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- 2023
- Working Paper
Interest-Rate Risk and Household Portfolios
By: Sylvain Catherine, Max Miller, James Paron and Natasha Sarin
How are households exposed to interest-rate risk? When rates fall, households face lower future expected returns but those holding long-term assets—disproportionately the wealthy and middle-aged—experience capital gains. We study the hedging demand for long-term assets...
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Keywords:
Portfolio Choice;
Social Security;
Interest Rates;
Investment Portfolio;
Equality and Inequality;
Welfare
Catherine, Sylvain, Max Miller, James Paron, and Natasha Sarin. "Interest-Rate Risk and Household Portfolios." Working Paper, October 2023. (Reject and Resubmit, American Economic Review.)
- 2022
- Case
Polarizing Government Work: McKinsey & Co. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
When Donald Trump announced his run for president in 2015, he placed immigration front and center in his campaign. He promised to drastically expand U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and build a border...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Polarizing Government Work: McKinsey & Co. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)." William Davidson Institute Case 3-951-926, 2022.
- September–October 2017
- Article
Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures
By: Stefan Dimitriadis, Matthew Lee, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Julie Battilana
This paper examines the critical role of gender in the commercialization of social ventures. We argue that cultural beliefs about what is perceived to be appropriate work for each gender influence how founders of social ventures incorporate commercial activity into...
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Keywords:
Community;
Cultural Beliefs;
Social Enterprise;
Gender;
Local Range;
Commercialization;
Culture
Dimitriadis, Stefan, Matthew Lee, Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Julie Battilana. "Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures." Organization Science 28, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 819–839.
- July–August 2013
- Article
Building Sustainable Cities
By: John D. Macomber
By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, to 6 billion, and the problems created by this rampant urbanization are among the most important challenges of our time. Of all resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity,...
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Macomber, John D. "Building Sustainable Cities." Harvard Business Review 91, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2013): 40–50.
- January 2007 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Carole Winkler
Discusses the rise of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (CC) as the most important radio broadcasting company in the United States. While CC can look back on a glorious past, it faces a multitude of business issues: radio listenership is in decline, media deregulation...
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Keywords:
History;
Media;
Performance Effectiveness;
Public Opinion;
Business and Government Relations;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Carole Winkler. "Clear Channel Communications, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 707-523, January 2007. (Revised July 2007.)
- September 1988 (Revised January 1990)
- Case
Federal Assistance to the Farm Credit System: The Road to Recovery?
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Welfare;
Government and Politics;
Credit;
Business and Government Relations;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A. "Federal Assistance to the Farm Credit System: The Road to Recovery?" Harvard Business School Case 589-040, September 1988. (Revised January 1990.)
- December 1974 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Andrew Carnegie
Concerns the life and wealth of Andrew Carnegie.
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Zaleznik, Abraham. "Andrew Carnegie." Harvard Business School Case 475-068, December 1974. (Revised May 1999.)
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Promoting social enterprise in business
Aurora Rotes Casanova (MBA 2009) is helping promote more socially oriented projects inside companies and calculating their value. (Published November 2014)
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- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Using technology to find quality care
Care.com founder and CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998) is the driving force behind a technology platform that helps families find solutions to their caregiver needs. (Published October 2014)
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A game-changer for migrant students
Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) knows how hard life can be for migrant farm workers. He went from picking fruit with this family as a youth to creating a way for migrant farm workers to further their education. Curiel cofounded Rising Farmworker Dream Fund (RFDF), which...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
“The events of Tuesday have touched everyone deeply in some way, and we are all struggling to find hope in the face of despair.” —Dean Kim B. Clark As it has so often on important occasions in Harvard Business School's 93-year history, the green in front of Baker...
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
little effect on the restaurant or movie industry. Their contentment left society slightly better off. It is generally wonderful when parties are able to trade off interests to create value. In fact, one of the most important...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- January 2018
- Technical Note
Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Understanding Impact and Impact Evaluations
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
Unlike financial success, there is no clear consensus regarding how best to define and measure social impact. This HBS Technical Note written for students of the HBS MBA course Business at the Base of the Pyramid (BBOP), offers readers pragmatic perspectives on how the...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Social Issues;
Value Creation;
Human Needs;
Performance Evaluation
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "Business at the Base of the Pyramid: Understanding Impact and Impact Evaluations." Harvard Business School Technical Note 518-057, January 2018.
- Profile
Jeff Nelson
says. “For years, our mission had been to give all segments of society access to housing. Now we wondered, is home ownership a realistic goal for everyone? Are we helping people or setting them up to fail?” In his two-year rotation...
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Honors & Awards - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Honors & Awards Select Honors & Awards 2015 CK Prahalad Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award from the Strategic Management Society 2011 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business...
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Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite - Course Catalog
facing demands to look beyond their bottom line, to meet a broader set of responsibilities to society and our planet. This is evidenced by the strength of ESG and impact investing industries but also by the proliferation of roles...
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
to the benefits of being in the midst of the country’s leading public-policy thinkers, Moret will be near his mother — his “inspiration,” as he calls her — who worked her way from small-town Mississippi pharmacist to COO of the American View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
within the confines society imposed. Integral Advantage: Revisiting Emerging Markets and Societies by Ronnie Lessem (MBA 1968) (Routledge) The BRIC countries are heralded for their double-digit economic...
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- June 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: The Power of Writing to Launch and Sustain a Movement
By: Julie Battilana, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Michael Norris
In 2018, New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof and his wife, former Times writer Sheryl WuDunn (HBS ’86) who worked in finance, were planning for their next book. The couple’s earlier books had given rise to social movements around gender equity and poverty issues....
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Keywords:
Social Movement;
Gender Equality;
Writing;
Social Issues;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality;
Poverty;
Books;
Change;
Leadership
Battilana, Julie, Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Michael Norris. "Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: The Power of Writing to Launch and Sustain a Movement." Harvard Business School Case 418-004, June 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- December 1996
- Supplement
Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action
By: James E. Austin, Jaan Elias and Andrea L Strimling
Consists of three separate parts. Part 1, The Cleveland Turnaround, describes Cleveland's decline until its bankruptcy in 1978. This is followed by the remedial actions taken by community leaders, starting with the election of a new mayor, the formation of new...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Business Cycles;
Development Economics;
Urban Development;
Social Issues;
Business and Community Relations;
Cleveland
Austin, James E., Jaan Elias, and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 797-501, December 1996.