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Niki Patel Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Public School Innovation in Georgia: SE Summer Fellow... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life

attractiveness of a well-structured public-private partnership framework for water distribution in Metro Manila, encouraged us to make this investment. In the process, we were able to change a public utility delivery system that was stuck... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

From France to Italy, Germany to Denmark, chances are good that if you pick a country in Europe, you can match it with its state-owned airline. But as Europe unites, barriers come down, and competition heats up, cross-border mergers have... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation

17 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

Here, they discuss what it would take to improve the provision of care. Q: Say you’re settling into your seat for a short-haul flight, and your seatmate is a newly installed hospital CEO, determined to improve patient care. How would you... View Details

Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health

29 Jan 2019
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Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View

In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), CEO of the Baupost Group, spoke about the perilous state of the public perception of capitalism. “People will say the words ‘Wall Street’ with a derogatory tone. They’re... View Details

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

prices reflect substantially all publicly available information, and buyers can see which companies provide good value for the money. By establishing trust in the information, this system has lowered the cost of capital and enabled better... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

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Austin Boral Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Civic Roundtable: Celebrating Public Service: SE Summer... View Details

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

opportunities and risks will they create for business leaders? What ethical choices will they force business leaders to confront? In November 2022, the introduction of ChatGPT brought the potential and power of Generative AI into public... View Details

01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

playbook, but it has cultivated an additional source of revenue: the sale of conservation easements. Lyme Timber buys pieces of land targeted by conservation groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land, which pay... View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources

how to search a specific Publication (e.g.: Private Equity International, article availability in Factiva ended August 2022). Also, Baker's Venture Capital & Private Equity research guide is a View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Winning Legally

compliance with the law as only a baseline. Could you elaborate? In our society, most managers understand the importance of compliance, both because businesses have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens and because society has a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Apr 2014
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Clean water that provides a trickle-down effect

and wastewater-service provider in the Philippines, and has invested over $1.5 billion in water and wastewater facilities since 1997. Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, also vice chairman of Manila Water, sees private operation of a public... View Details

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

Are the world's poor, who individually have less than $5 a day in disposable income, a viable market for new goods and services? Consider the fact that there are four billion people around the globe that fit this description and you have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment By: Ashraf, Nava, Oriana Bandiera, and Scott Lee Abstract—Organizations often use non-monetary awards to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising

of “Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “The contents of a catalogue . . . must tell their story in about the same way as the well-posted salesman would orally present the advantages of the goods.” Fowlers Publicity... View Details

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Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources

target="_blank">Learn with Baker Library Capital IQ Introduction. LSEG Workspace: Good source for investment analyst reports and data on public companies. For a multimedia learning module on... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

businesses and middle-income employees to New York City.) On the lower end of the wage scale, companies are forced to pay bonuses and to bus workers long distances to fill essential blue-collar positions. Says Harvey, "Firms must respond to these realities with higher... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2008
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Faculty Books

in entrepreneurship, the historical origins of "born global" companies; the importance of networks in new international market development; the role of public policy in shaping cross-border entrepreneurial activity; and the effect of... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

you get customers to act in the best interests of the firm? Of my mantras, number one is: Your customer is probably your most powerful asset." To explain how certain companies jump to the head of the pack through good service, she... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

also show that the internal control provisions of section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley make royalty arrangements based on self-reporting more attractive. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Toward a Theory of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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