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- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
experienced investors and entrepreneurs, and ultimately competing for cash prizes and support services. Winners for this year’s landmark...
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- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
development in the United States following her graduation from HBS. She fell in love with what was then Czechoslovakia during a visit to Central Europe and moved to Prague in 1991. "I worked in economic development View Details
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 05 May 2017
- News
Abell and Palandjian to lead Overseers
- 2014
- Discussion Paper
The Promise of Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: What Does the Evidence Say?
By: Dina D. Pomeranz
The microfinance revolution has transformed access to financial services for low-income populations worldwide. As a result, it has become one of the most talked-about innovations in global development in recent decades. However, its expansion has not been without...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Women's Empowerment;
Entrepreneurs;
Saving;
Savings;
Credit;
Credit Supply;
Insurance;
Development Economics;
Development Finance;
Behavioral Economics;
Gender;
Microfinance;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Public Administration Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Latin America;
Kenya;
Chile;
India;
Asia;
Africa
Pomeranz, Dina D. "The Promise of Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: What Does the Evidence Say?" EY Thought Leadership Series, February 2014.
- March 2017
- Supplement
Microfinance in India 2010-2016: Crisis and Recovery
By: Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers and Yannick Saleman
SKS, India's leading microfinance firm, is challenged when politicians declaim microfinance as exploitation of the poor and severely restrict business practices.
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Microfinance;
Government Administration;
Policy;
Capital Markets;
Crisis Management;
Poverty;
Financial Services Industry;
India
Cole, Shawn, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers, and Yannick Saleman. "Microfinance in India 2010-2016: Crisis and Recovery." Harvard Business School Supplement 217-070, March 2017.
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
organization during “bad times”? Using two large micro datasets on firm decentralization from U.S. administrative data and 10 OECD countries, we find that firms that delegated more power from the Central...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2013
- Article
From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
This article draws on historical material to examine the co-evolution of economic science and business education over the course of the twentieth century, showing that fields evolve not only through internal struggles but also through struggles taking place in adjacent...
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Keywords:
Professions;
Disciplines;
Neo-Liberalism;
Education;
Economics;
Finance;
Society;
United States
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America." Theory and Society 42, no. 2 (March 2013): 121–159.
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
life-changing. HBS made my entire experience.” Jones’s career took off after earning a doctorate degree in law along with her MBA. She worked in both private law firms and in public service roles, at one...
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Margie Kelley
- Web
Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
their ability to serve the complex and interrelated needs of each patient over the full cycle of care. The greatest improvements in health care outcomes and efficiency will come from sustained, team-based...
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- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
leadership and the role of serving others through collaboration. At the video services provider Vimeo, Anjali Sud persuaded both managers and employees to follow her insight...
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by Lane Lambert
- Oct 05 2018
- Tout
Technology Quick Reference
- 09 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architectures: A Flexibility Analysis
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Driving economic growth and job creation
Karen Gordon Mills (AB 1975, MBA 1977) served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as administrator of the US Small Business Administration, which is focused on economic growth and View Details
- Fast Answer
Energy data sources: consumption and efficiency
by US Department of Commerce, US Census Bureau. You may search this site for more surveys on the topic. Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency® -- A source of information on incentives and policies...
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Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After...
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Entrepreneurship;
Governance;
History;
Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Turkey
Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Special Issue on Business Groups around the World. Business History 58, no. 1 (2016): 69–88.
- 04 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Risk Preferences and Misconduct: Evidence from Politicians
- May 2016
- Case
Revitalizing State Bank of India
By: Srikant M. Datar, N. M. Bhatta, Rishikesha T. Krishnan and Rachna Tahilyani
State Bank of India is India’s oldest and largest bank with the government of India as its majority shareholder. Arundhati Bhattacharya, a 35-year veteran of the bank, is appointed as its chairman in October 2013. Her appointment coincides with Moody’s downgrading the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Communication Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change And Adaptation;
Performance Evaluation;
Culture;
Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Compensation And Benefits;
Recruiting;
Capital Markets;
Performance Expectations;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
India
Datar, Srikant M., N. M. Bhatta, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Revitalizing State Bank of India." Harvard Business School Case 116-043, May 2016.
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
games themselves. Then mix in the strong support of global brands and count the extensive television coverage (over 5,500 hours in this country alone) and record audiences that...
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- 11 Jun 2015
- News
Making connections at Harvard and beyond
included a number of senior administrative roles at HBS, as well as 10 years in the private sector as president and COO of the First Marblehead Corporation. “The world’s critical problems are not...
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- October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Pippa Tubman Amerding and Wale Lawal
Twiga is a leading agricultural produce supplier in Kenya offering services to mostly informal retailers. Under Peter Njonjo, a co-founder and Twiga’s new CEO, the company is considering multiple options for expanding its business, including offering packaged foods and...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Retail Industry;
Nairobi
Ghosh, Shikhar, Pippa Tubman Amerding, and Wale Lawal. "Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)." Harvard Business School Case 821-043, October 2020. (Revised February 2021.)