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- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa
development being led by private equity. What does this mean? There's a tremendous amount of natural capital in that region, and there's also a lot of development capital that is earmarked for impact. “Historically, financial capital and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
start-up will be a phone call away, if you have the right idea,” write Senor and Singer. But the IDF experience is not the only reason for Israel’s business success. For one thing, Israel leads the OECD countries in the percentage of GDP View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
says. “It had all the earmarks for a huge success, but it wasn’t.” Why? “I was an absentee owner,” explains McCann. “I wasn’t networked into the community. In Santa Cruz, nobody knew me. I’d thought it was the great location that would... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
kinwun Summing Up: What are the Earmarks of a “New Economy?” Responses to this month’s column rightly focused on the need for measures and standards before deciding whether we are entering an era of social and economic change as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
No Time Like the Present
Reunion. Now the subject of an HBS case study himself, Delle still regularly reviews his collection of cases from his days as an MBA in order to glean new insights. He was initially interested in earmarking his support for research and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
attending its performances. In response, Hodges and her team are piloting a true beginner workshop so that students will ultimately feel more comfortable coming to drop-in classes. Also under way: earmarking particular performances as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
earmarked for philanthropy ends up going toward efforts to rescue the firm itself. (Call it a case of securing your own oxygen mask first.) As it turned out, the researchers' findings more or less split the difference. In cases of small-... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
supporting private-sector research; another $2 billion was earmarked for R&D that the government wanted scientists and engineers to pursue to help local enterprises improve their technology and become more competitive internationally. But... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
of Health and Human Services, manufacturers may donate to charitable organizations that cover these costs, and can earmark their donations for specific disease categories. The amount contributed to these organizations skyrocketed after... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
Katelyn Donnelly, the managing director of PALF, and her team had made seven investments in Africa and Asia and were close to fully committing the $15 million earmarked for the initiative. In the upcoming meeting of PALF's Investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Developing Black Talent for Leadership
HBCU liberal arts institution in Alabama, told CNN that while the $1.4 billion and other aid for higher education earmarked by Congess and approved by the President was "fantastic," it was only a first step in putting the fire out.... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
IFC as well as Western NGOs is now explicitly earmarking 30-40% of funds toward adaptation concepts like dams, irrigation, flood control, reflective roof coverings, and shifts in crops as rainfall and heat alter. This is beyond the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Surprisingly, the higher-interest rate option had little impact on savings, neither with the amount saved nor by inspiring participants to move over savings from preexisting accounts. "Our survey evidence suggests that many microentrepreneurs wanted to keep money... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
With its abundance of complex management issues in a rapidly changing environment, Latin America offers a rich landscape for in-depth academic investigation. Some of the research work currently underway by HBS faculty is already earmarked... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
Business Review 84, no. 12 (December 2006) Abstract Countries, organizations, and individuals around the globe spend aggressively to solve social problems, but these efforts often fail to deliver. Misdirected investment is the primary reason for that failure. Most of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
intergenerational transfer estimated at $6 trillion over the next fifty years specifically earmarked for social enterprises. None of these sources of money is actually looking for an economic return. They’re definitely looking for a... View Details
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
number more than 34,000, an increase of 22 percent between 2001 and 2005. Big foundations have more money in their endowments than they can give away. And there is an intergenerational transfer estimated at $6 trillion over the next fifty years specifically View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
combination of funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the WPTO, which was established in 2008 with a budget of only $10 million ($1 million of which was earmarked for traditional hydroelectric... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
housing, and business needs should all be addressed in the site's final composition. The LMDC is also responsible for determining how to spend the federal funds earmarked for redeveloping and revitalizing the disaster site. While... View Details