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data analysis and metrics tracking. ArcelorMittal and the private sector during the Ebola crisis Spring 2016 | Focus: Healthcare; International Development Team: Sarah Nam and Sisi Pan Description: The Ebola outbreak in 2013-16 devastated... View Details

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

Mujeres Empresarias, Ejecutivas y Emprendedoras del Uruguay), a non-profit focused on advancing women’s economic development and entrepreneurship in the country. In her interview, Michelena stresses her view that innovation extends beyond... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

INCAE Making Global Impact

programs and around 5,000 in its executive education programs, INCAE — which opened a Costa Rica campus in 1984 — has sent thousands of graduates into leadership positions in the private sector as well as to many important government,... View Details

22 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

immigrant scientists, entrepreneurs, and engineers in the United States helps facilitate faster technology transfer from the United States, which in turn aids economic growth and development. This is certainly a positive benefit diasporas... View Details

Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

01 Dec 2014
News

These Walls Can Talk

before its acquisition by Google and then was part of the Google Glass team. Now, as the new head of business development for SmartThings, she’s joined the nearly $18 billion smart home industry. “This is a space that is exploding with innovations and interest and... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

biology and chemistry to prepare for a career related to helping the environment. An introductory course in economics changed all that. "I realized that economic issues drove many of the decisions companies... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

February 2012
Article

Management Practices across Firms and Countries

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Competency and Skills; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Sectors; Performance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Private Equity; Multinational Firms and Management; United States; Germany; Japan; China; India

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01 Dec 1998
News

New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

One key to becoming more integrated into the global marketplace will be southern Africa's ability to respond to the radical economic and social changes taking place in its own backyard. "This not only poses complex challenges for... View Details

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Africa - Global Activities 2021

Emory University, to work at McKinsey & Company. There she was responsible for strategy due diligence and planning for financial services and public sector clients in Africa and the Middle East. “I discovered a pathway to View Details

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Managing the Future of Work - Course Catalog

future of work trends. Public sector leaders will confront these issues through educational or government institutions. Course Content and Organization The course covers the following main themes: Technology and the future of jobs. Will... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Cracks in the Foundation

authors, HBS professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, found reason for hope, arguing that continued erosion of US competitiveness is not inevitable. While there's much that government can and should do, they strongly believe that the private View Details

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

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

fellows—are offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. At the same time, the hiring organizations leverage the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

01 Apr 2002
News

Emerging Research on Emerging Markets

income norms as predicted by economic theory," noted HBS professor Bruce Scott in his talk on "Creating Capitalism." Other speakers and their topics were Erik Bergloumlf of the Stockholm School of Economics... View Details

Keywords: Yasheng Huang; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2020
News

Wide Angle

Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What can historical economic recoveries teach us about our current crisis? One of the things that makes the pandemic so tricky is that there is no... View Details

13 Nov 2020
News

Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

studying all aspects of the pandemic and are working with business, government, and social sector leaders—as well as with colleagues at Harvard and beyond—to offer insights, strategies, and best practices,” says Gary Pisano, senior... View Details

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Business Solutions for the Global Poor - Course Catalog

serve that segment. The backdrop for class discussion will be sectors such as housing, hunger, healthcare and so on, both domestic as well as international. One of the main goals of the course will be to develop a contingency model... View Details

01 Oct 2020
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Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

of distribution (more transparency across multiple organizations in inventory management, lower inventory to sales ratios, fewer stockouts, etc.). Just as important was the question of who could lead the effort. Not surprisingly, it came down to the party with the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

Structure in Small-Scale Finance Authors:Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Publication:The World Bank Economic Review Abstract Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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