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- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
working with consulting clients—Wilson was able to move on to his studies with Raiffa and others who were developing a new approach to using economic theory and mathematics to drive strategy and management... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
overcome the institutional void of credit for small entrepreneurs in developing and emerging economies. Using a large global panel of MFIs from 119 countries, we find that social globalization that embraces egalitarian institutions on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
assure that state and local governments can appropriately respond to the digital activities that impact physical realities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54300 August 2017 Journal of Law & Economics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
2015 Modern China Studies Free at Last, Now What: The Soviet and Chinese Attempts to Offer a Roadmap for the Post-Colonial World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—This article seeks to understand the motivations behind the People's Republic of China's attempt to present an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
She has taught at the Wharton School and at the United Nations Economic Development Mission in the Republic of Belarus. A former assistant director of Admissions at HBS, she is the past president of TriCom... View Details
- January 2008 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
South Dakota Wheat Growers
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
As a farmer-owned cooperative, South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) serves the needs of its 3,600 active farmer-members by supplying farm inputs and organizing the marketing and transportation of grain produced in the co-op's service territory. For almost 80 years, the... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Production; Rail Transportation; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Economic Growth; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; South Dakota
Bell, David E., and Mary L. Shelman. "South Dakota Wheat Growers." Harvard Business School Case 508-034, January 2008. (Revised February 2008.)
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
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
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
more than just school buildings, teachers, and textbooks. In much of the developing world, the poor lack faith that changing their lives is possible; few believe in the existence of a social or economic... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
state control to free enterprise in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe—more than 20 countries in all, including Zambia, Vietnam, and, most recently, Myanmar. “Reforming economic infrastructure and privatizing state corporations are rarely... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
at HBS, 1988–2000), wades hip deep into business history (he cites HBS historians Richard Tedlow, Thomas McCraw, and Walter Friedman in a span of a few pages) and economic theory to argue that, in fact, the erosion of technological and... View Details
- Profile
Farrah Jamal
After undergraduate studies in economics and a graduate degree in political science, Farrah Jamal took another turn entirely – into health care. Ordinarily, the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital would not hire business managers without a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
economic reforms. Guided by Cohen, the firm has emerged over the past three decades as one of the world’s dominant private-equity investment groups, raising or advising funds totaling more than $20 billion. At the peak of his game, Cohen... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Ten years ago, the global financial system teetered dangerously on the edge of total collapse. What began as a subprime mortgage crisis in the United States developed into a full-blown meltdown, causing the collapse of major banks... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Publications 2013 pub Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World By: Ashraf, Nava Abstract—Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
(MBA 2005), Nayana Mawilmada (MBA 2005) and Jayamin Pelpola (MBA 2010). The firm hopes to capitalize on the current development drive and rapid economic growth taking place in Sri Lanka. Based in Colombo,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research) Studies have suggested that significantly... View Details
Keywords: Utilities
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
to government policy in relation to economic development and entrepreneurial activity. "In the peer effects paper, we see that policies that may encourage one person to become an entrepreneur have... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
developed it while at the University of Rochester with his former colleague and frequent collaborator William H. Meckling in response to a call from students for an economics course that was applicable to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
"What is high impact entrepreneurship, and how will it contribute to the economic development of a country like Jordan?" Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810049-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
he said. “And I believe my mother is exceptional, but that approach cannot work for everyone.” Drawn to a career focused on economic uplift and shared prosperity, Mbanusi looked for ways to address poverty at scale which led him to focus... View Details