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Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting Local and regional HBS alumni clubs offer a range of opportunities to support and connect with the local nonprofit community. Alumni clubs in a number of cities have... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
and their role in emerging markets has been part of a larger effort to understand how local business environments influence company strategy. Strategy scholars have often emphasized how industry- and firm-specific characteristics affect... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
threats posed by climate change and aims to mitigate future emissions, India must forge a new, sustainable development pathway. This “twin challenge” of developing while decarbonizing was the main topic of our work in India. Throughout our trip, we engaged with View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
Using the Harvard MBA to Make a Difference in Politics & Policy
in all levels of government (from local to federal). HBS MBA Admissions invites you to a conversation with Professor Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004), Margaret Woolley Busse (MBA 2001), and Mina Hsiang (MBA 2010).... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
Holidazzle and the Newport Ball, as well as the “TGIF” get-togethers in between, a question from a current student government officer about raising the fee sparked a lively give-and-take about transparency. “The SA lost several thousand... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
The same group of people who had been working for an under-performing company can produce outstanding results if they have the right leader. Japan may be the first country in the world where companies can choose from two different View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
California pharmacist and drugstore owner who balked at the price-slashing practices of chain store competitors and spearheaded a local price-control movement to protect her own bottom line—a crusade that would ultimately gain such... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
operations. The problem, according to Harvard Business School professors Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi ("Kash") Rangan, rests in inevitable tensions and battles for power that arise between national headquarters and local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
fix those problems. The researchers studied a sampling of data from Hazel Analytics, which gathers food safety inspections from local governments across the United States. The sample included information on... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
those who view immigrants as a threat to national identity and local culture. Cultural concerns are often amplified by the idea that immigrants are unwilling or unable to assimilate. But has anything happened to validate these concerns?... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
contingent reserves, and reserve dependent output costs. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-010.pdf Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
development of certain industries coincided with my interest in exploring how local governments can create environments that are favorable to the development of particular businesses.” After HBS, Duch worked... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Building Community in the Bay Area
his experiences with his board and about critical issues relating to governing nonprofit organizations today. The event was hosted by the HBS Community Partners, a group established by the HBS Association of Northern California in 1986 to... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
closed question–based surveys. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50727 June 2016 Journal of Finance Local Currency Sovereign Risk By: Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We introduce a new measure of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
collections of local HBS alumni. We also took a trip to New York to see the Armory Show and visit artists’ studios, and hosted a community event called Slideluck that featured work by local artists and an en... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. Over the coming months, Porter, Rivkin, and a number of HBS faculty involved with the project will participate in a series of alumni events across the country designed to disseminate key findings and... View Details
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
obstacles tilt the playing field between local firms and multinational firms. In a series of papers, [HBS associate professor] C. Fritz Foley, [University of Michigan professor] James R. Hines Jr., and I have shown that distorted... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Boston’s Sasaki Associates, however, Mawilmada was restless. It’s probably his grandfather’s fault. A member of the municipal council in Kandy, Loku Banda Mawilmada was responsible for a number of local improvements, including a school, a... View Details
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Casey Gerald
cities and towns not (yet) known for entrepreneurship. Throughout the summer of 2013, the MBAs Across America team will travel across country in an RV, making week-long stops to record and promote the stories of local entrepreneurs, to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
communications industry has entailed the gradual removal of protected monopolies and rate-of-return regulation. Yet, at the same time, new government policies have been adopted to require open access and nondiscriminatory pricing in areas... View Details