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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
suggestions for how public ventures should be implemented in the future. Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 by Aldo Musacchio (Cambridge University Press) Associate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
tuition, and Harvard Business Publishing—are facing constraints. A desire to limit tuition increases, for example, and growing competition for professional development mean that growth trajectories across these three areas are lower in... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
approximately welfare neutral. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-011.pdf Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity: Evidence from Software Development (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2011 (Revised July 2013)
- Case
Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development?
By: Aldo Musacchio, Ada Chu, Shahnawaz Nawabi, Jonathan Schlefer and Emil Staykov
Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; Pakistan
Musacchio, Aldo, Ada Chu, Shahnawaz Nawabi, Jonathan Schlefer, and Emil Staykov. "Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development?" Harvard Business School Case 712-005, September 2011. (Revised July 2013.)
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
Working PapersTaxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Abstract Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- January 2022
- Background Note
The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
This note provides background information on a French law (“the Florange law”) passed in 2014 that the French government said would encourage long-term shareholdings. The note describes the law, what led to it, the reactions it evoked, and similar initiatives in other... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Financial Markets; Investment Activism; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Policy; Rights; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; France
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Tonia Labruyere. "The Florange Law: Encouraging Long-Termism in Equity Markets?" Harvard Business School Background Note 122-065, January 2022.
- July 2010 (Revised August 2021)
- Supplement
Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Japan Build a Strong Economic Future
senior fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry; and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. She has written and lectured on Japan’s Asia policy and Asian economic integration. Her 2006 book, Transforming... View Details
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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
responsive to, the needs of faith-based institutions and their members. The centerpiece of our present strategy is a $15.5 million mixed commercial and residential development across the street from the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
demographics of America shift," he explains. With a relatively short season compared to other sports leagues, the NFL has scored by developing the off-season draft and scouting combine into days-long, high-powered media events. This could... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sahlman Heads External Relations
specialist in the investment and financing decisions made in new ventures, Sahlman developed the second-year elective Entrepreneurial Finance and has taught the course to over... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- News
Remembering William Wilder
extensive renovations to update the building and make it ADA accessible. Home to a succession of departments over the years, Wilder House today is occupied by the HBS Career & Professional Development Office. Following service in the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
do business. Other recent efforts have focused on topics such as the forces shaping the world economy, the nature of the corporation in the 21st century, and emerging-market opportunities. In addition, Gupta notes, the McKinsey Global View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- Mar 2012
- Report
Enriching the Ecosystem
To remain a leader in innovation, the United States needs the support of foundational institutions that help seed, grow, and renew enterprises. Historically, these institutions--such as universities, venture creators, labor markets, and... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
a variety of perspectives, including ascendancy to power, access to campaign financing, the balance of work and family, differences in style between male and female leaders, and whether leaders are "born" or "made." We had a wonderful forum at the Kennedy School's... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
to the study, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter and Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University. In the edited remarks below, they discuss the findings and implications of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 May 2016
- Blog Post
5 Lessons from Business School
presentation or attending an academic review session, I chose the company presentation knowing that this choice aligned with my priorities. It helps to make those tough trade-off decisions a little easier. 4. You will not be the only person who did not take View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance but had always dreamed of working in the nonprofit sector. In 2003, he recalls, “I made this leap of faith, that if I could... View Details