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- March 2007 (Revised December 2007)
- Background Note
Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition: Successful Models
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Laura Winig and Kerry Herman
Provides successful models of private-public sector cooperatives in alleviating poverty and malnutrition. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Nutrition; Cooperative Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Welfare
Goldberg, Ray A., Laura Winig, and Kerry Herman. "Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition: Successful Models." Harvard Business School Background Note 907-412, March 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Faculty Books
he seeks counsel from a panel of advisers, resulting in a wealth of teaching moments. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed
alumni, expand membership, engage with the local community, and heighten club visibility among current HBS students," Mallalieu says. A wealth of best practices, ideas, news, information, and club contacts can be found at... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
Wiley also encourages young minorities to think carefully about the "legacy" they want to leave. "Our generation gained access to corporate America," she notes, "but the next frontier is to create wealth in ways that will have a... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
such as the life cycles of the family business, dilemmas inherent in working with relatives, grooming the next generation of company leadership, governance of the firm, and managing the impact of wealth on the family. "We spend much of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Answering the Call
change, Brooks says that entering the ministry late in life has been an asset. In guiding his church and parishioners, he is able to draw on a wealth of life experience, as well as on the leadership and analytical skills he developed at... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
ten times larger than what it was in 1980. While the sums involved are clearly staggering, the compensation packages that provide this wealth are poorly understood, according to HBS associate professor Brian J. Hall. Often, Hall believes,... View Details
- Web
Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Dutch Humanism, intentionally illustrated passages from Matthew to comfort the poor and to warn the rich (nos. 1 and 8 ). Other prints in this group are more judgmental–portraying the folly and consequences of excessive wealth through... View Details
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
entrepreneurs can also keep talented members contributing to the broader family's wealth and mission. (The new Millennial generation—ages 15 to 30—seems especially interested in being entrepreneurs.) Investing in family entrepreneurs has... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Crucible: Give It Up
helped show me what is important in life versus what we think is important. Wealth creation, running a business, and the ego that goes with that, are not all bad; but if that’s what you’re living for, then it’s not necessarily all good.... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: CVS Health
unlimited. Is there anything else you would like to share with fellow recruiters or those who are new to recruiting at HBS?HBS students bring a wealth of experience and diversity of perspective. Because of this, they have a lot of career... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- Web
Harvard Business School
Competitive Landscape: A 30-Year Legacy to Embrace!," The 30th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference February 22-24, 2002 "Redefining Wealth Claim It, Grow It, Sustain It!", The 31st Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference January 31-February... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
trillion in lost wealth that our society would otherwise have benefited from if only productivity had kept to its historic pre-1973 average. We're still more productive and, indeed, wealthier than other countries. The problem is that, as... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
other manufacturers have abandoned it to seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Since corporations are the center of wealth and power in this country, they are the only ones that can make a difference in addressing poverty and unemployment."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 2011
- Working Paper
'Last-place Aversion': Evidence and Redistributive Implications
By: Ilyana Kuziemko, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich and Michael I. Norton
Why do low-income individuals often oppose redistribution? We hypothesize that an aversion to being in "last place" undercuts support for redistribution, with low-income individuals punishing those slightly below themselves to keep someone "beneath" them. In laboratory... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Surveys; Wealth and Poverty; Behavior; Income; Research; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Personal Characteristics; Economics
Kuziemko, Ilyana, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich, and Michael I. Norton. "'Last-place Aversion': Evidence and Redistributive Implications." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 17234, August 2011.
- January 2007 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Brazil Under Lula: Off the Yellow BRIC Road
By: Aldo Musacchio
Covers President Lula's challenges to reduce "Brazil cost" and grow like other BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Experts agreed that for Brazil to grow like other BRIC countries, the Brazilian government would have to reduce the cost of doing business... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Cost; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; China; India; Russia; Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. "Brazil Under Lula: Off the Yellow BRIC Road." Harvard Business School Case 707-031, January 2007. (Revised February 2018.)
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
FarriHarvard Business School Case 310-090 In late January 2009, Thomas Fekete, managing director at Barclays Wealth in London, redeemed the most illiquid positions in the so-called Wealth Absolute Return... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
blood and hustle might come crashing down was a nontrivial possibility. But so was an increase in revenue that would elevate the company to a whole new league of wealth and market share. Founder and CEO Dal LaMagna chafed at the potential... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
patient, only to learn that the patient no longer needed the bed. Thus, all of the TSICU's efforts and conflict on behalf of the patient was wasted. Purchase this supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608172... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
driving the wealth of nations. It also demonstrates that there has never been a single model for successful or unsuccessful capitalism. To give only one example, business and economic historians have often taken a skeptical view of the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell