United Nations Security Council - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble those of economic catastrophe bonds-bonds that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

Indian stock market was booming, and investors had grown accustomed to outsized returns. Then the bottom fell out. The financial crisis spawned in the United States reverberated around the globe during the summer and fall of 2008, and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

2011) Abstract In a vitally important relationship famously caricatured as the "Mad Mullahs" v. the "Great Satan," the fraught negotiating history and future of Iran and the United States demands historical, cultural,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

Elevate The book explains the fault lines that have often plagued U.S. efforts to protect its national interests in the region and how these ongoing faults have led to a precipitous decline in American influence. The author makes some... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

Everest. Vescovo had reached that summit on his second try in 2010. The battered ice axe he had relied on during the climb was now secured within the the submersible’s body. It reminded him of the intense physical strain of those days on... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

continued to live apart, a situation both understood wasn't sustainable. Should they build their life in the United States or Egypt? Meditation is one of Enan's morning habits; another is free writing in her journal. At the time, she... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

interviews of over 80 individuals from 6 service delivery units and 8 support departments that provide them with equipment and supplies, we find that a lack of interconnectedness among interdependent departments-rather than errors or... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

nonprofit leaders today," says Associate Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, a member of the School's General Management Unit and Social Enterprise Initiative who focuses on the challenges of performance management, accountability, and governance... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

that Al's research has moved from railroads to giant corporations and now to computers and consumer electronics underscores his eminent position as the historian of industries at the center of national interest in each era he studies. All... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

touchpoints with HBS staff and faculty. Please note that Harvard may not be able or willing to make payments to students from countries on the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Sanctions; or to... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

before the Civil War, came of age in a nation in crisis. Whether using pencil, watercolor, or, most famously, oil, Homer addressed the hopes and fears of his fellow Americans and invited his viewers into stories embedded with universal,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Past Issues - Alumni

future of tomorrow’s sustainable cities Breaking News With a novel funding and ownership model, the National Trust for Local News offers a path to keep local newspapers in local hands—and sustained for the future Launch Codes Hard-won... View Details

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Econometrie , Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, vol. XI, Paris, (1953): 41-47. Baldwin, Carliss. "Pricing Convertible Preferred Stock According to the Rational Option Pricing Theory." B.S. thesis,... View Details

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

Eugene B. Kogan Abstract—President Richard M. Nixon was elected in 1968 with the widespread expectation that he would bring about an end to the costly and unpopular war in Vietnam. The task largely fell to National View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry

case method is so good. I was forced into the fray. It helped me with my ministry, because it put me out there. I have to be able to engage people of different backgrounds and with differing perspectives.” Upon graduating, Quainton joined the First View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
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The Honor Foundation: Accessing Special Operations Talent

By: Boris Groysberg and John Masko

In 2020, The Honor Foundation (THF), a nonprofit dedicated to helping U.S. military special operators to transition into civilian careers, was facing a series of strategic challenges. THF had been founded in 2013 by former Navy SEAL trainee Joe Musselman, who observed... View Details

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27 May 2020
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What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

world (South Korea: 2 percent vs. world: 7 percent). Even taking into account the country’s population, South Korea’s number of cases per capita is substantially lower than those of other countries. The United States (with more than 1.7... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

University in the spring of 1970. "I went over mainly out of curiosity - to observe and see what was going on," explains Belkin, now chairman and CEO of Trans National Group, a large direct-marketing company he started just three years... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

06 Feb 2006
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The Trouble Behind Livedoor

Horie represented all that is wrong with Western-style capitalism, others saw him as the future of the country's media industry, and a man of the people. But last month, Horie was arrested on suspicion of accounting fraud and illegal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

nationality or which culture,” says Natarajan. “It’s not really a textbook leadership style,” he concedes. “When David Garvin first presented the case and talked about how we run a company through love, the students said, ‘Oh, my god, are... View Details

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