by Benjamin Edelman - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management

Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although operational transparency has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

above: photo by Bill Gallery John H. McArthur, a member of the Harvard Business School community for more than six decades—as a student (MBA 1959, DBA 1963), as a faculty member (beginning in 1962), as Dean (from 1980 to 1995), and as... View Details

Keywords: Dean

31 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 31

whether perceived inequity from wealth that is randomly or subjectively assigned leads individuals to cross ethical boundaries through helping or hurting others. The results show that dishonest behavior is influenced by positive and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

Institutions , Conference Series #21. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, October 1979. Merton, Robert C. "Capital Theory and the Pricing of Financial Securities." In Handbook of Monetary Economics , vol. 1, edited by View Details

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

put themselves out there and many feel they benefit from having a partner by their side. For Uwais Razack (MBA ’21, Old Section C), the HBS experience has been enhanced by having his wife, Azrah, here View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Fıelds of Gold

profits are reinvested in the country’s agriculture sector? In the field Saffron crocuses are harvested by hand during a 21-day window in October and November. They are picked only in the morning, before the blooms open, to prevent damage... View Details

Keywords: April White; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

style and channel our inner Frank as we navigate life’s challenges and opportunities. Nothing They Won’t Do By Benjamin Campbell (MBA 1992) Teutoburg Forest Press Mason Wright is living the dream as a... View Details

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

1:34 2025 New Venture Competition Runner-Up, Social Enterprise Track: Aidra Health Aidra Health is bridging the urgent gap in medical equipment availability by facilitating equipment sharing and redistribution through an asset light... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind

Tim Draper (MBA 1984) tells 30 students assembled poolside at Draper University, a seven-week entrepreneurship boot camp targeting 18- to 28-year-olds that he launched in 2012 after purchasing and renovating the vintage 1926 Benjamin... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

Applegate opened the summit’s first theme, Rethinking Governance, by leading a case study called Leading in Turbulent Times. Other featured speakers included Jim Bildner, CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation; Margaret Hall, CEO and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

Switzerland, to "spiritual anchors for the new millennium." Clearly, something of a nonmaterial nature is stirring in the corporate temple. But questions abound. Just what does it mean to bring spirituality into the workplace? Is this an appropriate way to help people... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

Illustrations from VectorStock.com The Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) aims to supercharge HBS’s research agenda by applying a lab-based model similar to that used by the scientific... View Details

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Print View - Course Catalog

Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 04 Jun 2025 Print View View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | Print View # A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S... View Details

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