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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
wealth distribution and about 3% for the top 30% of the wealth distribution. Household consumption is significantly more responsive to dividend payouts. See Marco’s other... View Details
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Projects - Business History
the site contains video clips for classroom teaching, and a wealth of relevant resources to allow for further research. The Medici Project The Medici project seeks to illuminate contemporary questions about... View Details
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- Report
Growth & Shared Prosperity
By: Karen G. Mills
In June 2015, nearly 75 experienced leaders from across business, government, labor, academia, and media gathered at Harvard Business School to discuss a topic of increasing concern in America: How can our nation continue to remain competitive while also providing a... View Details
Mills, Karen G. "Growth & Shared Prosperity." Report, U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2015 (With contributions from Joseph B. Fuller and Jan W. Rivkin.)
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Research - Private Capital Project
Europe, was a pioneer in the “democratization” of private equity investments. Historically, private equity was accessible only to institutional investors like pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, View Details
- 2015
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The Challenge of Shared Prosperity: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2015 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness
By: Jan Rivkin, Karen G. Mills and Michael E. Porter
In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; U.S. Competitiveness; Shared Prosperity; Wealth; Competition; United States
Rivkin, Jan, Karen G. Mills, and Michael E. Porter. "The Challenge of Shared Prosperity: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2015 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness." Report, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2015 (With contributions from Michael I. Norton and Mitchell B. Weiss.)
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
Reputation ; Social and Collaborative Networks ; Civil Society or Community ; Social Issues ; Poverty ; Strategy ; Construction Industry ; Education Industry ; Energy Industry ; Industrial Products Industry... View Details
- Portrait Project
Navroz D. Udwadia
"God," it is often said of India, "must have loved the poor. He made so many of them." I want to live bravely. I want, desperately, to make a difference. I want to be generous and true yet also fierce. I want to be... View Details
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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni
Ventures Kerry Rupp (MBA 1999) , General Partner, True Wealth Ventures Lisa Skeete Tatum (MBA 1998) , Founder and CEO, Landit Bejul Somaia (MBA 1998) , Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners Jonathan Spier... View Details
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Karen Sein
I used to see the world in black and white, circumscribed by the steadfast principles my parents taught me: work hard, do good, live humbly. As I grew up, the edges of my monochromatic world peeled away, revealing ashen fog View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
and principles of trade; the role of religion; civic duties, which includes chapters on topics such as modesty and fairness; and a number of domestic matters, from the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
“Living Standards in British Africa in a Comparative Perspective, 1880–1945: Is Poverty Destiny?” Marlous van Waijenburg : 2010: Winner of the IISG-Volkskrant Thesis Prize for the best historical master’s thesis completed in the... View Details
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AASU50 - Alumni
Awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medals Invocation, by Laura Morgan Roberts Spheres of Influence: A Portrait of Black MBA Program Alumni (HBS Research Findings) Spheres of Influence: A Portrait of Black MBA Program Alumni (Tony Mayo and Laura... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?
debate between economists such as the Chicago school’s Milton Friedman, who argued that the sole purpose of business is to generate profit for (and presumably transfer wealth to) shareholders by any legal View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Meagan Hill
independent-study project she completed during her second year at HBS, "I'd like to help First Nations in Canada and Native Americans nations in the U.S. manage their capital, enterprises, and resources... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
distributions of income and wealth have grown more unequal, and rates of socioeconomic mobility have declined. Millions of households have had to work longer hours, add... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
passionate about giving back to society and is particularly interested in supporting women and children. She has served on UNICEF’s board of directors since 2005 and recently... View Details
- 03 May 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo
encouraged risk taking, and empowered me to use passion as my compass. Entrepreneurship is one of the most successful ways to not only build wealth for your community, but also to close the many gaps that... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
greatest source of wealth for most families. In this interview Segel discusses the importance and fascination of real estate, and three important trends remaking the industry:... View Details
- August 2022 (Revised November 2024)
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Boston Impact Initiative: Investing in Local Change
By: Emily R. McComb, Amy Klopfenstein and Mel Martin
In fall 2021, Aliana Piñeiro, impact director at Boston Impact Initiative (BII) discovered that an entrepreneur the organization was considering for an investment had failed to disclose pre-existing debt with another lender. Although the business scored highly on BII’s... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Society; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Wealth; Poverty; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
McComb, Emily R., Amy Klopfenstein, and Mel Martin. "Boston Impact Initiative: Investing in Local Change." Harvard Business School Case 323-012, August 2022. (Revised November 2024.)