Currency - 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 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

01 Dec 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

and the Underground Economy edited by John Edmunds (DBA 1977) Greenwood This easy-to-use guide covers the history, development, and current workings of cyber currencies and the underground economy, both in the United States and around the... View Details

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

17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good

settlement, all while requiring less computational power and using far less energy than many current blockchains. Dyer says they have also tested the first public stablecoin (a cryptocurrency that has its value pegged to a commodity or View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

System for Growth by Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) and David Kidder Currency Most established companies face a key survival challenge. Operational efficiency and outdated bureaucracy are at war with new growth. Legacy companies are skilled... View Details

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 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

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