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- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
nation's social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
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Key Metrics | Annual Report 2024
renewable energy credits [SRECs], which represent the environmental benefit, are sold to the Harvard Utility to meet its state renewable energy requirements), natural gas used in boilers, cogeneration units... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
Nick writes in her preface to Lenses of Leadership. “We are all hungry for visionary leaders and engaged followers. We all have something to contribute to improve the state of affairs in our families, schools, businesses, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
private debt and equity options. That position took her on a trip to Kenya this summer to search for investment opportunities—including microfinance, sustainable agriculture, clean cook stoves, and urban sanitation—viewing them through a gender lens, noting "Former... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
Japan would approach the ratios of the US. Even assuming that all such long-term projections are never accurate, is it possible that a country could fall into bankruptcy? What does national bankruptcy mean? Years ago economists told us that the national debt in the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
outgroup victims after a natural disaster, and whether these inferences predict intergroup helping. Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the southern United States, White and non-White participants were asked to infer the emotional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
United States Automobile Market (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007). Cohen, Lizabeth. A Consumer’s Republic: The Politics of Consumption in Postwar America (New York: Knopf, 2003). Collins, Robert... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
best model for humanity and nature living together” and revels in sharing the region with visitors. Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected area in the continental United States, comprising 6 million acres, of which 45 percent... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
heretofore incurable affliction that affects some 30,000 children and young adults in the United States. The O’Donnells founded The Joey Fund and worked tirelessly with the other organizations. Almost singlehandedly, O’Donnell created “a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Outtakes with Russ Wilcox
have 150 issued patents in the United States. You definitely need them, but you can’t rely on them alone. As a small company, we can’t pursue millions of dollars in patent lawsuits. At the end of the day, you have to stay ahead with your... View Details
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
Zvi Bodie. "Pension Benefit Guarantees in the United States: A Functional Analysis." In The Future of Pensions in the United States ,edited by Ray Schmitt. Philadelphia, Penn.:... View Details
- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
says he owes to his immigrant background—he moved to the States from Denmark at age 9—as well as a yearlong experience he had as a teacher and assistant principal at an inner-city school in New York City just before coming to Harvard. "It... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
United States around 1900, and the initial "wow" factor that visitors experience when entering these buildings is often a partial reaction to the scope and beauty of their architecture. There is nothing like... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
(July-August 2009) Abstract What if the current recession turns out to be like the Great Depression of 1929-1933? Four years from now, the United States might find itself with a still-shrinking economy, half... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Club Leaders Get a Boost from Campus Conference
HASHING IT OUT: HBS professor Kash Rangan leads a case discussion with club officers on creating and maintaining a successful alumni club. With over seventy attendees from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States, the HBS Club... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
the United Kingdom, force turnover of their independent directors after nine years. That’s a policy that should be adopted here. The loss of experience would be outweighed by reduced cronyism. If a director were truly indispensable, he or... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
reach across the United States. For the past 10 years, the club has hosted a popular gala in New York, attended by Latino alumni, students, and newly admitted students. But the event was attracting only a portion of the School’s Latino... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)
not and how that will impact us. — PC On deck: We’re opening two new Finale desserteries this year, in Brookline and in Providence. The longer-term plan is to expand across the United States. We believe we can open 200 locations in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: The Money of Invention
the United States. That trend will continue, they contend. Despite many of the recent excesses in the venture industry and the slide in the economy — and more specifically in the venture-drenched tech sector — Gompers and Lerner assert... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
granted in the United States that there are people you can turn to for advice about entrepreneurship,” says Cindy Ko, vice president of international expansion at Endeavor, a nonprofit economic-development... View Details