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- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
how, and regulated how," Light concluded. Home Ownership: "back To The Future" Housing was Topic A for panelist Nicolas Retsinas, who before arriving at Harvard served as assistant secretary for housing in the U.S. Department of Housing and View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
wealth-based discrimination in employee-customer relations and that envy toward wealthy customers and empathy toward those of similar economic status drive much of this illegal behavior. Implications for both theory and practice are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Kaiser's endeavors, from his beginnings in the construction industry all the way to his development of Hawaii's urban landscape, demonstrated his willingness to embrace the unknown, and his determination in the face of setbacks. His... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
outfitter Timberland, begun in 1989 when City Year requested from Timberland fifty pairs of boots for its urban youth service corps, founded the previous year. The service corps program organizes youths from diverse ethnic, racial, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
giving a subsidy as a lump sum to offset capital costs is more effective. This has different regulatory implications for urban and rural settings where the environmental objectives may differ. Bouncing Out of the Banking System: An... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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 economic underpinnings of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Education Sector Opportunities at HBS
Technology Innovations in Education, Managing Human Capital, and an independent project through the Social Innovation Lab. She was also able to examine the economic forces around teachers unions through her group paper in the Role of... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
contribution to Asia's economic progress and the characteristics (and limitations) of a leading university, Professor Emeritus Daniel Quinn Mills lays out his recommendations for building a world-class university in Asia, including how to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
advocacy, design, and construction services, micro Home Solutions works with communities, financial institutions, government, and multilateral agencies to address the housing needs of India's urban poor. MEHRA Photo courtesy of Rakhi... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
bulk rental contract and the unit economics work, then you likely have PMF, and it probably makes sense to purchase the inventory required to service these bulk rental contracts. —Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009) Got a case? To take part in a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
cancer still progressing, he and his wife decided it was time to stop treatment. At the age of 74, Sato-san settled in for his final stages in the heart of his home—the altar to his ancestors to his left, oxygen machine to his right—secure in the knowledge that the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
developing economic powerhouse. In the evening light, silhouettes of high-rises under construction punctuate the modern skyline, and a gleaming urban mall stands ready to serve Mumbai’s growing,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Publications January 2015 Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Agglomeration and Innovation By: Carlino, Gerald, and William R. Kerr Abstract—This chapter reviews academic research on the connections... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
end, we have to move to energy sources for base load electrical power—available whenever a customer needs it—and transportation that do not release new carbon into the atmosphere and yet are still economically acceptable to the public.... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
officials, and food companies. In an increasingly industrializing and urbanizing society, such information translated into consumer decisions that had both economic and cultural antecedents and consequences.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
something that will take years.” Home Ownership: Back to Basics HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas, who before arriving at Harvard served as assistant secretary for housing in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, offered a... View Details
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plan, and a mission to create deep economic and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball Singing to the Corn Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
action,” she adds. Of course, many alums will continue to follow the more traditional path of doing well professionally before taking up social entrepreneurship in later life. A generation of economic prosperity has made it possible for... View Details