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Chris Hurst

“Infrastructure remains deficient in the Middle East,” Chris says, “but often there’s a significant economic element in conflict. People frequently view the legitimacy of a state as a function of their View Details

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

Excerpt by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, and Serenity Lee Blacks have been integral to the economic foundation of the United States since its inception, yet that foundation was forged on an institutionalized inequality, which... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

(Editor's note: This first in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Small businesses are core to America's View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

11 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

Working PapersGlobalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980 Geoffrey G. Jones This working paper examines the globalization of the beauty industry before 1980. This industry, which had emerged in its modern form in the United States... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street

and capital only serve to stifle economic growth and opportunity, Nohria wrote. He also took note of critics who point to instances of global financial misdeeds, mistakes, or crises over the past decade and... View Details

Keywords: Wall Street; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity. Tracking land reforms and urban development nationally and in three cities in one Chinese region, the study reveals... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

Doriot HBS ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION As a young man, Georges Doriot dreamed of running a factory, a rare aspirational failure in his long, storied career. Rather, he ended up teaching thousands of HBS students how they should run View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

30 Apr 2025
News

A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

liquid natural gas and expanding overseas energy markets are top priorities, according to Oliver. “Exploiting our rich inheritance would strengthen our independence and sovereignty, precisely what we need to counter Trump’s tariffs and 51st-state talk. It would... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

Focused Growth by Sanjay Khosla (AMP 155, 1998) and Mohanbir Sawhney (Portfolio) In the authors’ experience, too many companies expand too fast, taking on more products, markets, people, and acquisitions, and every quarter becomes a mad... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

13 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

topics – from an exploration of history and the economic landscape to the role of procurement and barriers to accessing financial capital – and each class featured prominent guests and leaders in these fields. We heard from researcher... View Details

Web

Transportation - Business & Environment

Battery costs for electric vehicles have dropped 85% since 2010. [38] Challenge Globally, transportation is the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs from this sector is difficult because economic View Details

01 Jan 2011
News

Robert Kraft, MBA 1965

Columbia, where he studied economics and history. It was during a college break that he first met his lifelong partner, Myra. He was out with friends and she was on a date, but when they caught each other's eyes, Kraft felt a spark that... View Details

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship Today, the concept of “sustainable innovation” seems commonplace and is generally accepted as a viable path balancing business growth with... View Details

27 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

and elsewhere. Yet the book shows that these entrepreneurs contributed significantly to the growth of environmental awareness among consumers, business leaders, and others. However the Earth's environmental health has continued to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2004
News

Books

University Press) Walter Friedman’s Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America documents the history of salesmanship, from the days of peddlers to the creation of modern sales forces at companies like National Cash... View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

March 2015
Case

Pearson Affordable Learning Fund

By: Michael Chu, Vincent Dessain and Kristina Maslauskaite

An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investment; Low Cost Private Schools; Investment Fund; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Transition; Investment; Development Economics; Business Growth and Maturation; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; Education; Education Industry; Asia; Africa

March 2011 (Revised May 2011)
Case

Inequality in Brazil

By: Aldo Musacchio

This case examines the evolution of inequality in Brazil in the last few years and generates two debates. First, the case discusses inequality and whether it is a problem or not for capitalist societies, in this case Brazil. Second, the case discusses some of the... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Economic Systems; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Brazil

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

lost.” About the Author Danielle Kost is senior editor at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: wundervisuals] Related Reading How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business The... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

May 2016 (Revised December 2016)
Case

Camposol

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

With $289 million in 2015 revenues, Camposol is a Peruvian grower, exporter, and marketer of fruits and vegetables, with a focus on the high-growth, high-margin blueberry category. Camposol aspires to become Peru’s first multinational branded produce company. It... View Details