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- 05 Feb 2021
- News
Amid pandemic tragedy, an opportunity for change?
- 2022
- White Paper
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement
By: Matt Sigelman, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson and Gad Levanon
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement is a new effort to give companies and other stakeholders a set of robust tools that measure how well major employers are doing in fostering economic mobility for workers and how they could do... View Details
Keywords: Upward Mobility; Career Advancement; Personal Development and Career; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Wages; Human Capital; Recruitment
Sigelman, Matt, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson, and Gad Levanon. "The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement." White Paper, Burning Glass Institute, October 2022 (A joint project with Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work and Schultz Family Foundation.)
- 09 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Economics of Structured Finance
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
their financial knowledge to highlight economic dimensions of the debates." Moskowitz, who is interested in someday entering politics, says it was "extraordinary to push beyond finance, operations, and strategy and have the chance to... View Details
- 08 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Getting Laid Off: An Opportunity for Reinvention
of a wave of economic growth. And the job came with all the trappings, like a flexible schedule, unlimited paid time off, and access to Peloton bikes for morning or lunchtime workouts at the office gym. Then COVID-19 happened, and on... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Finance and the Economic Recovery
Illustration by Michael Austin A pandemic that has caused public health and economic crises also has afforded business leaders the opportunity to better understand and lead through disruptions affecting... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
negotiation. His latest book is Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop. Here, they talk about how the confluence of behavioral ethics and behavioral economics can help shape our understanding of these questions and inform... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
In part, that’s due to the difficulty of calculating the economic cost of all of the factors involved. For instance, some studies have associated burnout with an increase in medical errors, but calculating those costs are nearly... View Details
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
opportunity to develop and grow. Key concepts include: In a crisis, remember your internal compass of values: When crisis strikes, leaders often look for an "at-any-cost" quick fix in attempting to save face, says George. To ensure that... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
which was how the pandemic would affect their careers. In response, CPD made it a priority to ensure that students would still have the breadth of internship and full-time opportunities available to them as did previous classes—a near... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- December 1982 (Revised August 1986)
- Case
Farmland Industries, Inc.: Opportunities in Barter Trade
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Farmland Industries, Inc.: Opportunities in Barter Trade." Harvard Business School Case 583-117, December 1982. (Revised August 1986.)
- 23 Apr 2014
- News
Providing Advantage and Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youths
deficits or liabilities. They perceive the challenges they’d face as adversities that weaken them,” he says. “My perception, having now served over a decade and 5,000 young people, is: one, they are assets; two, they are critical components of our US View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Dec 2016
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Buying a Small Business: How to Take Advantage of Big Opportunities
There are over 1 million smaller firms in North America and each year thousands and thousands come up for sale, principally as founders retire. Acquiring the right kind of smaller firm offers very compelling economic rewards, and you can become CEO of one of these... View Details
- 2023
- Article
Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
This review article seeks to build bridges between mainstream African history and the more historically oriented branch of the ‘new’ economic history of Africa. We survey four central topics of the new economic history of Africa—growth, trade, labor, and inequality—and... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Trade; Labor; Equality and Inequality; Development Economics; History; Africa
Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa." Journal of African History 64, no. 1 (2023): 38–61.
Bridging the Gap with the ‘New’ Economic History of Africa
This review article seeks to build bridges between mainstream African history and the more historically oriented branch of the ‘new’ economic history of Africa. We survey four central topics of the new economic history of Africa — growth, trade, labor, and... View Details
- 2025
- Book
Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau
Your guide--using the compelling stories of changemakers and the tools of economics--to the transformation and future possibilities of the business and economics of space.
Space is a place of unparalleled possibility for humanity, and it's undergoing a... View Details
Space is a place of unparalleled possibility for humanity, and it's undergoing a... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Economics; Innovation and Invention; Market Entry and Exit; Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Brendan Rosseau. Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier. Harvard Business Review Press, 2025.
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
a nation still shadowed by Mao Zedong’s controversial legacy institute market-based reforms that have made the country the world’s second-largest economic power. He has helped document that journey as the author of scores of cases,... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- Feb 2014
- Case
Finding the Money: An Overview of Infrastructure Finance Challenges and Opportunities
This overview describes how the United States funds and finances infrastructure investment to maintain its economic competitiveness. It considers the roles of taxpayers, users, government allocators and lenders, and private investors in... View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
public-private partnership model that increases US economic growth and helps create access and opportunity for all Americans. Related reading: Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 18 Feb 2020
- News