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  • 02 Jul 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

discussed earlier in this column, of George Ackerlof and Dan Ariely? What do you think? Original Article H.L. Mencken once said, "For every problem there is a solution that is simple, direct and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 02 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

WE RISE

be a venture capitalist. Because most venture firms are small compared to their counterparts in law and banking, they do not hire frequently. And when they do hire, firms are often looking for a specific set... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • January 2025
  • Case

Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle

By: Raymond Kluender and Emanuele Colonnelli
In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company’s strategic direction. Untapped had developed a data-driven revenue-based financing (RBF) model to address the “missing middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Working Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Microfinance; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit Sharing; Revenue; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Mission and Purpose; Small Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Nigeria; South Africa; Kenya; Uganda; California; San Francisco
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  • 17 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News

Challenging a concerning proposal Jordan studies how individuals and organizations manage their reputations. This research asked whether the desire to look good in the eyes of others might motivate people to... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 20 Feb 2006
  • HBS Case

Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive

a unique perspective about leaders and leadership in the twenty-first century. "I think she's a great bellwether for the future of business," Koehn says. "Maybe she and her View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 14 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

intangible resources may be best acquired by following a road of conformity in how your company is organized and presented to the outside world. In start-ups in established industries, conventional business... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

President Obama, explained Professor David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, and one of four members of an afternoon keynote panel. While social enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
  • 10 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 10, 2008

Chairman of the Blackstone Group, has just learned that an investment group associated with the government of China wants to buy the majority of Blackstone's leveraged IPO. As he considers how to respond to this offer, Schwarzman reviews the firm's proposed structure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation

lead donor and passionate supporter of the Montana Legacy Project deal that purchased over 310,000 acres of forest land from the Plum Creek Timber Company in the western part of the state. The Wyss Foundation’s initial gift of $25 million... View Details
Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
  • 22 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, and private firms are an established policy tool around the world for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the association between ownership, top management incentives, and expenditures on accounting information. We argue that organizations with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

management of financial communication? Greg Miller: The French group Total and the British BP are both major players in the oil and gas industry, which is increasingly moving into the center of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 16 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 16

privately owned health care provider in Sweden serving both public and private paying patients. In contrast to most providers in the country, GHP... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

demonstrating how the company can actually benefit from achieving higher-ambition goals. One payoff might come in the form of greater motivation and commitment on the part of employees galvanized by a common mission. "People within an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

explained how running the Public Option through private insurance firms can break even while increasing coverage of the uninsured. In terms of his leadership, Joseph Biden’s soothing persona View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Tech for the People

Enterprise Initiative that provides competitive salaries to graduating MBAs who work for a year in nonprofit and public sector organizations. Spending his first post-HBS year as a Leadership Fellow made... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

When lawyers fare better than inventors and entrepreneurs where U.S. patents are concerned, you know injustice is being done. The current system makes patents easier to acquire, sure, but renders them less prestigious as well, View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 03 Mar 2010
  • What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

organization's culture affects its economic performance. The basic working hypotheses are that: (1) people put forth more effort and produce better results for organizations whose values they identify with,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 19 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

governments need most are internal sources of revenue that can then finance their public goods and services – which means a strong local private sector that creates jobs View Details
  • 28 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

Throughout this period, the United States has consistently turned to unilateral decisions and bilateral trade and investment treaties to advance its national interests. It has largely fallen to the Europeans... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal