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  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

cancer patients with a high risk of clinical progression and death. DiagnoFirst had applied for patents, in both the U.S. and EU, for the sequence of 40 genes, the new methodology for gene amplification, and the specific mechanics of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 1

look large and compelling. But it can have significant downsides. Leaders who prefer to zoom in tend to create policies and systems that depend too much on politics and favors. They can focus too closely on personal status and on turf... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

anticorruption ratings are domiciled in countries with low corruption risk ratings and strong anticorruption enforcement, operate in high corruption risk industries, have recently faced a corruption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

itself, the "fiscal cliff" in the US, and the politics of the Middle East among them. Many corporate and personal plans are on hold. These may be uncertain times, but we've always been certain about two things: (1) predictions... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

forthcoming American Political Science Review Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France By: Braconnier, Céline, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons Abstract—A large-scale randomized experiment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

of diversification (vertical, horizontal, and tangential) available for growth and explains how they might be identified, evaluated, and effectively pursued. He also addresses the opportunities and risks of each category. Choosing the... View Details
  • April 2007
  • Case

Microfinance in Bolivia: A Meeting with the President of the Republic

By: Michael Chu
Herbert Muller, chair of leading microfinance bank BancoSol, has met with Evo Morales one year after the populist leader's inauguration as president of Bolivia and proceeds to write an email to his fellow board directors. The bank is world famous for pioneering... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Race; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Microfinance; Poverty; Interest Rates; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry; Bolivia; South America
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  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Promise & Perils

tempered by substantial risks for businesses and investors looking to cash in on China’s economic renaissance. Over the course of the three-day Global Leadership Forum, twenty HBS faculty members and thirty U.S. and Chinese business... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

Shawn A., Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract—This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Apr 2025
  • News

A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

9th Congressional District, who serves on the Appropriations Committee which controls the federal budget. “Given the current market conditions and political dynamics, we wanted to understand the path forward for social enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

making money is the sole objective of the corporation. A: Their arguments should be taken quite seriously. In fact, we suggest that recognizing the significance of concerns on both sides of the debate is central for understanding how to weigh and integrate those... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • November 1999 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Financing the Mozal Project

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Fuaad Qureshi
It is June 1997, and a team from the International Finance Corp. (IFC) is recommending that the board approve a $120 million investment in a $1.4 billion aluminum smelter in Mozambique, known as the Mozal project. Four factors make the investment controversial: it... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Capital Markets; Emerging Markets; Projects; Financial Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Developing Countries and Economies; Metals and Minerals; Financial Strategy; Government and Politics; International Finance; Infrastructure; Mozambique
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  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

kind of generosity. Royalties from this book go to Christian ministries focused on spreading the Gospel and providing for those in need. Global Risk Agility and Decision Making: Organizational Resilience in the Era of Manmade View Details
  • 18 Nov 2020
  • News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

to recent political and economic shifts or part of a deeper social and cultural history? What can be done to address this crisis in our criminal justice system? The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB), in partnership with the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

The Baby Business

Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Health, Social Assistance
  • January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Doing Business in Cairo: Navigating a Path to Economic Resilience

By: A. Zelleke and Ahmed Dahawy
Egypt has long been a pivotal force in the Middle East and North Africa. Located at a crossroads of global trade routes, the country was a strategic partner for numerous regional and global powers. However, a substantial currency devaluation in 2016 brought many... View Details
Keywords: Egypt; Economy; Business; Country; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Inflation and Deflation; Macroeconomics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Economies and Regions; International Relations; Emerging Markets; Risk and Uncertainty; Culture; Egypt
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  • 16 Dec 2016
  • News

An Environmental Epiphany

maybe somewhat naively, I concluded that the place where you change the rules is in the political process. And I put up my hands to serve in parliament, partly because I felt that somebody with business experience and somebody who has an... View Details
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

effectiveness because people were not accountable to each other for progress, did not have shared understanding of their work, and faced interpersonal risks when reaching out to other roles. The redesign introduced new mesolevel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

violence, willingness to settle and make peace are remarkably flexible and dependent upon these cues. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55574 November 2018 Review of Middle East Studies Syrian Refugees in Turkey and the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

important contributor to sustained economic growth than such things as openness to trade, a competitive exchange rate, level of foreign investment, or the quality and stability of a country's political institutions. At the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett