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- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
Reserve Bank of Boston found the average net worth of a white family was $250,000, compared with $2,700 for "Other Hispanic" and $8 for Black (source: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, The Color of Wealth,... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
Working PapersNone this week PublicationsFinancial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality? Author:Shawn Cole Periodical:Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract In 1980, India... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
many local alumni are retired. Still, the club’s co-president, Paul Engle (MBA 1974), says five alumni attended the workshop. Andrews adds that this group included mid-career professionals looking at what might come next. “Some were... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
Transparency, accountability, and local buy-in and commitment are key ingredients. “The MCC’s mission is to reduce poverty through economic growth, and it’s been very effective,” says Bloom, who has been with the MCC since 2004.... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
board chairman role to begin working on a related venture, a mutual bank to support lending to local food and farming businesses.) The changes slashed errors in half and doubled their packing speed.... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
stop to unemployment benefits slashed the incomes of the vast majority of those who were cut off and crimped overall spending in local economies, says Raymond Kluender, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
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What We Learned in Three Charts: Innovation, Tariffs, and Gig Work | Working Knowledge
things we learned, visualized in charts. 1. Global mobile inventors spread innovation Research by Prithwiraj Choudhury illustrates how ideas can follow inventors and evolve. The paper found that inventors who develop a new technology before emigrating are 70 percent... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
of IPO Team Ties on Investment Bank Affiliation and IPO Success," which examines how individuals' affiliations can affect the formation of alliances at the firm level. To that end, the researchers pinpointed the biotechnology... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
decision rights and (2) adjust for local information, including historical performance data, in their decisions. These decision-making patterns are associated with large and systematic differences in learning rates across business units.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
Working PapersLocal Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovich, and Scott WeisbennerNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15175, July 2009 Abstract We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on firm payout policy. Retail investors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015
network, with a pattern broadly consistent with theory. Quantitatively, the network-based propagation is larger than the direct effects of the shocks. We also show quantitatively large effects from the geographic network, capturing the fact that the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
seen the inner city as a separate part of the economic landscape. Almost always, he said, entrepreneurs would rather borrow money from a leading local bank than from a community development bank. "The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
which connects farmers to food banks to reduce food waste and feed needy communities; Anne Hayes, executive director of The Food Project, which deploys youth and young adults from diverse backgrounds to work on farms and in urban gardens... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
children under five are undernourished, even as broken supply chains mean that up to a third of produce is wasted. The World Bank estimates that some 22 percent of the nation's 175 million people are unemployed; half of 15- to... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
maintains its focus on the headquarters location, this may have a detrimental effect on areas that are losing headquarters. Our interviewees described how local banks used to be the largest supporters of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2024
- News
Leading the Way
Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. “I just really lacked direction,” says Trejo. That’s when he joined ASU’s Hispanic Students Business Association... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
on track. Underpinning his advice with research and illustrating it with stories from others’ successes, Barnett lays out practical, step-by-step processes to help readers realize their goals. Money, Murder, and Madness: A Banking Life by... View Details
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
showing commitment to the region and local knowledge. Malaysia Malaysia aims to become a developed economy by 2020 and as a result it has been undergone major reforms to be more business friendly and encourage increased foreign direct... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
social service organizations through their family foundation. “There comes a responsibility with success, and that is leaving the world better than you found it,” says Klarman. Robert Kraft, MBA 1965 Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Kraft Group Greeting guests at a... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services