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  • 2015
  • Organizational Change

Don Tomaskovic-Devey

  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

involvement, said Tufano in a recent in-house HBS seminar on "Providing Financial Services to the Poor: High-Tech and High-Touch." Current public policy clearly supports asset building, said Tufano, but 90 percent of tax-based... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • Web

FERPA Information | HBS Online

behalf of Harvard Business School Online, Harvard Business School or the University; and members of Harvard's governing boards. Student Rights Under FERPA Under Harvard Business School Online policy and FERPA to the extent that it... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

A Silent Workplace Crisis

resources or employee assistance programs. One simple change, to have information and referral requests managed by experienced geriatric-care managers, would dramatically improve utilization of services. Corporate wellness programs and View Details
Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

standards and committed to transparency on environmental issues. Few new graduates will immediately become CEOs, with the direct responsibility to reshape a company’s ESG policies in such dramatic ways, but Serafeim wants to show students... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 02 Jun 2011
  • News

Serious Fun

moderate-income consumers, D2D develops and supports innovative new products and policies that make it easier for people to save. Among its many initiatives, D2D offers individuals and organizations (private employers, the military,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

    John F. Dryden

    In 1881, Dryden became head of the company he helped found six years prior. He grew the company from less than $4 million in receipts in 1879 to more than $17 million in receipts by 1899, and from 1 million policies in 1885 to 10 million... View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • 13 Mar 2025
    • Blog Post

    Advancing Health Care Innovation and Impact with Anita Gupta (GMP 29, 2020)

    lasting impact in health care. As a physician anesthesiologist and pharmacist, I had spent years advocating for access to care, navigating complex health care systems, and working on policies to address the opioid crisis. But I knew that... View Details
    • November 2017 (Revised August 2018)
    • Case

    Fair Value Accounting at Noble Group (A)

    By: Siko Sikochi, Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
    Noble Group was a large commodities trader based in Hong Kong and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In 2012, Noble shifted its business strategy towards an asset-light model. Under this model, Noble did not own mines or farms to produce commodities but built... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Policy; Goods and Commodities; Contracts; Valuation
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    • 1999
    • Chapter

    The Limited Financing of Catastrophe Risk: An Overview

    By: K. Froot
    Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Risk Management; Financial Markets; Policy; Insurance Industry
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    • 2020
    • Article

    Inconvenient Truths: Interpreting the Origins of the Internet

    By: Shane Greenstein
    A conventional economic narrative provides intellectual underpinnings for governments to subsidize research and development ("R&D") that coordinates risky research to benefit many in society. This essay compares this narrative with the origins and invention of the... View Details
    Keywords: Lead Users; Technology Transfer; Internet and the Web; History; Analysis; Research and Development; Governance; Information Technology; Policy
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    • September 1997
    • Case

    Siam Cement Group, The: Corporate Philosophy (B)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Prompilai Khunaphante
    In 1996, senior executives of Thailand's Siam Cement Group must decide whether to apply its management philosophy and code of ethics when doing business outside of Thailand. The status of the code in joint ventures and contractual relationships is of particular... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Decision Making; Joint Ventures; Corporate Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Construction Industry; Thailand
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    • 22 Nov 2015
    • News

    Start-Up Leaders Embrace Lobbying as Part of the Job

    A recent story in the New York Times that details entrepreneurs’ growing interest in shaping policy highlights the lobbying efforts of Hello Alfred, a personal butler service founded by Jessica Beck (MBA 2015) and Marcela Sapone (MBA... View Details
    • 01 Oct 1997
    • News

    Antitrust in Historical Perspective

    Before he became a federal judge, the controversial Robert Bork once labeled antitrust "a policy at war with itself." In this case, he was right. Antitrust laws are problematic. That is not, however, to say that they are without value.... View Details
    Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
    • December 2023
    • Case

    The American Bully XL

    By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback, Johnathan Sun and Robert Ialenti
    The American Bully XL, first introduced to the United Kingdom around 2014, had been held responsible for a disproportionate share of both dog-related attacks and deaths. The case discusses the announcement, in October 2023, that the dog breed would be added to a list... View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Administration; Laws and Statutes; Risk and Uncertainty; United Kingdom
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    • February 1998 (Revised October 2002)
    • Case

    Uganda and the Washington Consensus

    By: Huw Pill and Courtenay Sprague
    Under the direction of President Museveni, much of the world has heaped praise on Uganda for transforming its economy from devastation to growth and managing the ethnic and racial strife that has divided the country in the past. Following a decade of reforms, Uganda is... View Details
    Keywords: Macroeconomics; Economy; Policy; Analysis; Development Economics; Borrowing and Debt; Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Uganda
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    • 17 May 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: May 17

    existence of rural areas not supplied by grid electricity was an important motivation for early movers in both the U.S. and Denmark. Public policy was the problem rather than the opportunity for wind entrepreneurs before 1980, but... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Early-Stage Feedback | New Venture Competition

    before the ESF Deadline. (Please read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy when using this platform . By using the platform, you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions.) Prepare an Overview To prepare to submit an overview of... View Details
    • Web

    1.1 HBS Community Values | MBA

    1.1 HBS Community Values 1.0 Academic Information & Policies The MBA Program is built around the HBS Learning Model, where students and faculty teach and learn from one another. The goal of Community Values and the MBA Honor Code is to... View Details
    • Web

    Commercial Videotaping & Photography | About

    rpassias@hbs.edu , Director of Digital Media & Marketing Projects. Harvard Business School reserves the right to refuse to grant permission for any reason, including the potential disruption of academic, research, business or student activities; damage to School... View Details