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  • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)

By: Shawn A. Cole, John Masko and T. Robert Zochowski
In 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promote economic... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Equity; Bonds; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; Emerging Markets; Non-Governmental Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry; Zambia
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  • 29 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

Case 308-071 In 2007, the leadership of the Indesit Company is focused on long-term corporate strategy. After three decades, the company has emerged as the number two home appliance producer in greater Europe. Should they invest further... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

Two years ago, talking about how the Internet changed absolutely everything was the height of fashion. Today it's hard to conceal a smirk when someone mentions a term like e-leadership. Although it's fine to enjoy a good chuckle at the way the svengalis of the New... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

Meanwhile, prospective African-American students attended a case discussion led by Professor Linda A. Hill. The day concluded with a career fair featuring representatives from major corporations. Saturday morning began with a seminar led by George E. Curry, editor of... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Books

the very "soul" of e-business in a rapidly emerging e-culture. E-culture, she writes, "involves better ways of leading, organizing, working, and thinking." It is an environment in which individuals must evolve if they are to become... View Details
Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 18 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

Co-Response Partnership, a pilot program implemented with the county’s mental health authority, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), designed to create better outcomes in emergencies involving first responders and citizens... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Books of 2016

business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas... View Details
  • 18 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and levers relevant to extracting value from View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 22

they evolved in response to macroeconomic shocks that affected the Brazilian economy during this period. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-109.pdf The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions (revised)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

others to make a similar effort," Gaida notes. "This mutual adjustment eventually becomes the norm within an organization." At Philip Morris International's Beijing office, Andy Klump says, "There is an emerging... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Do You Speak Business?

notes. “This mutual adjustment eventually becomes the norm within an organization.” At Philip Morris International’s Beijing office, Andy Klump says, “There is an emerging international business style, but it varies dramatically by... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 24 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

the brand's allegories in the society, as well as how they gain and lose value. Holt finds that the allegories play well in periods of ideological consensus, which may span anywhere from five to fifteen years. But then restructuring of the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

  Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

economy, a large share of exports and foreign direct investment [FDI]. But when you look at the trajectory over time—job growth rates, wage growth rates, changes in export or FDI share, particularly compared to emerging economies—the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

CEO of Furman Selz, growing the company more than tenfold. He also creates a happy and abundant family life, though he never forgets what it means to struggle. At age 60, he is reminded of his painful past when a family secret emerges... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • News

The Year in Ideas 2015

everything from cleaning to prescription pickup. But one of the biggest innovations was behind the scenes: Beck and Sapone eschewed the independent contract workers driving the on-demand economy in favor of hiring employees—full-time... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

catalog and online channels. We show that the emergence and strength of cannibalizing and complementary effects vary over time, across type of channel, and by type of customer and provides insight into when and where managers can expect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

requirements provided a major stimulus for the emergence of local firms in Germany and Spain. U.S. firms were unable to develop internationally competitive products partly because of a rush to capture lucrative contracts dependent on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

nation's social enterprise organizations. Today, the United States has more than 1.4 million non-profit organizations, and they account for 5 percent of GDP. Annual contributions have grown faster than the economy for years, and experts... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • 23 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

  Working PapersNone this week.   Cases & Course MaterialsBundling the Contracts: TA-Energy Harvard Business School Case 807-075 Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace