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  • 22 Apr 2020
  • Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

standards and data. Many governments around the world have begun assigning prices to carbon dioxide emissions, but it’s unclear if they can agree on a common global standard. Without industrywide measures, firms have been taking their own steps to evaluate the risks... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 18 Feb 2020
  • News

Business leaders see U.S. unprepared for economic downturn

  • Article

We Have a Rare Opportunity to Create a Stronger, More Equitable Society

By: Shai Davidai, Martin Day, Daniela Goya-Tocchetto, Oliver Hauser, Jon M. Jachimowicz, M. Usman Mirza, Nailya Ordabayeva, L. Taylor Phillips, Barnabas Szaszi and Stephanie Tepper
Income inequality in the United States was at historic levels before the coronavirus hit. Now, as the disease—and the social and economic implications it brings—spread across the country, it is likely to create even deeper fissures between the poor and rich. View Details
Keywords: Socioeconomic Status; Coronavirus; Inequality; Work; Income; Equality and Inequality; Health Pandemics; Gender; Money; Policy; Race; Society
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  • March 2007
  • Teaching Note

Latvia: Economic Strategy after EU Accession (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Teaching note to 707515. View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Perspective; Opportunities; Retail Industry; Latvia; Russia; China; Germany; India
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  • Web

Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Economics for Managers $1,850 Next... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2018
  • Blog Post

HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa

About the Global Opportunity Fellowship (GO:Africa) HBS offers a variety of career support and exploration programs for eligible students that provide financial assistance for those who choose careers in which starting salaries are lower... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2014
  • News

Shedding light on business issues and opportunities in Asia

Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong from 2005 until 2014, Chen facilitated the creation of numerous cases by providing HBS faculty with insights about how businesses operate in this economically important region and helping to... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 22 Oct 2014
  • News

Closing the opportunity divide for low-income young adults

Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) founded Year Up to offer technical and professional skills training to arm economically disadvantaged young people with the professional skills they need to contribute to society. In this video he describes... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2013
  • Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

nature and value of the skill sets brought by each would-be young worker. Each of these is a viable organization that needs time to develop. Another requirement for economic development is trust. But that's a rare thing among the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
  • February 2014 (Revised May 2014)
  • Background Note

Finding the Money: An Overview of Infrastructure Finance Challenges and Opportunities

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox
This overview describes how the United States funds and finances infrastructure investment to maintain its economic competitiveness. It considers the roles of taxpayers, users, government allocators and lenders, and private investors in the infrastructure funding... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Infrastructure; Technology; United States
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  • 2015
  • Discussion Paper

The Roles of Import Competition and Export Opportunities for Technical Change

By: Claudia Steinwender
A variety of empirical and theoretical trade papers have suggested and documented a positive impact of trade on the productivity of firms. However, there is less consensus about the underlying mechanism at work. While trade papers focus on access to export markets,... View Details
Keywords: Performance Productivity; Trade
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  • Web

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry Course Number 1564 Senior Lecturer Michael S. Kaufman Executive Fellow Andy Pforzheimer Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Note: Andy Pforzheimer (Harvard... View Details
  • 21 May 2018
  • Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

beverage business incubator when it opens later this year. Located right next to a public transportation stop, the new facility will spur economic activity in one of Chicago’s highest need neighborhoods, East Garfield Park on Chicago’s... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 08 Feb 2023
  • Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

encourage productivity, collaboration, and innovation. "But you can protect those gains if you remember the intention and motivation that sparked this movement in the first place." As economic clouds form on the horizon, these efforts... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
  • Web

IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog

sources of economic growth away from petrochemicals. Societal change has been rapid in some dimensions – exhilarating and sometimes disconcerting – and on others has been glacially slow. This has triggered new entrepreneurial View Details
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

The Role of the Corporation in Society: An Alternative View and Opportunities for Future Research

By: George Serafeim
A long-standing ideology in business education has been that a corporation is run for the sole interest of its shareholders. I present an alternative view where increasing concentration of economic activity and power in the world's largest corporations, the Global... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Governance; Environment; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainability Research; Sustainability Targets; Corporate Performance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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  • 12 Oct 2023

HBS Information Session at London School of Economics

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Come learn more about the MBA program at HBS including the 2+2 Program, a... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2023

HBS Information Session at London School of Economics

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Come learn more about the MBA program at HBS including the 2+2 Program, a... View Details
  • November 2013 (Revised September 2015)
  • Case

Doing Business in Cambodia

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dawn H. Lau
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Cambodia. It highlights Cambodia's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2013 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. View Details
Keywords: Cambodia; Economic Stability; Economic Development; Emerging Markets; Economic Growth; Southeast Asia
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