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Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details

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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

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Supply Chain Inventory Planning

My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details

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The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

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The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details

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By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

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of the New York and Erie Railroad, who devised systems outlining the lines of responsibilities, authority, and communication. Their contributions laid the founding managerial principles of modern big business. By the late 1800s, other large, geographically dispersed organizations—including banks,

01 Jun 2012
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FAQ

in the sample budget below, students contribute an amount that HBS calculates by taking into account their prior years’ salary and spouse’s salary, if married, as well as their personal assets, including real estate, investments, and... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Research Brief: Pocket Change

are big differences,” says Pons, who mined what is believed to be one of the most comprehensive data sets of political contributions made through online fundraising platforms such as ActBlue (Democrat) and WinRed (Republican) and reported... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

24 Apr 2014
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Driving the family business onto a global stage

Scorpio is now a case study at Harvard Business School. Mahindra’s contributions to business and society in India include his founding, in 1996, of Project Nanhi Kali, which provides primary education to underprivileged girls and furthers... View Details

03 Jun 2020
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Weathering the Storm

Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) In this special video edition of Skydeck, contributing host Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6, 2009) speaks with 645 Ventures Cofounder and General Partner Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) about near-term and... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

Edmund D. Libbey

Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the glass industry since the original art of glass... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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What We Do | Research Associates

and white papers. You might join a project at its infancy, contributing to the experimental design or participant recruitment. Or you could be part of the final push to bring a paper across the finish line. Wherever you fit into the... View Details

Charles A. Coffin

for many electrical manufacturing products. In 1901, Coffin established a full-scale research laboratory, which contributed not only to electrical development, but also to the advancement of pure science. With Coffin at the helm, General... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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Management Consulting Club | MBA

Management Consulting Club To provide the Management Consulting Club (MCC) and the general HBS community with ample opportunities for learning, exposure, and interaction with the consulting industry, and to contribute to the success of... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Pearson Hunt Remembered

teaching and learning processes in business schools worldwide, Hunt was 93. Hunt was one of the first to bring to the attention of the academic community the problems related to the management of working capital and to make constructive View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

WSA Endows Fellowship

MBA student who embodies the characteristics of integrity, leadership, and excellence and has contributed to the development of the women's community at HBS. The announcement was made, appropriately, during the School's W50 Summit in... View Details

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

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

whether the e-commerce initiative is achieving its stated objectives (outputs) and thus contributing to the long-term success of the corporation (outcomes). Companies often waste resources on e-commerce initiatives or do not invest when... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Exploring in a Passion Safe Environment

military, I feel like I’m starting from “behind” my classmates who come from the business world. And I often questioned if my skills would directly translate into those skills needed to contribute in “Corporate America”. Though examples... View Details

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

disappointment and dissatisfaction? And yet, the aging workforces of developed countries around the world have created long-term fiscal challenges that are forcing their governments to address this issue now. Take the situation in the U.S., for example. We are being... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

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