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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
as an imperial power. Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9952.html August 2013 American Economic Review Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia By: Ashraf, Nava, Erica Field, and Jean... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
PublicationsHigher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value Authors:Michael Beer, Russel A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract Organizations must choose between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
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I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
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I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
field research studies what motivates hairdressers in Zambia to provide HIV/AIDS education in their salons. Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil? Many organizations try to foster employee loyalty, but at a risk. Researchers discover... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity
In April, the World Health Organization released a groundbreaking study that established a definitive link between mental health and economic productivity. The findings were both depressing and hopeful. On the downside, depression and anxiety disorders cost the world... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Improving Lives One Data Set at a Time
Esther Hsu Wang (MBA 2009, MPA 2010) is the Founding Partner of IDinsight, and is on a mission to change the way the world supports those in need. Based in Lusaka, Zambia and serving organizations across Africa and Asia, IDinsight uses... View Details
Ray A. Goldberg
A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.
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- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
breakthrough technology and innovative business models. Audrey's role prior to HBS was a Senior Manager and Acting Zambia Country Director at One Acre Fund. Aman Baboolal (MBA 2024, Section F), Summer Internship: MBA Intern, NextEra... View Details
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By: Vincent Pons
Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
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- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
interventions that help us cultivate the good ones.” Related Reading: The Business of Behavioral Economics Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia The Role of Incentive Salience in Habit Formation What do you think... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
policy nonprofit that focuses on solving global poverty problems, worked with 3,146 Zambian girls in the eighth grade across 41 schools in Lusaka to implement it. Schoolgirls in Zambia receive negotiation training through the “Girls... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
present one day, his student refused to work with anyone else. The tutor, he said, was like his big brother. “To hear one of the middle-school students say something like that,” says Zaki, “really gives perspective.” In the summer of 2018, Zaki traveled to View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves
In Zambia and Uganda, it partnered with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Ministries of Health to test new policies in HIV, malaria, and maternal health. IDinsight has also worked in Cambodia and Rwanda and in other sectors... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
interest in global health to the realization that an estimated 13 million people die each year for lack of low-cost products that could save their lives. Over the past seven years, she has conducted research projects in Zambia aimed at... View Details
- April 1992 (Revised October 1996)
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Reconstruction of Zambia, Supplement--1992
Outlines new government economic plans and first actions after election. To be handed out in class after discussion of main case. View Details
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Reconstruction of Zambia, Supplement--1992." Harvard Business School Supplement 792-092, April 1992. (Revised October 1996.)
- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Banking on Trust
priorities and the challenges to achieving them—the better your chances of having a positive impact.” Based in Zambia from 2005-11, Sheppard spearheaded a joint venture that brought together government, business, and civic leaders to... View Details