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Philia Hiotis
Money is the most important thing in life. Well, not actually, but if you're poor it can make a difference. I want to contribute to improving people's lives through a career in economic development, with a focus on providing microfinance... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
continued and expanded, with further empirical exploration of a distributed model of innovation that includes communities and platforms in a variety of contexts and with the development of theory to explain the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
pillars of underfunded structural challenges: policing and criminal justice reform; economic empowerment; health care equity; and youth education, empowerment, and civic engagement. Black and brown social entrepreneurs who work on these... View Details
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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
management—were new. The School’s first dean, Edwin F. Gay, led the development of the core curriculum for the emerging field of business administration. Before the completion of the Allston campus in 1927, HBS classes took place in... View Details
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
oils, using a lot less land and resources. It’s no secret that these are powerful organisms, but past attempts to scale production have faced challenging unit economics (high up-front capital costs for facilities, selling into commodity... View Details
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Allen Yang
While Allen Yang certainly has the intellectual chops to tackle big ideas, he's always had a hunger for the tangible and the practical—for hands-on reality. "In college, I studied economics," Allen says. "But it was all theoretical. I wanted to see how... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
agrees, of course. Comparing the simplicity of (especially short-term) responses to the complexity of the pay-for-performance challenge, Ravindra Edirisoorlya went so far as to say that "Current P4P model(s) may lead to another View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
accepted into previously. It was a welcome turn of events that enabled her to achieve the dream she and Gupta had of growing Rocket Learning into a thriving enterprise that would catalyze early childhood development across their native... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap
yet, the crisis has shed light on areas where business leaders can make an important difference, such as supporting schools and programs that enable students to gain skills and talents for productive employment and create a foundation for sustained View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
break down trust across teams or among bosses, colleagues, and subordinates, and Galford and Drapeau have developed useful and succinct recommendations for coping with such difficult situations. Other Alumni Books How to Become a Great... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Former Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Toronto, 1970 BASc.,... View Details
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Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources
data World Development Indicators: Statistics from the World Bank for almost 600 development indicators, dating as far back as 1960. Economist Intelligence Unit: Country reports and a tool to... View Details
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Special Collections & Archives | Baker Library
development of instant photography, trusted advisor to Polaroid founder Edwin Land, and liaison to iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams. From Inquiry to Action: Harvard Business School & the Case Method Since the 1920s, HBS has been... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
fascinating character to animate sometimes dry legalese.” Gleason’s quest for fair trade, or price protection, would not be easy. First off, the term “fair trade” in the 1930s had a different meaning than it does today when we use it to describe a social movement that... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
opportunities for human development are key to regenerating a middle class on which the US Constitution depends, I was surprised that there wasn’t a greater sense of urgency in many of the comments. Alan Levy led the enthusiasts with the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
and national security issues worsened in part by migration out of newly unlivable situations. How can investors, businesses, and global society face these issues? Governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) clearly don’t have... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
business solutions to poverty. “One day we were talking to villagers who live on $2 a day, and the next day we were meeting with business and government leaders,” recalls Kim. Last summer he built on this experience working in Delhi with Drishtee, a for-profit company... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008
between the structure of a development organization and the architecture of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products are often said to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations from which they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace