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- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
contingent claims analysis (CCA). We illustrate how to use the CCA approach to model and measure sectoral and national risk exposures, and analyze policies to offset their potentially harmful effects. This new framework provides View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
In an age of global scarcity, water has become a valuable commodity in both the industrialized and developing worlds. With governments and communities increasingly unable to manage the complexities and expense of water treatment and delivery, the private View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/BFSWIPO.pdf Luck or Cheating? A Field Experiment on Honesty with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We run an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
state control to free enterprise in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe—more than 20 countries in all, including Zambia, Vietnam, and, most recently, Myanmar. “Reforming economic infrastructure and privatizing state corporations are rarely... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
Political Economy." By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—The study of Chinese political economy has undergone a sea change since the late 1990s; instead of debating the origins and direction of national reform, scholars have turned to examining the origins of local View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital
By: Lauren Cohen and Sophia Pan
Anthony (Tony) Pritkzer, Paul Carbone, and the Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) team wondered how to approach the firm’s next phase of growth. PPC was a private equity firm that offered a differentiated approach to the family capital market. Back in 2016, the partners... View Details
Keywords: Family Office; External Financing; Succession; Leadership Transition; Family Business; Private Equity; Investment; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Business Model; Private Sector; Financial Liquidity; Risk Management; Organizational Structure; Competitive Advantage; Venture Capital; Management Succession; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; Illinois; United States
Cohen, Lauren, and Sophia Pan. "Can Families Conquer Private Equity? Pritzker Private Capital." Harvard Business School Case 224-078, February 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- 30 Jun 2017
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
time for something new. Although she had been involved in volunteer efforts in education, the arts, and economic development since high school, Pitter-Armand’s path to a career in the nonprofit sector wasn’t... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
prosper,” Moreno recalls. He was right, but Moreno, who became part owner and CEO of Nightingale Nurses, could not have predicted the dramatic ups and downs of the industry, from the 2008 economic crisis to the passage of the Affordable... View Details
- 06 Jul 2017
- News
Leadership on a Global Scale
Fellows to Hawaii. Two years later, be became deputy director for Hawaii’s Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. As a Fulbright Fellow, Jefferson was posted to Singapore to study how public View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
basis,” says Greenwood, who worked with fellow HBS finance professor Malcolm Baker and Harvard economics professor Andrei Shleifer to get the proj ect off the ground. “Historically our group has been pretty fluid, though, and we decided... View Details
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Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
problems. We say “unsolvable” because communities around the world face such daunting, complex problems - ranging from providing safe, healthy water and food for all, to ensuring educational and economic opportunity - and it can be easy... View Details
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
which we take collaboration to the level of megacommunities from the private and public sectors working together to solve large-scale social problems." Others, including Jay Somasundaram, wonder about the relative roles of the... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
labor market—but stays the same for those in more stable job categories. Examining the performance of 3,025 founders and their 1,747 startups in the biotechnology and medical-device sectors during previous View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
Mills says. “If small businesses can stay solvent, then we have a greater chance for a recovery after the virus threat subsides,” she says. The grim reality is sinking in. About 77 percent of small business owners say they’re “very worried” about the View Details
- 10 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing
technologies. Over our ten days in India, we explored numerous decarbonization solutions, but for true climate action to succeed in India, it must be inclusive. SELCO is achieving this by using DRE to catalyze economic development through... View Details
- 11 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Business and Environment Initiative
relationships between economic systems and the natural environment, and about the structures that enable firms to act productively in this arena. It develops innovative cases, teaching notes, and other curriculum materials for broader... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
every general manager understands the role of energy in the world. Part of the course will explore how energy enables our prosperity, enables our economic activity. But I want to spend the bulk of the time thinking about what kinds of... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
As Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen Mills spent four years as part of President Barack Obama's senior economic team and a member of his Cabinet, specifically focused on the health and growth of America's... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
financial crisis of 2008 laid bare the hidden network of relationships in corporate governance: who owes what to whom, who will stand by whom in times of crisis, what governs the provision of credit when no one seems to have credit. This book maps the influence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne