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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership
habits of young, upscale consumers. He says his team was struck by "the incredible contrast between emerging-market mayhem and tech-savvy efficiency" in a country where energy and optimism coexist with persistent poverty and corruption.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
persistently - the push for human rights and the rule of law in China. Without those concepts in place, the country's economy will never develop properly." She adds that "the most-respected American companies in China are the ones that... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time
When Raghu Yarlagadda (MBA 2014) visited his native India in 2009, signs of a persistent energy crisis were everywhere: villages going dark to conserve energy, youngsters inhaling fumes while studying by kerosene lamp, and candles posing... View Details
- Portrait Project
Luke Hodges
mixed up. A mess, really and truly. People don’t like messes, do they? The carpet is worn; impossible not to see, right? I’m all here though, I have nowhere to hide. Coffee? I make un café muy bueno – let me show you! ~ Integrated living is humbling, hard and rich.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Vatsala Deora
exhausted and helpless, my partner asked me – 'is it worth it?' Stubbornly, I persisted and slowly Avdesh got better. He learned to spell, to subtract, and sometimes to control his emotions. One day, he will learn to walk away from his... View Details
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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society
focused on the appropriate and feasible role that private firms can play in addressing persistently high levels of economic inequality in Latin America. In English (Download PDF) En español Em português BiGS Voices: Latin America Dive... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
poverty, inequality, access, and opportunity are deeply economic and political, and often persist even when the right laws are in place because of market or government failure." The chance to study with Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jim Austin,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Harman Kochar
learn from each flat tire along the way Keep company of good people during this journey...the journey is extremely pleasant when the company is good Discover new places and venture on higher grounds Persist in unpleasant weather and find... View Details
- Portrait Project
Austin Dirks
chance at life. I wasn't going to let that moment resolve in indecision. This moment, this ability to save a life, will forever motivate my pursuit of the persistence of human life, with my life. View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
characteristics and fixed effects. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16294 Law and Finance c. 1900 Authors:Aldo Musacchio Abstract How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
(pdf) This report details a Global Leadership Roundtable event focused on the appropriate and feasible role that private firms can play in addressing persistently high levels of economic inequality in Latin America. Inequality in Latin... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
its implications for corporate governance and firm performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51919 The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital By: Nanda, Ramana, Sampsa... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
encouraging the establishment of new venture capital firms. Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Authors:Paul A. Gompers, Josh Lerner, David Scharfstein, and Anna Kovner Publication:Journal of Financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Support for the Healers
As COO of the UK-based Point of Care Foundation, Deborah Sandford (MBA 1990) runs an organization that addresses the needs of health care professionals who spend their careers answering the needs of others. “Hospital staff members exist on a daily diet of trauma,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
identify goals, overcome obstacles, and persist until their goals are realized. That determined individuals can bring about changes big and small is reinforced in almost every movie ever made. That's an invaluable contribution that helps... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
and an espoused belief system that stressed respect, integrity, and communication end up in such a situation? How could an innovative business model that showed so much promise have gone wrong so suddenly? Why did Wall Street and institutional investors View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
Field, Estée Lauder, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Michael Dell — are drawn from the three periods of major economic transition, or business revolutions, that began in the mid-18th century and extend to the present day. In addition to relentless View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
identify characteristics of stocks that an investor who is worried about bad times should buy— a “rainy day” portfolio. Diversity in Innovation Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. Wang discuss a systematic and persistent lack of female,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2025
- Blog Post
How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value
see operations from a new angle. “This role actually taught me a lot of valuable information to consider from an investor's point of view.” Advice for Students Pitching Their Own Internship Jessica encourages students who are interested in crafting their own summer... View Details