Publications

16 Sep 2015
News

Harvard prof shares ways to lift inner-city economies

13 Feb 2013
News

How chewy cookies altered P&G's destiny

03 Jan 2018
News

This is how much money it takes for millionaires to be happy

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Dutch Humanism, intentionally illustrated passages from Matthew to comfort the poor and to warn the rich (nos. 1 and 8 ). Other prints in this group are more judgmental–portraying the folly View Details

22 Apr 2015
News

So you want to live near a millionaire?

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

poverty instilled in Mbanusi both an understanding of the difficulty of doing so and a desire to help others do the same. While getting his undergraduate degree in policy analysis, Mbanusi spent a summer... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

concerned about the environment." In the Third World, where the twin pressures of widespread poverty and explosive population growth often overwhelm environmental protection efforts, sustainable development... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Apr 2014
News

Is The Invisible Hand Of The Market Choking Democracy?

March 2008
Case

Ujjivan: A Microfinance Institution at a Crossroads (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Pamela Freed

Samit Ghosh, the CEO and founder of Ujjivan, a major microfinance provider in Bangalore, wants to grow his business rapidly and become financially sustainable, but he's struggling with staff fraud, high costs, and how to stay true to Ujjivan's mission of poverty... View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Microfinance; Ethics; Mission and Purpose; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Bangalore

March 2023
Case

Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission

By: Ethan Rouen, Dennis Campbell and Andrew Robinson

Pete Stavros was on a high after his latest experiment with employee ownership. As the head of industrial investments for KKR, Stavros orchestrated the sale of CHI Overhead Doors, which turned into KKR’s best investment in more than two decades and created $360 million... View Details

Keywords: Employee Ownership; Knowledge Sharing; Nonprofit Organizations

2007
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When is Doing Business with the Poor Good - For the Poor? A Household and National Income Accounting Approach

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Poverty; Welfare or Wellbeing; Accounting

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Vincent Pons is... View Details

Clubs

Finance Club

Keywords: Investment Banking / Sales & Trading

April 2009 (Revised June 2020)
Case

Al Capone

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen

In 1929, Chicago, IL mob boss Al Capone was at the height of his power. As head of the extensive crime organization known as "The Outfit" during most of U.S.'s Prohibition Era (1920-1933), Capone oversaw hundreds of brothels, speakeasies, and roadhouses which served as... View Details

Keywords: Bootlegging; Entrepreneurship; Crime and Corruption; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Business History; United States; Chicago

06 Mar 2019
News

In a Kylie Jenner world, what does it mean to be a 'self-made' billionaire?

March 1999 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Cross Country Group, The: A Piece of the Rock (A)

By: Robert L. Simons and Indra Reinbergs

A new MBA graduate joins a privately held family business and sets ambitious growth goals for the next five years. To enhance motivation, he proposes a new incentive plan that will grant him a share of the wealth he creates. However, the family owners have a more... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development; Planning; Accounting Industry; Employment Industry