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- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
love, instantly,” he recalls. His passion for the water prompted him to start training to sail competitively—and to leave his job in wealth management at Goldman Sachs in order to skipper his first therapeutic sail, for eight disabled... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
a wealth of real-company examples, the authors demonstrate a set of practical frameworks for managing a global innovation network. Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle of the (Mis)Management of Canadian Business from a Veteran Insider by Tony... View Details
- Profile
Jamal Motlagh
teachers. They're not just willing, they're excited to talk to students – whether it's chatting after class, meeting for coffee, advising clubs, or serving on panels. They're always open." Proving worthiness In the summer, Jamal will intern with Goldman Sachs,... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
should always be held to that high standard. Our work should be more than rigorous and relevant. It should give some measure of inspiration and aspiration to the world. Part of our work is providing the means to more effectively mobilize society's resources—not just in... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- October 25, 2022
- Article
Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business
By: José A. Tiburcio, Lino Miguel Dias and Robert S. Kaplan
Subsistence dairy ranchers in Central America struggle to stay afloat during the dry season when grass is scarce. Global life sciences company Bayer has launched a program to enable them to produce their own corn silage feed. The results of this program are helping to... View Details
Keywords: Sharing Economy; Innovation; Economic Growth; Poverty; Production; Supply Chain; Social Enterprise; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Central America
Tiburcio, José A., Lino Miguel Dias, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 25, 2022).
- Article
Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India
By: Erica Field, Rohini Pande, John Papp and Natalia Rigol
Do the repayment requirements of the classic microfinance contract inhibit investment in high-return but illiquid business opportunities among the poor? Using a field experiment, we compare the classic contract which requires that repayment begin immediately after loan... View Details
Field, Erica, Rohini Pande, John Papp, and Natalia Rigol. "Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India." American Economic Review 103, no. 6 (October 2013): 2196–2226.
- 2008
- Chapter
Public Action for Public Goods: Theory and Evidence
By: Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer and Rohini Somanathan
This chapter focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a simple model of collective action which is intended to capture the various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective... View Details
- Portrait Project
Thomas Nassim
I plan to trek past the border. Through the wastes and wealth of a bewitching and bewildering terra incognita I will travel day by day. Maps? This land lies beyond even the most fantastic reaches of a cartographer's imagination. But I... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Reunited and It Feels So Good
During several days of engaging academic programs and lively social events held in October both on and off campus, more than fifteen hundred alumni and guests from the MBA Classes of 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, and 1973 were reminded of the scope and power of the HBS... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
funding but also entrench best corporate governance practices while accelerating wealth creation and distribution, leading to better social cohesion," says Oteh. Previously, her distinguished international career included serving as group... View Details
- November 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'
By: Rawi Abdelal, Dante Roscini and Elena Corsi
Italy’s March 2018 elections led to a populist government that included the right-wing League and the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement. To respect their electoral promises, the two parties came up with a budget plan that provided for a public deficit at 2.4%, a... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Economies; Unemployment; Extremism; Political Elections; Immigration; Poverty; Social Issues; Government and Politics; Financial Condition; Financial Markets; Italy
Abdelal, Rawi, Dante Roscini, and Elena Corsi. "The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'." Harvard Business School Case 719-042, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
option when they look at their financial returns and decide to share some of the wealth with their employees or their communities. That's what John Tu and David Sun did when they sold 80 percent of their company, Kingston Technologies, to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs
the summer between their first and second years of business school and we extend full-time offers at the end of the program for when students complete their second year. A substantial number of MBAs start at Goldman Sachs in Investment Banking or Private View Details
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Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library
profit in the new era of prosperity , The roaring 2000s : building the wealth and lifestyle you desire in the greatest boom in history . Lowry, Philip (Phil): Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All 271 Major League and Negro... View Details
- Portrait Project
Mardie Oakes
Silicon Valley's wealth and advanced technologies; this juxtaposition is brought into sharp focus by the presence of Cisco Headquarters across the street. Looking back on my words "healthy or sick," I think about these... View Details
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
new era of wealth creation and a new episode of capitalism. People's desires, needs and wants have radically changed, but corporations have remained distant and indifferent to the true nature of this change.—Shoshana Zuboff and James... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
One MBA's Path to Boston Consulting Group
opening info session. They held a wealth of dinners, mixers and coffee chats above and beyond what other firms offered. They not only opened their doors but welcomed you in and offered you tea. It feels cliché saying the people drew me to... View Details
- 06 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Takeaways from the Peek Women's Colleges Cohort
stemming from their own personal experiences and areas of expertise. It became clear to me that the wealth of ideas that we, as a cohort, developed over the weekend could only have emerged from the respectful and enthusiastic engagement... View Details
- 29 Jun 2019
- News
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
employment, to create wealth for themselves, and for their communities, and their families. When a woman makes $1, about 90% of their income is spent on health, education and nutrition. And that same statistic for a man is only about 35%.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
global business environment. Among this year's FIELD 2 countries, Ghana has both the lowest GDP per capita and the highest rate of GDP growth. "The country has a large and growing wealth divide," notes Leach, who said the team was struck... View Details