Currencies - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

Solana reflects. Ruwende notes that for most Africans, "it is extremely difficult, given earning levels, inflation, interest rates, and currency devaluation" to save the amounts necessary to matriculate at HBS. "I think the sheer... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

of fixed-income instruments, a variety of currency investments, and other kinds of commodity-like investments. People will be looking for portfolios that will get them through several years of market uncertainty. Are you already seeing... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

source of income in “coffee beans,” the in-app virtual currency that can be used to buy additional features. When the Shark Tank episode aired in January 2015, that model earned Coffee Meets Bagel the biggest offer from an investor in the... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2007
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Up from the Ashes

still thriving today. “Business strategy” and “corporate strategy” have gained extremely wide currency not only in the business press but in popular media as well. Numerous consulting firms specialize in strategy, and all business schools... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

neurodiversity. Questions for managers to ask: How am I doing, and how can I do better? How are my people doing, and how might I help? How do I manage my team? And how can I have a greater impact? Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

everyone else," she said. Material goods are all well and good, she continued, but the value of "stuff" doesn't last. "What happens to it all?" she asked. "The real wealth is family. The true currency is love and friendship." Later that... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

11 years later, with market penetration essentially complete, that number hovers around 6 million, with over $300 million in annual revenues. Afghanistan’s stability, however, is entering a particularly challenging time. GDP growth is falling, and its View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City

conclusion that investing in Detroit is like investing in an emerging economy without political and currency risk.” Cummings has formed a new company to manage his Detroit projects: The Platform. The name has many meanings for him. A... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

Professor of Business Administration and Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair of Harvard Innovation Labs Currency Why do startups fail? That question caught Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

Its currency only grew with the 2012 publication of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic Monthly article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” followed by Sheryl Sandberg’s (MBA 1995) 2013 book, Lean In. This conversation was born out of a... View Details

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