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  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

by a factor of five to achieve the mitigation and adaptation targets needed to keep warming below 1.5 degrees. Adaptation is particularly underfunded, receiving less than 10% of all funds when 20% would be required. When funding is available—either from the public or... View Details
  • Web

Policy - Business & Environment

economy. Business networks confronting climate change Spotlights Rebecca Henderson MBA 1985 Professor, Harvard Business School “Every private sector leader should be advocating for effective climate policy,... View Details
  • 20 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

full-service bank; describes the competitive context of low-income sector of financing in Mexico; and reviews the decisions leading to the IPO in the Mexican Stock Exchange. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

development," which was carried out through advisory services to health sector organizations. Among CGH's key competitive strengths vis-à-vis professional service firms offering similar advice, were its multiple alliances with View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

policies that a great majority of those in the private sector agree are necessary. They defy labels—they're not Republican or Democratic, not liberal or conservative policies. Almost everybody agrees we've... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 02 May 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

as: "notwithstanding the ostensibly flattened hierarchy, leaders are where the action is." in the absence of measures of leadership excellence, the best measure of leadership in the private sector... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 21 May 2018
  • Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

Hatchery Chicago will remove these barriers by providing rentable private and shared kitchen space, cold and dry storage, shipping and loading docks, and general meeting and work space. It will also offer industry-specific coaching and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 11 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."

Representative, public speaking instructor, and tutor. When applying for an internship, his wide-ranging interests made it difficult to pinpoint just one industry. Jackson considered private equity but ultimately landed an internship in... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

the firm than in its absence. An Exploration of Technology Diffusion Author:Diego A. Comin Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract We develop a model that, at the aggregate level, is similar to the one sector... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

diversified from there. Now, as CEO and managing director of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, he oversees thirty-two department stores in fifteen cities. "Ordinary people are buying what the rich can afford," he said, adding that a surprising number of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 02 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

discussions. Known as the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC), the organization is dedicated to using a multidisciplinary approach to "assist the food system in evaluating the various... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

technology and customer relations, are models you'd like to emulate. Technology and customer relations are keys toward helping taxpayers have confidence in us and the way we do business. So we are looking at the private sector,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • January 2025
  • Case

AI Meets VC: The Data-Driven Revolution at Quantum Light Capital

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan
Ilya Kondrashov, CEO of Quantum Light Capital, was driven to harness AI for identifying high-potential scale-ups. Collaborating with Nik Storonsky, founder of Revolut, the duo observed that most venture capital (VC) decisions were heavily influenced by emotion, with... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Business Finance; Data Analysis; Angel Investors; Cognitive Biases; Scale; Venture Capital; Investment; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Public Opinion; Private Sector; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Business Earnings; Behavioral Finance; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; London; United Kingdom
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  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

from the private sector and focusing on banks: rights offerings, debt restructurings, and FDIC-assisted bridge banks. Each approach was used in dealing with problem banks in the 1990s; each can be pursued... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2012
  • Article

Management Practices across Firms and Countries

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Competency and Skills; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Sectors; Performance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Private Equity; Multinational Firms and Management; United States; Germany; Japan; China; India
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  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

Innovation: Evidence from China By: Fang, Lily, Josh Lerner, Chaopeng Wu, and Qi Zhang Abstract—: Governments are important financiers of private sector innovation. While these public funds can ease capital... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

expertise   We all know that only collective action can bring lasting solutions for chronic social challenges. It is often the government that sets the rules of play, the social entrepreneur who creates the many experiments, and the View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 25 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

explore interactions between private business and public health, and demonstrate how consumers can create better and less expensive care for themselves. Book Excerpt: Consumer Power in Shaping Public Health Healthcare and education are... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • 18 Oct 2010
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

investing is like Internet investing. They think, 'It's gonna happen fast, and it's just gonna happen.' And the answer is no, it's not gonna be fast, and it might even not happen.” There are a couple of key differences that make the various clean-tech View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services
  • 19 Feb 2020
  • News

Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

“You are seeing meaningful renewable programs in most states, and that’s both good news and bad news.” Using the example of her own company, a private equity firm investing in the energy sector, she explained the challenges of working... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy