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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) The financial economics of sustainability and climate change As business strives to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy, Gasparini plans to study... View Details

23 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 23

Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web Author:Marco Iansiti Abstract Economic analysis often reviews the role of principles—such as respect for intellectual property rights—in driving innovation.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

preliminary findings suggest that the profound economic metamorphoses taking place in Latin America's emerging economies have imposed dramatic changes on the competitive environment, compelling firms to View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

institutional theory, and economic theory. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Broadening Focus: Spillovers and the Benefits of Specialization in the Hospital Industry Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

drains," the proportion of foreign students studying in U.S. institutions of higher learning, or the likelihood that the U.S. will continue to lose its dominance in the development of new high-level ideas and know-how are overblown.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Portrait Project

Lourdes Long

International development, economic progress, global security, environmental integrity – the very baseline of human prosperity. Nothing is more challenging than the complex and evolving realities of the energy sector, and I will... View Details

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RISE Career Fellowship | MBA

RISE Career Fellowship Additional Harvard Funding A pilot for the Class of 2023, the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Career Fellow program provides funding for one graduating student to work for a growing business that is creating View Details

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Mina Kazanlieva

but the experience was also greatly rewarding. Mina's economics team reached the finals in a Federal Reserve competition, and she enjoyed playing volleyball on the varsity team. She was admitted to Princeton University, where she studied... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care

delivery systems of both developing and advanced countries: fragmentation, inefficiency, and organization around discrete interventions (such as delivering drugs or screening) rather than integrated care. Porter and his colleagues aim to... View Details

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

06 Dec 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

for Internet freedom or cover for a failed business strategy, depending on with whom you talk. Professor John A. Quelch looks behind the headlines in a new case. Key concepts include: China has become more emboldened and self-confident as a result of its increasing... View Details

02 Mar 2015
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To Market, To Market

that integrates livestock and sustainable agriculture,” says Ferrari. “We come at it from a community development perspective. We do a lot of work preparing villages to engage in the relatively harsh world of markets. It’s hard for them.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Agriculture; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2009
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Jesse Markham Dies at 93

federal antitrust laws. The author of 12 books and more than 150 articles, Markham arrived at HBS from Princeton University. “I came here because the theories on which public policy was being built in economics didn’t square with the... View Details

Keywords: faculty; obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Career Coach

Pamela Harder

Pam (HBS / HKS ‘13, Stanford ‘08 Economics) has spent the last 12 years working at the nexus of business and government. Currently, she runs Virginia's state-wide economic development talent investment... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Government; Social Enterprise; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

City released the 'New' New York Plan focused on transforming the city's job centers to support the ways people will live and work in the future. A set of initiatives emerged to serve as a roadmap to make New York City the best place to work. Spearheaded by the NYC... View Details

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Dafna Bearson

workforce and business performance? These are the kinds of questions that challenge and excite me,” she explains. Dafna first discovered her passion for business strategy while studying economics at UC Berkeley. She was drawn to the way... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Bright Future for Green Business

gathered in Cumnock Hall. The world population is exploding, and resource use is skyrocketing, particularly in rapidly developing nations like China and India, said Nordan, president of the analyst group Lux Research. “If you do that math... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

Portrait Project

Dami Adesanya

empathy, and speaks with conviction. I will be most impactful being true to myself. Home is where my heart is. I am going to invest in the economic development of Africa so that the promise my generation... View Details

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

that lead people to feel more or less safe speaking up: individual differences and contextual factors. Individual differences include personality dispositions such as one's level of extraversion or proactivity, or one's developed skills... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

July 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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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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