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- November 2014
- Case
BRAC in 2014
By: Tarun Khanna, Rachna Tahilyani, Reeti Roy and Aldo Sesia
In the early 1970s BRAC was a startup nongovernmental organization (NGO) working in Bangladesh. By 2014, it was the world's largest NGO. It had a strong presence in Bangladesh and had begun to deliver social development programs in nine other countries. Its founder and... View Details
Keywords: BRAC; Bangladesh; NGO; Strategy; Business Model; Business Organization; Social Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Poverty; Bangladesh
Khanna, Tarun, Rachna Tahilyani, Reeti Roy, and Aldo Sesia. "BRAC in 2014." Harvard Business School Case 715-414, November 2014.
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies Authors:Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein, and Katharine L. Lee Abstract Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
of education. This is particularly true of those with "strong brands." Describing the new virtual schools as "intermediaries," Ilyas Naibov-Aylisli suggests that schools with highly regarded and recognized names (or "trustmarks")... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
organizations as well as customer pressure from individual investors are critical in mitigating free-rider problems among asset managers and sustaining engagement practices. Finally, I explore the limits and anticompetitive concerns to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
important and contentious subjects where intellectual breakthroughs are possible. 1. Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is an area in which business historians have made important contributions, but in which most of the recent conceptual work has been done by... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
specialized skills or training, forcing them to turn to experts to solve important problems. Consumers who lack adequate wealth to participate in a market. Consumers who can use a product or service only in centralized and/or inconvenient... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
management systems used by direct marketers; software for creating and managing graphics, video, and sound; and convergence technologies such as broadband that provide simultaneous, high-speed transmission... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
My research is at the intersection of organizational strategy, global sustainability governance, and social change. It explores the diffusion of sustainability standards to non-traditional sectors (e.g. jewelry, cannabis, plastics, pets) and the relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Extractive Industries; Luxury; Gold; Institutional Change; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Hybrid Organizations; Governance; Policy; Consumer Behavior; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pollution and Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Diversification; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Tourism Industry; Africa; Latin America; Europe
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
which he credited with helping to create a performance-driven, transparency-focused culture, was an information technology dashboard system that provided managers and front-line workers with a wealth of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2010
- Teaching Note
Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Teaching Note for 310011 and 310017. View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
where CEO wealth is sensitive to change in the share price, (2) where announced earnings are particularly likely to be an important source of information about managerial ability and effort, and (3) before implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Rebalancing by Individual Investors Authors:Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell, and Paolo Sodini Abstract This paper investigates the dynamics of individual portfolios in a unique dataset containing the disaggregated wealth of all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
reward their own drives." Inspired by the writings and insights of Charles Darwin, specifically his 1871 masterwork The Descent of Man, Lawrence's new book, Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership, offers managers an... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
aspects of developing globally competitive businesses. Much of their growth is driven by a wealth of smart, hard working, well-educated individuals. In other words, great human capital. However, they do not have fully formed financial... View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
periods. We show that the resulting opportunistic earnings management is concentrated in CEOs, firms, and periods where such incentives are likely to be strongest: (1) where CEO wealth is sensitive to change... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
that a sizable decline in mortgage payments (up to 50%) induces a significant increase in car purchases (up to 35%). This effect is attenuated by voluntary deleveraging. Borrowers with lower incomes and housing wealth have significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
Capital, Competitor Ties, and Entrepreneurial Innovation, published in the October 2015 Academy of Management Journal and co-written with Emily Cox Pahnke and Benjamin Hallen of the University of Washington and Dan Wang of Columbia... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011) Abstract Market capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Article
In Microfinance, Clients Must Come First
By: Srikant M. Datar, Marc J. Epstein and Kristi Yuthas
In the debate over whether microfinance works, few microfinance institutions articulate what, exactly, their ultimate goals are and how, exactly, they will achieve them. The authors cut through the confusion by mapping a clear theory of change for microfinance. If the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Social Entrepreneurship; Microfinance; Goals and Objectives; Success; Social Enterprise; Poverty
Datar, Srikant M., Marc J. Epstein, and Kristi Yuthas. "In Microfinance, Clients Must Come First." Stanford Social Innovation Review 6, no. 1 (Winter 2008).
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we consider how the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne