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- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
proving to be inefficient and were drains on the public treasury. Business would do well to support improvements in the system that purports to protect their investments abroad. The Thatcher and Reagan revolutions in the industrialized countries led to new views toward... View Details
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
inform her engagement in social change.Yuille’s diverse professional formation — federal law clerk, Latin Americanist socio-economic development lawyer, Wall Street corporate transactional attorney, public school teacher, pro bono... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
interests of general voters. By collecting news and combining it with entertainment, media are able to inform passive voters on politically relevant issues. To show the impact this information has on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
July, HBS hosted an information session for prospective students about the level of impact these initiatives can have on the community and the world. In this post, we are sharing the discussion from the Social Enterprise Initiative... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
Era for Raiders Author:Guhan Subramanian Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract The article presents information on corporate methods of preventing hostile takeovers by corporate raiders, such as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
institutions across sectors must be mobilized before technical solutions can be applied. Along similar lines, technical knowledge of solutions alone is not enough to scale successful demonstration projects that address these complex... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
are two mechanisms by which this can happen: engaging the periphery may either change the information set of the core or help align incentives of multiple core actors. Engaging the periphery might be particularly relevant in settings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
released. DM: Capturing, transporting, sequestering, reuse: It's a complex economic ecosystem, and each part is dependent on the other. But Matheson says the energy in the sector is promising. JM: It's a really exciting time to be in the... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
reviewing the company's marketing strategy for charge and credit cards in the United States. A variety of growth options exists for students to consider, including further penetration of existing markets and the opening of new markets. Historical background View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
inflicted on the city's surviving population. The study calculates that over the next two years, New York City will suffer $30 billion in capital losses, $14 billion in cleanup costs, and $30 billion in lost economic output. The tourism, retail, financial-services, and... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
investors. We find that solo investments by institutions outperform co-investments and a wide range of benchmarks for traditional private equity partnership investments. The outperformance is driven by deals where informational problems... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
innovations that allow local sectors to catch up with frontier technology. In poor countries, catching up requires the cooperation of a foreign investor who is familiar with the frontier technology and a domestic entrepreneur who is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
company and spend every dollar I had and the few dollars that I didn't have. While a wonderful experience searching for a company, it certainly was a financial hardship. I spent a couple of years working actually in the social sector. I went back to some social View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
(RRP). By expanding the overall supply of safe short-term claims, the Fed can weaken the market-based incentives for private sector intermediaries to issue too many of their own short-term liabilities. And crucially, we argue that the Fed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
the natural environment while creating urban living capacity by combining low carbon and resource-efficient development with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage complex urban systems. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Every year, HBS selects a small handful of outstanding alums to receive its most important honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. This year's recipients work in finance, politics, biopharma, and... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
rolled their sleeves up and built things from the ground up. And not just on the technology side, but also on the operational side. But I think most importantly on the people side. When you're looking at a new sector that requires new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
a beaten track, people often try to steer you toward seemingly easier alternatives "for your own good." But for those who would blaze a new trail, I suggest a three-pronged focus: Embrace self-empowerment. Knowledge is power, and preparation is key. Gather View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
neuroscience, strong progress has been made in understanding how neuroscience can inform consumer decision making. Here, we sketch the development of this discipline and compare it to that of the adjacent field of neuroeconomics. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne