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- Alumni Changing the World
Esther Hsu Wang
Esther Hsu Wang, MBA 2009, Founding Partner of IDinsight, is on a mission to change the way the world supports those in need. Based in Lusaka, Zambia and serving organizations across Africa and Asia, IDinsight uses data and measurement to help leaders in the... View Details
- 2006
- Book
A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Legitimacy
By: George C. Lodge and Craig Wilson
Lodge, George C., and Craig Wilson. A Corporate Solution to Global Poverty: How Multinationals Can Help the Poor and Invigorate Their Own Legitimacy. Princeton University Press, 2006.
- Article
From Blood Diamonds to Dirty Gold: How to Buy Gold Less Tainted by Mercury
By: Kristin Sippl
This is a quick and easy news article on the link between poverty, mercury pollution, and gold mining. It explains the problems in the jewelry industry as well as public and civil society attempts to address them. View Details
Sippl, Kristin. "From Blood Diamonds to Dirty Gold: How to Buy Gold Less Tainted by Mercury." The Conversation (December 22, 2015).
- September 2022
- Article
The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente
By: Alyce S. Adams, Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Jinglin Wang, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin
Most hospitals have financial assistance programs for low-income patients. We use administrative data from Kaiser Permanente to study the effects of financial assistance on health care utilization. Using a regression discontinuity design based on an income threshold... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Utilization; Financial Assistance; Health Care and Treatment; Social Issues; Poverty; Health Industry
Adams, Alyce S., Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Jinglin Wang, Francis Wong, and Wesley Yin. "The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente." American Economic Review: Insights 4, no. 3 (September 2022): 389–407.
- 2005
- Book
Building Assets Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky
Retsinas, Nicolas P. and Eric S. Belsky, eds. Building Assets Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities. Brookings Institution Press, 2005.
- September 2024
- Article
Investing in the Next Generation: The Long-Run Impacts of a Liquidity Shock
By: Patrick Agte, Arielle Bernhardt, Erica M. Field, Rohini Pande and Natalia Rigol
How do poor entrepreneurs trade off investments in business enterprises versus children's human capital, and how do these choices influence intergenerational socio-economic mobility? To examine this, we exploit experimental variation in household income resulting from... View Details
Agte, Patrick, Arielle Bernhardt, Erica M. Field, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol. "Investing in the Next Generation: The Long-Run Impacts of a Liquidity Shock." American Economic Review 114, no. 9 (September 2024): 2792–2824.
- January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd
Kenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of... View Details
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz, and John Dean Shepherd. "Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 207-017, January 2007. (Revised May 2009.)
- 28 Jun 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Scaling a Fintech Startup for the Greater Good
Keywords: Financial Services
- October 2, 2010
- Book Review
The Wealth of an Intellect
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Keywords: Wealth
Koehn, Nancy F. "The Wealth of an Intellect." New York Times (October 2, 2010). (Book Review.)
- October 1998
- Case
"Pathways to Independence": Welfare-to-Work at Marriott International
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
In 1991 Marriott International established a program called Pathways to Independence to recruit and train people from the welfare rolls. The program graduated over 1,000 people in eight years and retained about 20% more of its participants than regular hires. Now the... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Pathways to Independence": Welfare-to-Work at Marriott International. Harvard Business School Case 399-067, October 1998.
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
Thrive! helps communities of color Roughly 84 percent of children born into poverty will live in poverty for the rest of their lives. Thrive! is a software-as-a-service that helps local governments break the... View Details
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-078.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-029 At the 2005 Group of Eight summit, world leaders agreed to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2020
- Working Paper
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: The Impact of Access and Value
By: Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson and Georgia Perakis
The goal of this paper is to leverage household-level data to improve food-related policies aimed at increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables (FVs) among low-income households. Currently, several interventions target areas where residents have limited... View Details
Keywords: Food Deserts; Food Access; Food Policy; Causal Inference; Food; Nutrition; Poverty; Government Administration
Levi, Retsef, Elisabeth Paulson, and Georgia Perakis. "Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: The Impact of Access and Value." MIT Sloan Research Paper, No. 5389-18, October 2020.
- January 2009
- Teaching Note
The Octopus and the Generals: The United Fruit Company in Guatemala (TN)
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Marcelo Bucheli
Teaching Note for [805146]. View Details
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action
The inner city of Milwaukee holds great promise, but is not advancing economically. The inner city has been hard hit by the loss of many of its largest employers as a result of relocation, acquisition and failure. According to the 2000 US Census data, thirty percent of... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action." Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, September 2003. (Report.)
- Portrait Project
Jordan Bazinsky
contraption. But why stop at the edges of my own yard? I will build an organization that empowers others to create safe and healthy homes. The depth of poverty and malnutrition in our world is overwhelming but addressing the problem... View Details
- November – December 2010
- Article
Robin Hood under the Hood: Wealth-based Discrimination in Illicit Customer Help
By: F. Gino and L. Pierce
Gino, F., and L. Pierce. "Robin Hood under the Hood: Wealth-based Discrimination in Illicit Customer Help." Organization Science 21, no. 6 (November–December 2010): 1176–1194.
- Article
Wealth Making in the Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century: The Rubinstein Hypothesis Revisited
By: Tom Nicholas
Nicholas, Tom. "Wealth Making in the Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century: The Rubinstein Hypothesis Revisited." Business History 42, no. 2 (April 2000).
- 07 Jun 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
As the second president of the Costa Rica–based EARTH University, Arturo Condo (DBA 2000) is following his passion for education that has a demonstrable impact on the world. “EARTH’s students have the potential to lift people out of View Details
- Web
RISE Fellowship | MBA
award exhibit the following: Demonstrated commitment to and impact in under-resourced communities in the US, defined as ZIP Codes in which more than 20% of households have income below the poverty level. Efforts that extend beyond the... View Details