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- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
hiring Companies should train managers to root out racial bias from their hiring and recruitment processes. They should also invest in retaining black professionals, in part by reinforcing the message that race will not be a View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
derives from removing friction and obstacles for workers while allowing them to create more value. Kevin Huang (MD/MBA 2023) Kevin is a member of Section G. He will be joining Brigham and Women’s Hospital as a resident physician in View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Authors: Ferguson, Niall, and Moritz Schularick Publication: International Finance 14, no. 1 (2011) Abstract For the better part of the past decade, the world economy has been marked by an economic order that combined Chinese export-led... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
collaboration. Second, they didn't organize effectively for collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't invest in building... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Monica Brand
Mexico's largest construction company, Empresas ICA, makes an initial public offering to international equity investors in April 1992 to help fund its participation in an ambitious new private-sector approach to highway development. Under the new program, launched by... View Details
Keywords: Construction; Transportation Networks; Infrastructure; Privatization; Private Equity; Investment; Initial Public Offering; Private Sector; Government and Politics; Policy; Construction Industry; Mexico
Emmons, Willis M., III, and Monica Brand. "Empresas ICA and the Mexican Road Privatization Program." Harvard Business School Case 793-028, September 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- Profile
Adriana Garcia Ceja
trajectory. “He spoke to everything I had been working for, what it takes to have an impact,” Adriana says. “I realized I could work with international business to develop economies.” After a variety of work experiences involving finance,... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007
"platform") around the rapidly expanding online video industry. Simultaneously, CEO Jeremy Allaire was completing a major funding round that would enable the company to make strategic investments in some or all of several... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
evaluating opportunities in one of Africa’s most dynamic markets. Keywords: Business History ; International Relations ; Government and Politics ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Culture ; Transformation ;... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis
By: P. Tufano, Nick Maynard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
This paper reports on a small-scale survey of the potential American demand for prize-linked savings accounts, an account that awards prizes as part of the saving product's return. In October 2006, Centra Credit Union launched a prize-linked savings pilot. As part of... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Income; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Investment Return; Banks and Banking; Clarksville
Tufano, P., Nick Maynard, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve. "Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-061, February 2008.
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
"sufficient" or even "respectable" volume of bilateral trade. There is a notion in international trade, called the gravity model, which suggests that, ceteris paribus, countries that are larger and more proximate tend... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- April 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
The Barber of Buenos Aires: Argentina's Debt Renegotiation
By: Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio
Tells the story of Argentina's aggressive strategy for renegotiating its sovereign debt from 2003 to 2005. Most creditors accepted the offer to swap their debt for new securities worth 35 cents on the dollar, with no recognition of all past-due interest. Many holdouts,... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Sovereign Finance; Government and Politics; Negotiation Tactics; Outcome or Result; Situation or Environment; Argentina
Maurer, Noel, and Aldo Musacchio. "The Barber of Buenos Aires: Argentina's Debt Renegotiation." Harvard Business School Case 706-034, April 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment
investment of $57 billion. [31] 2019 Global Agricultural Emissions Innovation Several types of innovations can reduce the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate its adaptation to climate change. Production innovations such as... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can
the authors estimate. In the latter part of the study period, from 2017 to 2019, firm costs were about 25 percentage points lower versus 2006. Rising markups come from either price increases or marginal cost reductions. These reductions can come from View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
like when he published his own novel one day. But he was also intrigued by the students who were interviewing with investment banks. In the mid-1980s, the industry was booming: “The people at Haverford who had a zippy brightness about... View Details
- 18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007
Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over 1988-1996 reveals that star analysts are more likely than non-star analysts to become entrepreneurs. Furthermore, we find that ventures started by star analysts... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
performing companies rank innovation among their top three priorities. But not all firms benefit from their investment in innovation. Keywords: Imitation ; Innovation Strategy ; Competition ; Innovation Leadership Citation Register to... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
important. The entrepreneur's business proposition and previous experience are regarded as the main criteria for investment decisions. Our research, however, documents other critical criteria that investors use to make these decisions:... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
Government and the International Economy Pakistan at 75: When Will the "Nazuk Mor" End? Singapore: "From Third World to First" Thailand: Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, and a Green Revolution Data Science for Managers Arla Foods: Decarbonizing... View Details
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Mid-US - Global
Company, retail giants like Target and Thrive Markets, and health equity partners such as Advocate Health and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. While tackling the challenges in the crowded supplements and energy drinks market, Martin is committed to View Details