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- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
cost of recent subway projects in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.), subways can be tough medicine. And cost aside, subways are no panacea—disruptive construction, limited residential connections, and for many routes, long trips due to... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
proposal for a $23 million contract to help construct health care centers all over the country—an amount more than 10 times Last Mile Health’s 2014 budget and three times the $7 million in unrestricted philanthropy they were already working to absorb, according to the... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy
question about where to find a resource, what alumni are interested in, or what companies are interested in partnering with students. One other valuable resource is CPD. Philip Andrews was always willing to answer all of my questions and... View Details
- Web
Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report
avoid limiting yourself to a narrow swim lane ; your input will be needed on a breadth of topics. For example, **if you have operations expertise, use it—**having comprehensive knowledge of operations can translate to both domestic and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
our characters to consumers. But we were short of cash. As a result, our movie licensing deals with studio partners were not always to Marvel’s advantage. Coming out of bankruptcy is like finishing chemotherapy: You are theoretically... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
MaterialsNote on Direct Selling in Developing Economies Michael Chu and Joel SegreHarvard Business School Case 310-068 Informal and formal direct selling play a particularly important role in developing countries characterized by markets with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
We corroborate this evidence by showing that target difficulty is more effective for carbon reduction projects requiring more novel knowledge and in high-pollution industries. We discuss limitations and suggest avenues for future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
tempered with great caution," says Chakravorti. "The entrepreneurs who can capture the limited resources have the potential to do well. Shortage and adversity are powerful stimuli for focusing the mind." At HBS, Chakravorti... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
system of a large federal credit union, we delineate four important constraints likely to affect the lending process: (1) limited attention (or distraction), (2) task-specific human capital, (3) peer perception, and (4) learning over the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
finally come to aerospace,” says Sunil Nagaraj (MBA 2009), VP at Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), one of the most active firms investing in the space industry. “It means that parts are cheaper and more expendable. If the cost of building... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
spiritual pursuit so much as it is a $16 billion global brand, with a number of HBS alumni involved in that transformation. Once limited to the devotees of a handful of swamis and gurus who introduced the practice to the West in waves... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
by focusing on a more limited question, namely whether a business case be made for acting in an environmentally sustainable way, which I define as acting in any way that reduce a firm's environmental footprint. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
after our intervention. Entrepreneurs with MBAs or accelerator experience did not respond to this intervention, suggesting that formal training can limit the spread of peer advice. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new entrants seem particularly drawn to areas with many smaller suppliers, as suggested by Chinitz (1961). Abundant workers in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
companies has become available in the past 10 years. Myth Number 5: ESG adds value almost entirely by limiting risks. Reality: Along with lower risk and a lower cost of capital, companies with high ESG scores have also experienced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge
Finance and Investing Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission Featuring Victoria Ivashina . By Avery Forman on July 24, 2025 . Private equity has long been limited to institutional and high-net-worth investors, but... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
performance. For subset observations—namely, those likely to reflect "big bath" reporting incentives— we provide limited evidence suggestive of opportunism in this presentation decision. Download the paper:... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
and my fellow Indian community member’s friends, families, mentors, partners are struggling to stay alive, and this is the time to stand up for them just like they supported and invested in us.” MAY 12 After watching the COVID-19 crisis... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
discussed other key points from the book: Martha Lagace: What do you mean by “possibility government”? Mitchell Weiss: Possibility government is the pursuit of novel programs and services by public officials and their outside private View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace