Wealth And Poverty - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

culture, technology, and economy to coevolve in unison under the rubric of an integral polity. Family Inc.: Using Business Principles to Maximize Your Family’s Wealth by Douglas P. McCormick (MBA 1997)... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

with the briefest of utterances. But it wasn’t always that way. Al-Naimi was born into abject poverty as a nomadic Bedouin in the 1930s, just as US companies were discovering vast quantities of oil under the Arabian desert. From his first... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

Michael Chu (MBA '76) is president and CEO of ACCION International, a private nonprofit corporation founded in 1961 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. ACCION's affiliates in thirteen Latin American... View Details

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

Help the Black Community. And in this episode of Skydeck, Rogers and I talk about the makings of America's racial wealth gap, why he thinks it is a root cause of the nation's... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

the challenges of daily existence in an unfamiliar culture to the joys of helping people in poverty grow their own businesses. The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance by Jim Whitehurst (MBA... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

government before discussing the country’s founding economic and political principles, as espoused by Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations and enshrined in the Declaration of... View Details

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Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog

critiques of our market system, the course dives deep into some of the foundational theories of capitalism (John Locke’s Second Treatise; Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, and Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto)... View Details

06 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

descent into violence. For Nepal, these factors for study included poverty, social and language diversity, and even geographical conditions. What Iyer and Do found: View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative aims to educate, support, and inspire leaders to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world. We are committed to the fight for racial justice... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

directors to excel. Fatal Impressions: Coleman and Dinah Greene Mystery No. 2 by Reba White Williams (MBA 1970) (The Story Plant) Job U: How to Find Wealth and Success by... View Details

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The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of privilege. He eventually amassed his own fortune as well, and his wealth hovered at $26 million, making him not only one of the richest hong merchants, but also among the richest men in the world. Other... View Details

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Investment Management and Capital Markets - Course Catalog

tail risk hedging, futures and swaps, etc.). Students also explore investing from the asset owner perspective, learning modern practices in portfolio construction for personal and institutional investors... View Details

29 May 2019
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Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government

In his address to HBS graduates at this year’s Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American political culture and the challenge it poses. “Now, the good news is: There is a solution,” he told the crowd,... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

exceptionally favorable factors in France such as its wealth of assets, human capital, and the French brand. And the disadvantages of the system (the burdens of administration,... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

with increasing rivalry and change and one that will be characterized by continued downward pressure on advertising rates. As Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon once said, "A View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

July 2015 (Revised October 2015)
Case

Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Erin L. Henry, Andreas Georgoulias and Natalie Bartlett

Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank details the development of the bank's new Office of Outreach Partnerships to sustain a culture of innovation through maintaining and generating partnerships in order to fulfill the bank's greater... View Details

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01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

on a problem." The burst of entrepreneurial activity that occurred throughout the 1990s has also stimulated innovation in the social sector, she notes, and unprecedented wealth creation has forced people to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

03 Dec 2019
News

Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring

Clubs News Clubs News Building Bridges, One Meal at a Time Like most HBS alumni clubs, the HBS Club of Toronto is always on the lookout for new ways to engage its members to connect with each other. So when the club realized about a year ago that typical networking... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

September 2010
Teaching Note

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Teaching Note for 310011 and 310017. View Details

Keywords: Projects; For-Profit Firms; Networks; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Evaluation; Investment Portfolio; Asset Pricing; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; Kenya