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    Camille J. Douglas

    CAMILLE J. DOUGLAS is a Lecturer at Harvard Business School and a Lecturer and Senior Fellow at Harvard University Graduate School of Design in their inaugural Master of Real Estate (MRE) degree program. She was an Adjunct Professor in Finance and... View Details

    • March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
    • Case

    Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk

    By: Michael Chu and Jean Hazell
    The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its microfinance network leads Opportunity International to launch the first global specialized microinsurance company, the Micro Insurance Agency (MIA). Building on the experience in 10 countries... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Cost Management; Microfinance; Globalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Infrastructure; Nonprofit Organizations; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America
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    • May 2023
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    CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

    By: Willy C. Shih and Emilie Billaud
    Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details
    Keywords: Container Shipping; Logistic Regression; Trade Links; Decarbonization; Environmental Strategies; Environmental Impact; Globalization; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Logistics; Supply Chain; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; European Union; Asia; North America
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    • 10 Oct 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

    economic―and from a variety of related perspectives, including debt and state finance, tariffs and tax policy, the encouragement and discouragement of trade, merchant communities and companies, smuggling and illicit trades, mercantile and colonial systems, View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    HBS - The year in Review

    Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Ed Cordell, The Juilliard School Afroza Damji, MassChallenge Kyler Evitt, Year Up Liza Gaylord, Boston Ballet Nina Harstad, Equal Justice Initiative Vi Mai, MBTA Alejandro Molina, White House National View Details
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    Business History - Faculty & Research

    Ultimately, the Godcharles ruling enshrined the specialness of workingmen's labor contracts and rejected the use of equity principles to justify contract regulations, but the controversy also informed future labor strategies, especially... View Details
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    Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

    spontaneous thoughts come to mind that leads them to be perceived to reveal special self-insight. Drawing on previous theory and research, we propose that the greater self-insight they are attributed leads spontaneous thoughts to exert a... View Details
    • 17 Sep 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery

    Keywords: by David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman & Jonathan T. Kolstad; Health
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    Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

    driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a policy tool that has attracted increased... View Details
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    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    holds extraordinarily comprehensive and diverse special collections documenting over six centuries of business and economic history. On display will be some of the unique and irreplaceable materials from a... View Details
    • 16 Jun 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: June 16

    economic theory of GAAP under the assumption that GAAP's objective is to facilitate efficient capital allocation within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP, as shaped by the economic forces of demand... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 24 Jul 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

    consuming their economic rents in this manner. Enlightened Stakeholder Theory Enlightened stakeholder theory is easy to explain. It can take advantage of most that stakeholder theorists offer in the way of processes and audits to measure... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
    • 23 Apr 2019
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    New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

    public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach between American-style capitalism and justice and increased alienation of the public from capitalism as a system of View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 24 Apr 2018
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    First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

    Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54405 forthcoming Latin American Economic Review Some Elements of Peronist Beliefs and Tastes By: Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra Abstract—We study the beliefs and values... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Oct 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

    advertising. Most of the in-house units performed specialized or limited functions, such as those related to the development of direct mail, online, and promotional materials. Q: What can managers learn from your research? A: First, I... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
    • November 2008
    • Article

    Winning the Race for Talent in Emerging Markets

    By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Jay A. Conger
    "This war for talent is like nothing we've ever seen before," write the authors, who have spent decades studying talent management and leadership development. Recently they interviewed executives at more than 20 global companies to identify strategies for attracting... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Development; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Culture; Recruitment; Diversity; Developing Countries and Economies
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    Leadership - Faculty & Research

    and access to real-time data. But less transparent work environments can yield more-transparent employees. Employees perform better when they can try out new ideas and approaches within certain zones of privacy. Organizations allow them... View Details
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    MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. Kiril's Keynote Presentation (video) Elisabeth Reynolds Former Special Assistant to President Biden for Manufacturing... View Details
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    Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

    sets and understand them has helped me make major decisions on future state reporting. Kali Pfaff What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by: completing this course Certificate of View Details
    • 19 Mar 2019
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    New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

    Management Science The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth By: Khan, Urooj, Suresh Nallareddy, and Ethan Rouen Abstract—We investigate the relation between the growth in corporate profits and... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman