one airline at a time to where value isn't just a fair ticket price or a healthy balance sheet, but where customers and employees are treated with dignity and respect as well. To lift nations to the heights of their View Details

February 2017 (Revised March 2018)
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BIM: Finding New Ways to Grow

By: Michael Chu and Gamze Yucaoglu

BIM, Turkey’s giant retailer with a hard-discount model for the popular segments, must decide whether to launch a brand-new format challenging the modern supermarkets. Since its founding in 1995, BIM has adhered to a business model based on a relentless focus on costs... View Details

Keywords: Turkey; Decision; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Growth and Development Strategy; Value Creation; Change Management; Decisions; Growth Management; Retail Industry; Turkey

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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Understand the science, economic impact, and policy implications of climate change Identify and communicate the... View Details

15 Dec 2024
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After Ozempic

with diabetes, insulin itself never amounted to a huge market. By 1980, about 108 million adults were living with (mostly type 1) diabetes, and the global insulin industry was valued at half a billion dollars. The arrival of type 2... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

rights (IPR) and technology transfer? Fritz Foley: Before going to graduate school, I spent a year living in Sri Lanka. I was affiliated with the Institute of Policy Studies, an economic think tank, where I conducted research on... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2008
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In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care

treatments and toward value for patients; he defined “value” as “health outcomes per dollar spent.” Instead of the current system of disjointed, episodic medical interventions, Porter argued for an integrated model that addresses the... View Details

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

visible component of a business with increasingly explosive, multifaceted economic aspects. Yet despite these turbulent conditions, there's no shortage of new ownership wanting to jump into the game. For example, two new baseball... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Professor Claudia Goldin on "Why Women Won" - Blog: RGE Report

scholars, the moment is ripe for us to delve into research that illustrates the state of working women today. Harvard’s own Professor Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her lifetime of work on gender dynamics and... View Details

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

dean for religious life at Stanford University and a former senior lecturer at HBS, describe the hurdles as well as a practical framework to overcome them in their new book, Church on Sunday, Work on Monday: The Challenge of Fusing Christian View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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