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- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
making the budgets available. Then, beyond that, the private sector can play a really important role. There are a number of companies in India where there’s a mandate to set aside 2 percent of profits for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well spent, or pressure from regulators to demonstrate that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
applicable are skills learned at HBS for recent graduates facing real-world challenges? What are the differences and similarities for alumni who work in the private and nonprofit sectors, in large corporations vs. smaller organizations?... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
machine. That gave him the freedom to pick and choose his cabinet from the private sector and other political parties and tune its focus to performance, instead of political ideology. The public View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
funding leads to a net increase of 2.3 patents. Though valuing patents is difficult, we report a range of estimates for the private value of these patents using different approaches. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
U.S. performance as a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). As an alternative, to finance this expansion, Shurgard received a proposed deal from a consortium of banks and other investors where they would provide private... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
profits when one side is subsidized in equilibrium. By contrast, if platforms make positive margins on both sides, the same investment has the regular, expected effects. Our analysis implies that the strategy space and the logic of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
were about 50 people, and we started to hold meetings with the mayor of Mito, who agreed to support the project through deregulation, by providing tax incentives, and by communicating with the city’s population so the project could move forward. So it required... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
than already-mixed concrete delivered by trucks. A more significant finding was that do-it-yourself projects have a special significance for this demographic. Building projects, the team learned, provided more than the functional benefits of extra living View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
development at John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerate with 70 companies across the real estate, food and beverage, financial services, transportation, and leisure sectors. With the infrastructure pieces he’s worked on under way, Mawilmada is turning... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-018 Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies Authors:Erin M.Reid, Michael W. Toffel Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
prices. These stores kept their costs down partly by moving into low-rent commercial spaces and hiring unskilled, low-wage workers, rather than trained pharmacists. Against predatory pricing Although these competitors didn’t sell... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
you consider launching a SPAC, a special purpose acquisition company? When I left the U.S. Army after a 22-year career, I launched Xtreme Solutions, an information technology services provider. I knew I could start a successful business in the View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
green space and recreation, air quality, extreme weather events. Public health coalitions that cross sectors and the need to “think outside the building” will combine the efforts of many distinct... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Publications June 2015 Perspectives on Psychological Science Three Principles to REVISE People's Unethical Behavior By: Ayal, S., F. Gino, R. Barkan, and D. Ariely Abstract— Dishonesty and unethical behavior are widespread in the public and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
lacrosse season as a coach at Brookline High School, traveling, then back to the working world with a position in private equity. That’s a nice benefit. What else was valuable about the learning team experience? Courtney Hughes: The... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
computing has exploded. Amit Kumar (MBA 2008), a managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group, estimates that more than 300 companies are currently active in the quantum space and that more than $3 billion in investment... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
not related to costs imposes huge burdens on the system today. Having multiple prices drives up administrative costs. Patients covered by the public sector are subsidized by private-sector patients. And within the View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
supplies, food, and other essential commodities. They’re doing everything from providing critical funding to donating space for medical services, as the ICCP Group did when it offered its property, the World Trade Center Manila, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley