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- 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8
gaming of Securities and Exchange Commission rules by Citigroup's mortgage-banking desk in 2007 is an illuminating example of institutional corruption in the finance industry. After exploring that case, I provide a more complete... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
almost 9,000 miles of travel. "I think the logistical challenge that we have today in Brazil is probably bigger than any other country has seen." For Sender, the event has forced a complete rethink of operations at TAM, which flies to 42 domestic and 19 View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
class, places like Payatas, or the teeming streets of Calcutta, or the favelas of Rio de Janeiro—places where only the entrepreneurial survive—are never far from his mind. According to the World Bank, nearly half the world's... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 21 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad
of career recourses offered by HBS and HLS, it is extremely easy to recruit at both schools and to receive resume and interview guidance from both career services offices. During my time in the program, I interned at a private equity... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
world, but “I went into energy at Enron. I thought Enron was innovative. The company used creative finance to bring power projects to life.” After Enron folded, Nisha continued her career in sustainable energy and infrastructure ventures.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
PublicationsRepublic of China at 60-An International Assessment Author:William C. Kirby Publication:Harvard University Asia Center, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
to gain much traction and proposes measures that will better protect the rights of property owners. We asked Wells to discuss his research and experiences representing host governments in such negotiations, and what international managers... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
George Floyd moment —have really internalized that vision of that. And are now doing work to really understand what's behind this. Does systematic racism really exist and why? CEOs and others have to look in the mirror and simply make the... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
how separating entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has largely abstracted away from the fact that a startup typically does not have just one investor, but several VCs that come together in a syndicate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
2017 CA: BVT Publishing Global Marketing Management: A Casebook By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—During the last quarter century, international business was shaken by a revolution in global competition unlike any previously experienced. As... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
responsibility of finance and operations, while marketing and sales focus on value generators. But the only way to maximize the space between customer value generated and the selling company's costs is to get these people together so you... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
No matter how many brilliant thinkers a company may employ in-house, sometimes the most innovative solution to a problem can be found from seeking answers outside–from the crowd. “Crowds appear to reliably produce cheaper, faster, and better solutions than View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- Career Coach
Fran Davis
Fran has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has worked at Harvard for over 25 years. Over these three decades she has provided career coaching for MBA students, HBS Alumni, and in Executive Education programs and has taught psychology courses (including Positive Psychology aka... View Details
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
Government: Yes Or No? Shin Yasunobe, a former director within various departments of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), and now executive director of Stanford's Japan Center for Research, warned against... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
have seen too many companies lose their edge by diversifying to large too quickly,” Blank said, recommending BlackRock focus on growth through the licensure of Aladdin. Dewey noted that with no hard finances on what revenue Aladdin could... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
financing institutions, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). We find that developing countries... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
learn about the the role that finance can play in accelerating our response to climate change. Those conversations in the classroom setting and outside were critical in shaping my own view of what the role of businesses is in solving this... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
threats posed by climate change and aims to mitigate future emissions, India must forge a new, sustainable development pathway. This “twin challenge” of developing while decarbonizing was the main topic of our work in India. Throughout our trip, we engaged with local... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman