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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

seem to fix. "The problems facing Nigeria and West Africa are too great for the public sector or traditional NGOs to solve," says Masha. "The private sector can make a much more concerted, long-term effort to address these issues while... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

in their life and 1 in 3 Americans having their first job experience in a restaurant. Restaurants have provided significant management and ownership opportunities for women and minorities. Restaurants are also big business. In 2024, US... View Details
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

In When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager, David A. Moss explores government's role as insurer of last resort in everything from crafting consumer protection law to bailing out airlines after September 11th. He discusses the historical evolution... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

business plans before a panel of leading venture capitalists. Taking top prize was Wind & Rain R&D, a social enterprise entry that aims to foster urban development by facilitating home ownership among low-income renters. After a black-tie... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Web

Women's History Month | Baker Library

captures the Largest Minority/Women-Owned Business in Massachusetts by Revenue, where ownership is defined as at least a 51% equity stake in the company. For the last several years, Construction & Engineering has be the dominant industry... View Details
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

  Publications August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science Matchmaking Promotes Happiness By: Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies document and explore the psychology underlying people's proclivity to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality? Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract In 1980, India nationalized its large private banks. This induced different bank ownership patterns across different towns,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership and activist institutional ownership in particular, lost... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

starts a premium vodka business, bringing in his cousin at an early stage, but with no initial discussion of the eventual split of equity or managerial control between the two. The article offers each man's case for his ownership stake in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

that, few newspapers have the historical cachet of the Washington Post—and therefore more to lose from making the wrong call. So news of the Post's ownership changing hands from the Graham family to Amazon's Jeff Bezos—after seven... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

immigrants made a conspicuous impact. Part I demonstrates the dominant role of immigrants in forming public financial policies from 1775 to 1817. Part II surveys 12 merchant and investment banking firms founded during the nineteenth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

Publication:Journal of Public Economics Abstract We examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

state of failure? Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl find a rigged American political system that limits competition and works against the public interest. Green Businesses Are Incredibly Difficult to Make Profitable. Try It AnywayMaking a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
  • July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
  • Background Note

M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the legal standards affecting officers and directors when selling or purchasing a company. Provides a practical understanding of the Revlon Standard, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, and the legal criteria for a cause of... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Law Enforcement; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Courts and Trials
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  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

Publications Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise Authors: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier Publication: Journal of European Public Policy 17, no. 3 (April 2010): 349-366 Abstract Two... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument Authors:Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist, and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach Abstract Large shareholders may play an important role for firm performance and policies, but identifying this empirically presents a challenge due to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12

sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership succession. A book excerpt from The Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable Competitive Advantage by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

investor, I feel powerless to control or even understand how my mutual funds operate." Anupam Bordia comments, "the mutual fund scandal will shift public trust towards index funds." There is also a suggestion that the job... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 13 May 2014
  • News

Inside Africa

look like when she was an investment banker. Originally from Los Angeles, Clarke is a “triple-winner” at Harvard, having earned her undergraduate, law, and business degrees from the University. While interest in such areas as constitutional law, View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
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