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  • 21 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) has been named the first recipient of the Harvard Business School (HBS) RISE (Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity) Career Fellow, with his income supplemented for one year... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
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  • 10 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910 Author:Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract This paper examines the effect of government intervention via... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

beyond a few photos on the course website, but several gadget aficionado blogs found the photos and linked to them. The buzz went viral, eventually garnering Clocky a photo on the front page View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products
  • Web

General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Sourcing at Nike” (HBS Case 619-008) with Michael Toffel and Olivia Hull. Hubert Joly : Recipient of the 2023 Greenhill Award for Outstanding Service to the HBS Community. Hubert Joly : Included on the 2023... View Details
  • 06 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS

unsolved problems. Now, one year out of HBS, Casey is the CEO and co-founder of MBAs Across America, a movement that pairs MBAs with entrepreneurs and local businesses across... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

within these industries and show that whether or not a piece of content ends up exclusive to one platform depends crucially on whether or not the content provider maintains... View Details
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, Renata Lemos, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We present evidence on the labor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2019
  • Case

Clean Energy for the Future

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Howaida Kamel
This is an industry note on renewable energy – wind, solar, governmental incentives and storage. It covers the recent history of both the wind and solar industries, an extensive look at governmental policies in the United States, including the Green New Deal, and... View Details
Keywords: Green New Deal; Renewable Energy; Energy Policy; Industry Growth; Supply and Industry; Price; Motivation and Incentives; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States
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  • 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

a question related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help themselves, while the measure of luck is the share of the oil industry in the state's economy multiplied by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 1991 (Revised August 2000)
  • Case

California PERS (A)

By: Jay O. Light, Jay W. Lorsch and James O. Sailer
Examines California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the world's fourth largest pension fund. Dale Hanson, CEO of CalPERS, has a problem; how does he use CalPERS' influence as the holder of a small percentage of 1,300 American companies to put pressure on... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Retirement; System; Asset Pricing; Performance Improvement; Corporate Governance; Investment Funds; Investment Return; California
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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in employment; and Massachusetts laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis View Details
  • 27 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 27

transactions and vice versa. This paper estimates the effect of competition and service quality on mobile money demand. In this setting, service quality consists of service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Every Trick in the Book

environment its original owners never envisioned. As other independent booksellers before her had discovered, Brody realized that the store could never compete with its bigger rivals on price or—with just... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

traffic from steamships to railroads serving the same route that declines with route distance, with no change in prices and no evidence of effects on aggregate shipments,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

base helps attract merchants, the platform’s bargaining power may motivate some merchants to work with its smaller competitors, over which they have more influence on price setting. Our counterfactual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Ken Zeng

business leaders must make, whether it's closing a mine due to uncertain safety concerns, pricing essential drugs in developing nations, or taking a stance on contentious societal issues as a company. It is... View Details
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices. The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuation on low-price firms, managers will maintain share View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

Examples," Sebenius details how "3-D negotiation" provides practitioners with skills for effective dealmaking that create value on a sustainable basis. According to Sebenius, the first dimension View Details
Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

theoretical explanation for workplace silence based on implicit theories of voice.   Cases & Course MaterialsASUSTek Computer Inc. Eee PC (A) Harvard Business School Case 609-011 ASUSTek Computer was the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne