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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Flying High
According to the Boston Globe (December 12, 2002), Ellyn McColgan (MBA ’83) “is not a household name in mutual funds. But that’s about to change.” Recently appointed president of Fidelity Brokerage Co., McColgan oversees $700 billion of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Say “Green Cheese”
market that’s worth billions, CEO Jeff Housenbold (MBA ’96) of Shutterfly is battling giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Kodak as he seeks to carve out a high-quality, high-end niche. A 20-page, 12” x 12” book sells for about $54. “We’d like to be a View Details
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
months of deliberations with multiple stakeholders in India and the U.S., including individuals from academia, industry, and government. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54716 forthcoming Handbook of Behavioral Economics: Foundations... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Portrait Project
Molli Hourihan
matzah ball soup, the noisy, opinionated dinner tables on which both were served. HBS helped prepare me for a career in food marketing. I'll bring households joy through the Milanos and Goldfish I sell, but I'll put my own family first.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
million would be saved in annual energy costs. If each household replaced its appliances with the most efficient available, $15 billion of savings in energy costs would result. The top 3,000 public companies cause over $2.15 trillion, or... View Details
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Morocco
videos on various aspects of Moroccan culture. Global Consumption Database - From the World Bank, this website is a one-stop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing countries. CultureGrams World... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating connections among consumers
providers, ranging from contractors to dentists to mechanics. More than 2 million households nationwide belong to Angie’s List. The company offers a call-in center for person-to-person help with research and hiring needs. Angie’s List... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Bringing Teachers to All of America
education system that's very unequal across the United States. I you're born into a low-income household or you're born into poverty, it is dramatically harder for you to reach your full potential in the American education system. “Teach... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
household debt were growing quickly. That combination is “a natural signal of an outward shift in the supply of credit, which then sows the seeds of its own destruction,” the researchers write in their working paper Predictable Financial... View Details
- Web
Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
whole - behaving in a different manner than would be suggested by simply summing individual behavior. This, in turn, justifies the establishment of macroeconomics as a separate discipline, distinct from microeconomics with its focus on individual firm and View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
How to Make Finance Work
Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Consultant on the Go
2004), Charan has a client list that includes many household names — DuPont, Ford, Universal Studios, and GE, to name a few — and ten books to his credit, including the top-selling Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. The... View Details
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Chile
Database- From the World Bank, this website is a one-stop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing countries. CultureGrams: Republic of Chile - country profile with emphasis on culture and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
Rakhi Mehra (MBA 2009) is enabling a growing number of India’s 82 million urban poor households to have structurally safe and well-ventilated homes through the enterprise she cofounded, micro Home Solutions (mHS) City Lab. Winner of the... View Details
- Web
Climate Action Now - Course Catalog
critical for addressing climate change, especially in high-emission domains such as energy, transportation, buildings, and consumer household choices. Issues include developing and scaling innovations, cross-sector coalition-building,... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens
Citizen Year fellows. Her vision is that the program will become a household name with the prestige of the Fulbright Program or Teach For America, and that the idea of a global bridge year before college becomes the norm, not the... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
traumatic experiences and deep uncertainty about one's future erode or elevate the psychosocial benefits of work. Starting this winter, the team will compare how 1,000 Rohingya households at the Kutupalong camp react to one of three... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
is associated with a 3.8% decline in new firm births. The effect is similar in size and significance when aggregating to the household level and when including a standard battery of covariates. The instrument is orthogonal to private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
home. In South Korea, women routinely run their household budgets, according to former president Kim Dae-jung, whom Siegel interviewed for the study shortly before Kim's death in 2009. "In the household... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel