Community Banking - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

the Goldsmith Fellowship, I hope contribute to a community of practitioners dedicated to innovating and scaling social change interventions,” he said. Danno Lemu. A joint degree student at HBS and HKS, Danno’s career has spanned housing... View Details

21 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

'soft' with respect to its innovation strategy in order to discourage entry. Even if its innovation strategy is not observable, we show that an incumbent that assesses the commercial potential for a radical innovation favorably may pursue an incremental path and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-068 Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs Eastern Bank is a 200-year-old New England mutual bank... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

non-viable project into the viable camp. An example might be a community solar project that would not generate enough cash flow on its own to attract bank debt and thus would not get built—unless the... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

Mehra (MBA 2009) Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) Sidhant Jena (MBA 2011) Esther Hsu Wang (MBA 2009) Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA 2007) Brian Elliot (MBA 2008) Friendfactor — SEF 2010 honoree Friendfactor is a social-action nonprofit that aims to educate and engage the straight View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

22 Feb 2022
News

Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life

purpose into their core operations, generating powerful win-win decisions that benefit everyone, with little compromise—if any—required on any side. A manufacturing company might change wasteful processes, for instance, using less energy while also cutting back on... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users and also open collaborative... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

Reserve Bank of Boston found the average net worth of a white family was $250,000, compared with $2,700 for "Other Hispanic" and $8 for Black (source: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, The Color of Wealth,... View Details

12 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Doubts about Applying to HBS

I am a first generation Mexican-American born and raised in farming and immigrant communities in Arizona. I earned my undergraduate economics degree from Arizona State University. After graduating, I worked for View Details

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Kevin S. Rollag

Kevin Rollag came with his family from Panama to the United States when he was fourteen. Although his Tacoma, Washington community respected education, the prevailing assumption, Kevin says, "is that smart people become... View Details

02 Sep 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

to communicate with each other at will, then repeated the experiment. The result of increased communication was a significant reduction in inventory swings. The paper resulting from that experiment (and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

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Allie Corless

startup rather than a well-funded private equity firm or investment bank because my HBS experience has helped me to clearly see that I am an entrepreneur at heart. I have a strong appetite for risk and now, as I graduate from HBS with few... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

bright-eyed HBS intern at the World Bank in Mozambique. I went there... My Transformational Experience with Social Enterprise at HBS Matt Segneri 08 Sep 2017 MBAs at HBS have a tremendous array of opportunities to get involved in social... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

based primarily on data from a 2007 World Bank study of global economic prospects for 2030.* We showed it to important business leaders — some HBS alumni, some not — from around the world and asked them for their views on potential... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 Apr 2022
News

Clean Slate

comes to protecting our communities and our planet. NLK: So when a Goldman Sachs or a BlackRock says, “We will not invest in companies that don’t get it in terms of environment,” it makes many companies in which they are investors change... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

which connects farmers to food banks to reduce food waste and feed needy communities; Anne Hayes, executive director of The Food Project, which deploys youth and young adults from diverse backgrounds to work on farms and in urban gardens... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

as the “noble savage” and “manifest destiny.” Seen and Unseen examines what is pictured, and more importantly, what is not shown in these representations. It investigates how they inaccurately depict the lived experiences of hundreds of diverse Native View Details

16 Jan 2018
News

Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

SPNM scholarship program a primary focus of its fundraising activities because the program’s impact in the region is so far-reaching. “Our members have been most motivated to give back to the community through SPNM,” says Panoff. “This is... View Details