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  • 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

India Authors:A. Banerjee, Shawn A. Cole, E. Duflo, and L. Linden Periodical:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming). (August 2007) Abstract This paper presents the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212031-PDF-ENG Social Finance, Inc Shawn Cole, Rawia Abdel Samad, Matt Berner, and Raluca DragusanuHarvard Business School Case 212-055 Social Finance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases By: Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Abstract—This paper uses a large-scale field experiment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2019
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Research Brief: Field Research

Illustration by Joe Waldron Illustration by Joe Waldron Back in 2010, HBS finance professor Shawn Cole embarked on a two-year randomized control trial with Nilesh Fernando,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Crop Production; Agriculture
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds

By: Shawn A. Cole, T. Robert Zochowski, Fanele Mashwama and Heather McPherson
This note describes results from a survey of “anchor investors” in impact funds. Anchor investors are described as “generally the first investor to make a substantial capital commitment to a fund,” (according to the Global Impact Investing Network, “GIIN”) and their... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investment Funds; Anchor Investors; Investment; Surveys; Analysis
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  • 15 Oct 2019
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Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

hoped to advance an impact investing ecosystem in China. The course was taught by Shawn Cole, the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, and Senior Lecturer... View Details
  • 15 Jan 2015
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Asia Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

classmates and meet other alumni in the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor Shawn A.... View Details
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

and risk. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Liability Structure in Small-Scale Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Authors: Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects

By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King and Auden Schendler
This working paper examines key barriers to business sustainability discussed at a multidisciplinary conference held at the Harvard Business School in 2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Opportunities
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  • 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Structure in Small-Scale Finance Authors:Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Publication:The World Bank Economic Review Abstract Microfinance, the provision of small individual and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne