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Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920

Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details

Keywords: Commodities; Coffee; Mexico; Foreign Investment; Institutions; Immigration; Developing Agriculture; Development; Export Crop; Emerging Market; Property Rights; Labor History; History; Capital Markets; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

give guidance to potential investors in other areas. WeWork fails to discuss the impact of the free rent and other concessions it has to give to its enterprise tenants as an offset to the concessions they have received from landlords.... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

space race have been blessed somewhat by the glamour of it all. Investors enthusiastically, maybe too much so, backed a host of startups including those headed by superstar names like Sir Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. Rich... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

own emissions based on their spending data they could be spending less or more in any given month, so people who emit less might pay as little as $10 a month. For instance, students who have lower credit card purchases or people who have View Details

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

an entrepreneur, investor and inventor who has been working with sustainable housing and renewable energy since 2007. She is the immediate past CEO of BrainHeart Energy, the largest geothermal group in Sweden. She’s also an inventor who... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

self-employment is positive at the median. The option to return to paid work is large enough to reverse the result from cross-sectional studies that the median man expects to earn significantly less from self-employment. However, after... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

Reenen Abstract—We investigate the link between hospital performance and managerial education by collecting a large database of management practices and skills in hospitals across nine countries. We find that hospitals that are closer to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

probability of a crash; (3) attributes of the price run-up, including volatility, turnover, issuance, and the price path of the run-up, can all help forecast an eventual crash and future returns; and (4) some of these characteristics can help View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Government, Business, and Nonprofit Leaders Early-Career Professionals Learn how to evaluate, measure, and manage sustainable investment opportunities with cutting-edge frameworks, strategies, and techniques. The course content is well designed and helps View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

accounting firms that deliver unfavorable audits. Even if an accounting firm is large enough to absorb the loss of one client, individual auditors' jobs and careers may depend on success with specific clients. Moreover, in recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

performance data, in their decisions. These decision-making patterns are associated with large and systematic differences in learning rates across business units. Learning is concentrated in business units with "loose... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

performance," and reaches conclusions that might give pause to many who chase stars. Their subjects are top investment analysts (as identified annually by Institutional Investor magazine) and the organizations that develop and hire... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

hrs Module 2 Driving Change at Scale: Moving Beyond the Firm Learn what purpose-driven firms are, the "Wheel of Change," and why businesses must act to solve large global issues, such as climate change and income inequality. Highlights... View Details

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

phenomenon,” he observed. “Investors from endowments or sovereign wealth funds expect an ESG lens. European investors are requiring it. Climate impacts pose large risks, and if you stick your head in the... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

experience. After the league spun out NBA Africa as a standalone entity, it found interested investors in former NBA players who hail from the continent, including South Sudan’s Luol Deng and Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Dikembe... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Electricity - Business & Environment

climate change by investing capital into all of the components that will be necessary to support changing grid operations as we integrate large quantities of intermittent renewable resources (renewable energy, high response units, energy... View Details

24 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Transitioning to Product Management at HBS

resources available - for students looking to start their own venture, for those like me that want to join a startup, and for those interested in large tech companies. In fact, the tech/startup spirit permeated much of the campus, from... View Details

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

source of criticism from those preferring research based on large data bases of quantitative information and advanced analytic techniques. "It can be a living hell for some distinguished CEOs returning to the School thinking that they can... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

startup ecosystem to improve your chances of raising capital Get an insider view into the venture capital (VC) process Develop an awareness of the systemic biases and ethical considerations in the startup ecosystem Who Will Benefit Founder Startup Employee View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

capital to the best ideas, weeding out the bad ones. Investors have the challenge of sorting through the overwhelming number of ideas to discern the good ones, a process compared to finding a needle in a haystack. They often lack the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

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