Unit Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

spending needs as well as economic factors such as rising interest rates that affect different assets in different ways. Viceira's research analyzes asset allocation strategies for personal and institutional investors. He teaches... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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Mamongae Mahlare

Allocate time and energy to initiatives for the primary benefit of my beloved South Africa Many lives were sacrificed for my freedom And with political freedom comes great responsibility To achieve economic emancipation So our children... View Details

27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007

Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member of the Technology and Operations Management View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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John Smith-Ricco

experience got me thinking about the role of industrialization in economic development. The viability of South Africa depends on that development and the equitable distribution of resources." Eager to learn "how capital is... View Details

15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15

Publications August 2013 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Business Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage By: Brea-Solís, Humberto, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Emili Grifell-Tatjé Abstract—We develop an analytical framework on the basis of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Aug 2012
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The Acquirers

understudied subject of business research. After all, the economic activity generated by these deals is huge—North American M&A deals in 2011 were estimated at $450 billion. But another reason, says Harvard Business School's Matthew... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

11 Jul 2025
News

Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

Utah Alumni Explore Future of Great Salt Lake The HBS Club of Utah recently got an insider’s look at the economic and ecological health of the Great Salt Lake (GSL) with a presentation by Utah’s first GSL commissioner, Brian Steed, at the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2002
News

Banishing Balkan Ghosts

anti-Communist.” When his parents' marriage ended, his university-educated mother was forced to become a seamstress, and Djelic experienced economic deprivation firsthand. But his obvious talents won him admission to elite schools. With... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

23 Feb 2016
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February 23, 2016

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50571 February 2016 Games and Economic Behavior Contract Design and Stability in Many-to-Many Matching By: Hatfield, John William, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract— We develop a model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2011
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Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

energy sources. But lately it's turned into something of a marathon, with companies and financial institutions involved in the market slowed by regulatory and political climates that evolved in the face of new economic realities. That's... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

stock market crash. An exhibition featuring selections from the collection provides further context for understanding the economic and social dimensions of the Bubble. Photography and Corporate Public Relations: The Case of U.S. Steel,... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

Helping African Businesses Compete on the Global Stage Sheila Kyarisiima’s (MBA/MPA 2017) curiosity about building things, especially infrastructure, prompted the Kampala, Uganda, native to come to the United States in 2007 to study... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

about how the world works. In this I have enjoyed collaborating with many colleagues in the HBS unit called Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE). My special interest in developing—or poor—countries goes back fifty... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

results in a metric called “carbon dioxide equivalent,” or CO2e, which is a unit of measure that reflects the weighting of various greenhouse gasses to reflect their “global warming potential” compared to the same quantity of carbon... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

30 Jun 2017
News

Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand

spent more than a decade at PepsiCo, for the most part undertaking brand management for well-known products such as Aquafina and Starbucks Bottled Frappuccino. During her time at the company, she was also tapped to work on a PepsiCo initiative to support the View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are being far more aggressive in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2024 (Revised January 2025)
Case

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors: Bringing Systematic Investment to Philanthropy

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Alexander Bischoff and Sophia Pan

Melissa Berman, CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), evaluated her client’s philanthropy project and its mediocre performance. RPA was a segment of the Rockefeller Family Office’s Philanthropy Department, becoming an independent charity in 2002. Consistently... View Details

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28 May 2007
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How Property Ownership Changes Your World View

lived. For Di Tella and his coauthors, the situation presented the ideal opportunity to research the beliefs of those who hold property rights versus those who do not, all other conditions being equal. "In the United States, there... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

to have their first child in Mumbai, or return to the U.S. for the delivery. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809045 Political and Economic History of the People's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2008 (Revised July 2009)
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U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (A)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

By March 2008, the U.S. Government and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board had taken various policy measures over the last few months to tackle the subprime mortgage crisis that threatened to drag the economy into a recession. The Bush administration approved a fiscal... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Mortgages; Policy; Business and Government Relations; United States

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