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- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
put flesh on the bones of independence, the USA and USSR were eager to offer aid and advice to promote their own models. The PRC, suffering the consequences of a century-long tangle with imperialism and decades of war coupled with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
ambition and great expectations." Alumni Message Boards While the campus community came together to cope in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, members of the extended HBS community did the same. Given that two of the attacks centered on the nation's — and some... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
Course MaterialsBASIX Harvard Business School Case 207-099 BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
quickly and without the kind of massive financial investment a major automaker would require. It was nothing less than a complete rethink of how cars are made. The next year, DARPA called, looking for a way to apply the model to defense... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
Reinsurance developed at the fringe of financial services and, for most of its existence, was largely unnoticed outside the expert community. However more recently public and professional sensitivity towards managing risks has increased.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
impact of immigrants on natives tend to find limited consequences in the short run, while the results in the long run are more varied and much less certain. Immigrants in the United States aid business and technology exchanges with their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
committed to doing it. Across the School I'm already seeing wonderful momentum. Everything from going to the market to recruit a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, to rethinking how we calculate financial View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
financial services that Washington D.C.-based Microfinance International Corporation (MFIC) had been providing for two years to a growing number of "unbanked" Hispanic nationals in the United States and their home countries.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
a portfolio that has reversed years of financial losses. “Atlantic Media is one of the only legacy companies that has made a successful transition to digital,” adds Perlmutter. “Their corporate strategy is inherently tied in with doing... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
the same trap. Financial commitment to these ventures should be significant, but they should be staged in a way that lets the management team get the framing right. That's how most venture capitalists finance start-ups. They may commit to... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
fiftysomething flatlander with urban sensibilities, and his wife move to a ratty weekend cabin in the heart of the Ozark Mountains. It is crudely built and lacks running water and electricity. Another problem is the local land baron, who aspires to build a giant sand... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
failure—from veterans of the New Venture Competition Complete Table of Contents December 2021 Rescue & Recovery In the wake of an abuse scandal and a clean sweep of leadership at Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna gets the humanitarian aid... View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
exhibited very different rates of economic recovery. We provide evidence that those countries that caught up the most with the U.S. in the postwar period are those that saw an acceleration in the speed of adopting new technologies. This acceleration is correlated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
Baer and Magowan’s efforts to put together a bid to keep the team in San Francisco kicked into high gear. With financial promises from a stellar list of Northern California investors that included Arthur Rock (MBA ’51), Charles Schwab,... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
DM: [laughs] SWG: And the second quarter, I began to think about is the stages of when you're building financial security, you're starting families. You might be starting to do some caregiving. You might be prioritizing wellness. And I... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
gaining ground in banking. In light of the recent financial crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Power, 2009; Taleb, 2007). This paper asks whether the expansion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
from the very beginning.” With the generous support of Howard Cox (MBA ’69), HBS offered matching scholarship funds and needs-based financial aid to broaden the program’s reach and impact. Once in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
in a race against time, working for the underground agency IA3. When a child-trafficking ring is exposed, the IA3 team enlists the CIA’s aid with local police services in a dangerous mission to unearth the ring-leaders. But the team’s... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
aid in the Delhi region. As noted in a recent article in India Today, Pasricha’s involvement was spurred by a mid-April phone call from a friend’s wife “who was desperate to find oxygen for her hospitalized husband.” Pasricha has been... View Details