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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Natives' Marriage and Fertility" with Michela Carlana. Marco E. Tabellini : Recipient of a grant from the UPS Endowment Fund at Stanford University for “Immigrant Group Size and Immigrant Assimilation” (with Vasiliky Fouka and Kai... View Details

02 May 2017
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First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

banks use their global balance sheets to respond to local monetary policy. However, sources and uses of funds are often denominated in different currencies. This leads to a foreign exchange (FX) exposure... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food... View Details

25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

Climate Stories Episode #15 – Hilton Augustine III - Finding and Funding Climate Technology Solutions Episode 15 of Climate Stories focuses on recent HBS alumnus, Hilton Augustine III. A veteran of consulting, electric vehicle... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Screening and Portfolio Tilts Engagement and Proxy Voting ESG Integration and Alpha Generation Sustainable Public Market Funds Featured Exercises Evaluate the ESG performance of various companies Match ESG use cases to corresponding... View Details

14 Mar 2024
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IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

tackle the largest sources of drudgery and inconvenience in everyday life as well as energy instability which is common in rural areas. SELCO’s codified approach of first innovating with a user-centered approach, then scaling once a... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

in the Ethics and Social Responsibility category for “Global Sourcing at Nike” (HBS Case 619-008) with Nien-hê Hsieh and Olivia Hull. Michael W. Toffel : Recipient of the 2023 Highly Commended Financial Times Responsible Business... View Details

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

co-branding opportunities that they deserve. Two examples come to mind, the American Red Cross's use of 9/11 funds and the United Way executive scandals. Both of these events eroded consumer trust in these organizations and had a direct... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

12 Jul 2004
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Enron’s Lessons for Managers

Some events mark a generation. If a marker is a source of deep learning about ourselves, as Malcolm Salter believes it is, then the Enron crisis is exactly that for business people. Political scientists have the Bay of Pigs; engineers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

with Karim Lakhani in 2022. Maria P. Roche : Winner of the 2022 Strategy Science Conference Best Paper Award for “Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Open Sourcing and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub” with Annamaria Conti and Christian... View Details

July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
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Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. 2023 Nien-he Hsieh : Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Ethics and Social Responsibility category for “Global Sourcing at Nike” (HBS Case 619-008) with Michael Toffel and Olivia Hull.... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

framework can serve as the cornerstone of both effective management and sound governance. Key Learnings · A sophisticated governance system is necessary in a complex capitalistic economy to ensure that capital funds the best ideas. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

04 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

and declining print advertising revenue. That was the firm foundation upon which local newspapers were built, so that pressure on the traditional sources of revenue has obviously put pressure on the rest of the business—and particularly... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

paid down $1 million of its outstanding debt of $7.75 million. The only source for such a refinancing was the equity investors who funded the buyout purchase of the company eighteen months earlier. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2016
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Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

to think the firm has failed rather than evolved. GETTING THE LABEL RIGHT How the firms dealt with labels, which often were attached to them by external sources like analysts or the media, also factored into a company’s success. As... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

28 May 2020
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Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge funds... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

23 Jun 2008
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Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

that I've done over the course of the last 10 years has been field-based, working in conjunction with HBS student teams, partners in business and the nonprofit sector, and especially through the nonprofit that I founded, Doorways to Dreams View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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Harvard Business School

growth-stage entities in obtaining access to capital, with sources of funding ranging from banks to high net-worth individuals. Cleveland was a presidential appointee to the Small Business Administration's... View Details

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