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Electricity - Business & Environment

“I’m focused on creating a sustainable future in which the private sector wields its influence to encourage a higher penetration of renewables on the grid – both because of environmental stewardship and... View Details

January 2019 (Revised January 2021)
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KITEA (A): Democratizing Furniture in Morocco

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in 2013 as Amine Benkirane, founder and CEO of the leading Moroccan furniture company KITEA, contemplates the loss his company has incurred for the first time in its 20-year history. The case then describes KITEA’s origins and provides a detailed... View Details

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Capital Fund Terms Advisors Report Preqin Private Capital Compensation and Employment Review Report Investor Outlooks Additional Sector Reports, Regional Performance Updates, Blogs, etc. View Details

01 May 2020
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5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

Capital and Private Equity Club (VCPE) often are contacted by alumni or major firms looking for interested MBA candidates. While all career leads are registered with HBS’ Career and Professional Development (CPD) office, clubs allow... View Details

18 Apr 2024
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets

Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. There, I collaborated with both private and public sector clients across various industries in Africa, focusing on speeding up View Details

09 Jun 2024
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The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

in your industry?This is a no brainer: Public Entrepreneurship with Professor Mitch Weiss. I had previously worked on multiple public/private partnerships, but always on the private side. I saw that the public and View Details

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Dillon House | About

Johnson from 1961 to 1965, Dillon focused on trade deficit reduction and on promoting the Kennedy tax program, which called for sweeping cuts to encourage economic growth. Following his government service, Dillon returned to the private... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

experiences, but most were financial industry professionals located in the U.S.. More than 80% of the participants listed investment management, real estate, private equity, or banking as their industry. Figure 1: Share of Respondents by... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

Power Engineering Get the latest news on the power industry. This site covers all major sectors including Gas, Coal, Renewables, Nuclear, Energy Storage, Decentralized Energy, Onsite Power, etc. RIGZONE Provides industry professionals... View Details

11 Mar 2001
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Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

1880s, and in 1914 four-fifths of registered joint stock companies were private 4 — but the merchants were certainly among the most reluctant sectors to abandon partnerships and family control. View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

01 Sep 2005
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Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund

where they want to leave their mark, rather than on their ability to repay loans,” said Dewey, explaining that the program is designed to meet the needs of graduating students (and recent alumni) who accept lower-paying positions in the View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 May 2012
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OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

storage racks from collapsing and other major accidents; or perhaps by a particularly dramatic decline in smaller injuries prevented by workers more regularly wearing personal protective gear," says Toffel, who worked as an environment, health, and safety manager in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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ICIC - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

private sector investment to create jobs, income, and wealth for local residents. The organization strengthens inner city economies by providing businesses, governments, and investors with the most... View Details

13 Mar 2005
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The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

organizations face a similar set of challenging questions as they enter the twenty-first century. How should they respond to the increasing number of complex emergencies? To what extent should they cooperate with national governments and the View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

15 Nov 2018
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Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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Bryan Stromer

thing you'll be leaving with? One thing I brought to campus is the belief that business and the private sector have a responsibility to ensure that people with disabilities are included in our economy. I... View Details

29 Oct 2020
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Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

broadly, I gained a deeper appreciation of the role that private sector growth plays in economic prosperity in developing countries. I also enjoyed getting exposed to and supporting a wide array of companies... View Details

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Rafaella Sadun | About

and across countries, and how this affects productivity at the micro and macro level. Sadun currently co-leads the Digital Reskilling Lab at HBS, where she studies the effectiveness of large-scale digital training investments made in View Details

04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817081-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-051 Unigrains Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

explore how corruption uniquely affects business in emerging markets, and why it should be addressed by the public and private sectors in their case, “Corruption and Business in Emerging Markets,” and... View Details

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