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- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
market looked behind "the thin film of gold." Our results point to a dichotomy: whereas country-risk premia fell after gold adoption in developed countries, there were no credibility gains in the volatile economic and political... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
India Conference 2015
India at the time of the event. This year, the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School hosted over 75 speakers and 600 attendees over two days in early March. The event was kicked off on the 7th of March with an exciting debate focused on New View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
megascale project: to construct the world's largest amusement park, called Dubailand. Examines various aspects of Dubai's background, world real estate and tourism trends, and environmental and political conditions of the region to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
Stem cells have been much in the news recently. But the hot-button ethical and political questions currently surrounding this area of research may ultimately prove moot, if the past is any guide. Business View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
especially timely, coming as they did on the heels of a failed EU budget summit in Brussels and the French and Dutch “no” votes on the proposed EU constitution. For those in the audience not well-versed in European politics and economics,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
ten-year time frames for your next move. It's better to focus on what you're doing and stick with it until it becomes redundant or isn't fun anymore.” CURRENT READING Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris... View Details
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
is available at this time. Publisher's link: http://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-78902-6 The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting Author: Walter Friedman Publication: History of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Risa Kavalercik
In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning the second place in the HBS New Venture Competition—Social Enterprise Track, she had moved to Northern Nigeria, where she founded the... View Details
Keywords: Nigeria; Entrepreneurs; Import Substitution; China In Africa; Killer Tomato Paste; Mira Mehta; Tomato Jos; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government Legislation; Business History; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria
Reinert, Sophus A., and Risa Kavalercik. "Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 718-027, February 2018. (Revised March 2018.)
- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
entrepreneurship has risen to confront environmental challenges that policy alone been unable to address. Bypassing the political fluctuations that lead to inconsistent and unreliable international promises, she discusses ways that... View Details
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
business's key success factors and other important interests, and strictly adhering to "professional" compensation principles, which are useful standards to try to follow but they may not meet important personal and family interests or be View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
recalls growing up in France—a country with less of a history of populism—and voting in his first presidential election in 2002, having to choose between a right-leaning candidate and a far-right populist. For both faculty members, these... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
various diseases the foundation is fighting? Ironically, the hardest area for the foundation to measure is educational reform because “metrics don’t exist” in that field, he said. Taking a swipe at both major political parties, Gates... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
(A) Leaders of the many Fortune 500 firms headquartered in Minneapolis-St. Paul have a long history of engaging collectively, and with educational, political and social leaders, to deal with important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
more just, and greener society, and this entails reforming our economic system and the way businesses operate. Even though these changes that diverge from deeply rooted norms are challenging to implement, now is the time to push for them. As we know from View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful journey through the View Details
- Web
Jewish American Heritage Month | Baker Library
at Wyner's 75th reunion, is nearly 400 pages detailing his business and political success as well as his engagement with the Jewish community and his own Jewish identity. Many pages are dedicated to his life in Brookline and the greater... View Details
- Web
Bibliography - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Division I, Political and Personal Satires, v. 5–11. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1870–1954. Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450–1700. Amsterdam: Herzberger, 1949. Klein, Gottfried.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
from Fort Worth’s southern suburbs to Crawford, Waco, and east to College Station, home of Texas A&M University and the presidential library of Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush. Political analysts rank Texas 17 as the nation’s most... View Details
- June 24, 2016
- Other Article
Why Brexit Is a Big Deal
By: John A. Quelch
The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic.
Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine of a one-for-all and... View Details
Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine of a one-for-all and... View Details
Keywords: British Vote; Brexit; European Union; Impact; Historical Result; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Disruption; Transition; Volatility; Decision Making; Globalization; Government and Politics; History; Leadership; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; European Union; Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom
Quelch, John A. "Why Brexit Is a Big Deal." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (June 24, 2016). (Republished by Forbes.com on June 24, 2016 at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2016/06/24/why-brexit-is-a-big-deal/#2c5e5c587297.)