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- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
welfare. Yet, our understanding of this decision is limited. Using an instrumental variables strategy and dataset new to this literature, we provide the first precise, causal estimates of the effects of education on financial market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
uses were bound by age-old religious and cultural beliefs. Yet somehow these delicate flora became the foundation of a global industry made strong by a century of virtually uninterrupted growth that not even economic meltdowns and world... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
Dean Light, the only participant who appeared on all three panels, gave an overview of the market events leading up to the crisis and outlined a three-part process for dealing with it. Using the metaphor of an emergency room, Light... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
disparity between rural and urban populations widens. Wanda S. Tseng, deputy director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, offered an overview of Asia's current economic strengths and weaknesses. "There are no quick fixes," she... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
identify the conditions under which the well-being benefits of prosociality are most likely to emerge. Finally, we briefly highlight several levers that can be used to increase prosocial behavior, thereby potentially increasing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
children under five are undernourished, even as broken supply chains mean that up to a third of produce is wasted. The World Bank estimates that some 22 percent of the nation's 175 million people are unemployed; half of 15- to 24-year-olds in View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
their dorm rooms, Maj and his friends retyped the leaflets, their typewriters stuffed with six or eight pieces of paper sandwiched between sheets of carbon. It was a slow and blurry way to spread the word—and a storied one. The process, known as samizdat, had been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
who spoke no English, and enrolled in a French lycée. It was a sign, perhaps, of things to come: a leap (albeit well-considered) into a strange, exciting environment where there was little under his control but no shortage of opportunity. He next won a National Merit... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
of the summer, Weenick recalls, one of HLW's program directors gradually began to use some of the "business-y" vocabulary she had introduced concerning issues of quality and efficiency. "It was instructive for me that it was not an... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
but you also lived in Paris, as a teenager, while you were attending high school. I just wondered what was it like to make that transition from Nigeria to France at that age? Seni Sulyman: I think the one phrase that I would use to... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
useful and saleable by-product. The term "by-product synergy" (BPS) has been coined to describe this practice. By converting waste into by-product, the firm not only reduces its waste disposal cost and potentially increases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
Street responded by creating commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), which are similar to, but more complex than, the mortgage-backed securities long used to bundle and sell packages of residential loans. “Commercial mortgage-backed... View Details
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Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit More Baker Library Exhibits Baker Library Special Collectons The African–American Student Union (AASU) at HBS emerged from the turbulence of the late 1960s, years marked by large–scale View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
my own history and ancestry. I think it’s so important for us to know about where we came from and what our ancestors experienced. I’ve read several of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books and they always inspire me and continue to haunt me long after... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
developed a YouTube Channel to translate psychological concepts for lay people. She believes strongly that research should be useful and can inform our every day lives. One series on the channel is Raising Equity, which explores what it... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. Ebrahim teaches the required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and chairs the Executive Education program Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. Q: Mario, tell us about Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
of the hyper-competitive commodity business, he continually faced new challenges. The company had become a leader in gasoline powered motorcycles and small gas engines, but increasing taxes and restrictions on the use of motorcycles in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
the real world. SEPTEMBER 1967: Orientation LILLIAN LINCOLN LAMBERT grew up in Powhatan County, outside Richmond, Virginia, where she attended segregated schools. “We had great teachers who often told us that you’ve got to work hard... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
how, and regulated how," Light concluded. Home Ownership: "back To The Future" Housing was Topic A for panelist Nicolas Retsinas, who before arriving at Harvard served as assistant secretary for housing in the U.S. Department of Housing and View Details