Wealth And Poverty - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer & Petia Topalova

17 Apr 2020
News

Decreasing the Wealth Gap

need—took a moment to share his thoughts with NPR’s Morning Edition on how the ever-increasing wealth gap could be addressed as the world’s economies grapple with the social and economic effects of the... View Details

2010
Book

Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism

By: Peter Wehner and Arthur C. Brooks

Popular opinion would have us believe that America's free market system is driven by greed and materialism, resulting in gross inequalities of wealth, destruction of the environment, and other social ills. Even proponents of capitalism often refer to the free market as... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Economic Systems; Ethics; Moral Sensibility

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Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual

mid-career professionals who face new investments or major life decisions. In this virtual program, you will gain an in-depth understanding of best practices in family wealth management; explore the governance, structure, View Details

April 2002 (Revised October 2002)
Case

The Blair Wealth Project: Antecedents and Prospects

By: Huw Pill and Ingrid Vogel

Discusses the macroeconomic and political situation in the United Kingdom from the end of World War II through 2001. Focuses on the interactions among macroeconomic performance, labor relations, the corporate governance system, and social services. In particular,... View Details

Keywords: Welfare; Corporate Governance; Labor and Management Relations; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; United Kingdom

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January 2000
Article

Utility Functions for Wealth

By: David E. Bell and Peter C Fishburn

Keywords: Wealth

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April 2014
Article

Golden Parachutes and the Wealth of Shareholders

By: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C.Y. Wang

Golden parachutes (GPs) have attracted substantial attention from investors and public officials for more than two decades. We find that GPs are associated with higher expected acquisition premiums and that this association is at least partly due to the effect of GPs... View Details

Keywords: Golden Parachute; Acquisitions; Takeovers; Acquisition Takeover; Acquisition Likelihood; Acquisition Premiums; Agency Costs; Managerial Slack; Dodd-Frank; Executive Compensation; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations

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Other Unpublished Work

The Wealth of Regions

By: Michael Porter

Keywords: Wealth; Globalized Economies and Regions

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March 2018
Case

Lufax: FinTech and the Transformation of Wealth Management in China

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Anthony K. Woo

This case examines the rise and competitive positioning of Lufax, an online marketplace headquartered in Shanghai, China, and a pioneer in the origination and trading of financial assets. The company had grown at a remarkable rate, and was awarded “Trading Platform of... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Internet and the Web; Competitive Strategy; Situation or Environment; Product Positioning; Financial Services Industry; China

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December 2003 (Revised November 2004)
Teaching Note

Blair Wealth Project, The: Antecedents and Prospects

By: Huw Pill

Teaching Note to (9-702-008). View Details

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24 Apr 2014
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Providing jobs and alleviating poverty by building new businesses

Otso Fristrom (MBA 2008) is investing in businesses with a goal of providing jobs and alleviating poverty. (Published April 2014) View Details

2024
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Managing, Preserving, and Unlocking Wealth through FinTech

By: Grace Headinger, Lauren Cohen and Zhaoheng Gong

In nearly every generation, a sentiment like Einstein’s has been expressed as a cautionary tale to constrain the development and application of technology. In spite of these calls, technology has time and again proven its utility and ability to improve across and upon... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Technological Innovation; Finance

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04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

of people living in poverty at the bottom of the wealth pyramid, versus the relative handful at the pyramid's peak, represents what is potentially the most explosive socioeconomic challenge facing the world.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

23 Oct 2019
News

Making Sense of the China-NBA Firestorm, and Debating the Wealth Tax

21 Mar 2011
News

Rising Wealth Inequality: Should We Care

August 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

Veraguas (A): System of Poverty

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Poverty; Change Management; Development Economics; Panama

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April 2024
Teaching Note

NBIM and the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund

By: Luis M. Viceira and Wenxin Du

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 224-038. View Details

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27 Jul 2016
News

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

Margaret Crotty (MBA 2000) is CEO of Partnership with Children, which provides counseling services and family support to public schools in New York City. In this interview, she reflects on the influences that put her on this path. “Two of... View Details