Private Sector Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 May 2021
News

History’s Future

environmental sustainability and inclusive growth. “This is a cultural landscape. We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves in development and ruin all this heritage,” he says. For AlMadani, that means a commitment to preserving the... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

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Public companies: comparative financial ratios

Where do I find comparative financial ratios of public companies in an industry? In Capital IQ: For broad industry sectors (energy, materials, consumer discretionary, consumer stables, healthcare, financial, information technology,... View Details

10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

believe that we need the best talent working on the most important issues of our time. Currently, the social sector has a lot of constraints that make it challenging for organizations to recruit and develop... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 1

associated with private money creation, the government should tilt its issuance more towards short maturities. The idea is that the government may have a comparative advantage relative to the private View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

University of Pennsylvania? Wadhwani: My research focuses on the historical development of banking services for ordinary Americans. In the early nineteenth century, banks primarily served the commercial financing needs of merchants, and a... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

country." [We were then able to cross-check data for blocks which had Jewish institutions versus blocks that did not.] "What is crucial is that we can obtain an estimate of by how much the police presence deters crime." View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

post-MBA work. Whatever career path international students choose to pursue, the Career and Professional Development Office (CPD) at HBS is on hand to provide resources, guidance, and access to job opportunities. Phillip Andrews,... View Details

23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

company at stake and personal relationships on the line, Hillary must scramble to resolve the complicated mess that could mean the end of her company, or worse. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/813130-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-042 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Lorrayne Ward

align incentives across the public and private sectors by distributing medicine to rural areas via the existing network of drugstores. Profits for shopkeepers, more lives saved for society – a perfect plan,... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

informed view on the history of and recent dramatic changes in how the space sector functions, including the evolving relationship between public and private actors. Consider and evaluate different forecasts... View Details

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HBS - From The Dean

Action Week, welcoming alumni and other private and public sector leaders for a day of discussions on the role of business in driving solutions to the climate challenge. The Institute for the Study of... View Details

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

into catalyzing and scaling sustainable solutions. Moreover, the nature of environmental challenges requires problem solving that is no longer strictly in a public or private domain, which makes public service and nonprofits a really... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

resolve the many challenges facing today’s private and public sector organizations. They offer insights into specific risk domains that are shaping our world, including terrorism, cyber risk, climate change,... View Details

10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

the entrenchment benefits (the cost advantage firms develop through learning-by-doing when they enter early). Both the opportunity costs of absence and the entrenchment benefits vary according to initial relative firm capabilities,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Ameel Somani

developing world and the types of investment products that have the greatest impact on the poor." To continue his education, Ameel plans on working in private equity after graduation "ideally for a... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Women and VC

director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF). The fund focuses on early-stage female entrepreneurs in digital media and eco-friendly businesses, two areas that the WVCF believes are “poised for exponential growth” because they are View Details

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

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

motivated you and your HBS colleagues to develop a course specifically for leaders of professional service firms? Lorsch: Professional service firms represent an $80 billion industry worldwide. In the US and Europe, they comprise 17... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

01 Dec 2019
News

Making Eco Easy

HBS’s New Venture Competition (NVC) on April 23, 2019. The judges, many of them alumni, represented sectors ranging from venture capital to private equity to impact investing. Pak detailed the products’ key... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

Kyarisiima’s analytical skills and gave her the interpersonal connections she valued. After graduating in 2011, she worked at Goldman as an analyst for just over a year, and then set out to understand the public sector by working as an... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

for an interest in the private sector and ultimately his decision to attend business school. Mbanusi founded and led an organizing initiative that aimed to connect youth to post-secondary opportunities and... View Details

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