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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice 02–03 APR 2015 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Max Bazerman Harvard Business School Corinne Moss-Racusin Skidmore College Emilio... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Bridging Domains

companies, and for scientists and engineers to better understand how businesses can enhance the impact of their ideas.” Karen, Sanjeev’s classmate at Harvard College, majored in government as an undergraduate and holds a master’s degree... View Details

28 Aug 2017
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Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

for the whole industry. We are unlikely to see progress in cases where collaboration is unprofitable in both the short and the long term. Second, large institutional investors must have significant ownership of a sizeable part of the key... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

25 May 2016
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Education Is the Key

engineering and economics,” says Haddad, a native of Brazil who holds a PhD from the University of Chicago. “Participating in the OPM Program in the mid-1980s opened up my understanding to new ways of thinking.” In addition, then-Dean Kim... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto

respond. When the system is decentralized, there’s no owner, and often not even a central legal institution wrapped around it. If the system somehow decided to take half of my bitcoin holdings and give them... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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Ken Peterson | About

the scholar and the research content they need for their scholarship or teaching. Before joining the Harvard Business School, he held several library leadership roles at both public and private institutions where his efforts focused on... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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What’s after Fannie and Freddie?

pay the government up front for bailing them out. The old system didn’t work too well, and this one wouldn’t either. Wouldn’t the pool of reinsurance money paid by these private institutions shield the government from any losses? Not... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

microfinance institutions and banks in developing countries that make small loans to low-income women-and in some instances, men-so that they can build their own business and move beyond poverty. A customer in The Gambia, for example,... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

which all technological shifts are.” During the winter term, Henderson will coteach the first-year course Leadership and Corporate Account-ability, which she says has broad relevance to her work. “LCA really looks at the responsibilities of managers — the legal,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Research Links | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

[1956?]. Show caption Hide caption The Baker Old Class collection is a particularly valuable resource for tracing the development and growth of American business from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century. The rich View Details

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Gabriel Handel | About

alumni relations. Gabe holds governance roles with the Harvard Innovation Lab and the Advanced Leadership Initiative. He serves on the HBS Tech Board, the Harvard University Electronic Communications Policy Oversight Committee, the MBA... View Details

09 Apr 2020
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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

Foundation has made frequent use of investments in the form of “program-related investments” to support its social and environmental goals. How can an entrepreneur trying to do good evaluate the best form of support to pursue? Roth recommends those View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

25 Apr 2019
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Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Companies and government leaders have long tried to recreate the kind of Silicon Valley innovation magic that made Facebook and Google such goldmines. Cities from Cincinnati to Saskatoon have launched startup labs. Companies including Nationwide Insurance, Walt Disney,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Charles Ellis | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Europe, and Japan. Charley also holds a doctorate in finance and economics from New York University and has authored several books and articles on finance. He served as president of the Institute of... View Details

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

"If there is one thing that I hope this event will do, it is change the relationship that each of you has with this remarkable institution. We need you to be a part of this institution with all your heart." Survey On Work-life... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

Exxon’s institutional investors would be eligible to submit shareholder proposals under the current law, only 7 (at the time of this writing) would meet the 1 percent threshold. In high tech, the thresholds grow even higher: Owning 1... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Jul 2005
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Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

"five contexts framework"—issues to consider, in essence—to understand institutional variations between countries. We excerpt a summary of the five contexts. As we helped companies think through their globalization strategies,... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

that future work should develop more precise and context-specific theories to help guide research and practice in disparate task and industry domains. Working paper not available. Why Do Firms Hold So Much Cash? A Tax-Based Explanation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui

having served as the Chairman of the Board for Compartamos Banco (Gentera), the largest microfinance institution in the Americas, and Chair of ACCION International, a 65-year-old US non-profit organization. Throughout his career, Alvaro... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

http://hbr.org/2010/10/unleashing-the-power-of-marketing/ar/1 Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Publication:In The Oxford... View Details