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01 Oct 2002
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Strengthening Your Role As a Nonprofit Board Member HBS October 2–3, 2002 Transitions and Transformations (for MBA Classes of 1962, 1967, and 1972) HBS October 3, 2002 Fall Reunions/MBA Classes of 1957,... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Spring Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors and Club Officers’ Roundtable HBS June 2–3, 2004 Spring 2004 Reunions/MBA Classes of 1949, 1954, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 HBS June 3–6, 2004 Class Day and... View Details

05 Jul 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?

Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

revenue and physician compensation. Unfortunately, attempting to save time with an AI tool in taking visit notes may actually translate into increased patient loads. If volume-driven financial incentives... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

December 2022 (Revised August 2023)
Case

Ribbit Capital and the Gauntlet Investment Opportunity

By: Shai Bernstein and Allison M. Ciechanover

Ten-year-old, Palo Alto-based Ribbit Capital is best-known for its global investments in fintech. The firm was also an early advocate of crypto and blockchain, having invested in more than two dozen startups in the space in the past decade. In the Spring of 2022,... View Details

Keywords: Alternative Assets; Cryptocurrency; Business Startups; Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Deal; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; California

April 2021
Case

Etsy: Crafting a Turnaround to Save the Business and Its Soul

By: Ranjay Gulati, Luciana Silvestri and Monte Burke

Etsy, the online seller of handmade goods, was founded in 2005 on an almost utopian ideal—a responsible, caring company that offered individual crafters a place to sell their wares, a wholesome alternative to companies that sold mass-manufactured products. The company... View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Organizational Culture; Financial Condition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Transformation; Leadership

February 2018
Case

Health Savings Accounts: Enabling Consumer Participation

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace

Health savings accounts (HSAs), a creation of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, had become an integral part of the drive toward consumer-driven health care. Coupled with high-deductible health plans, HSAs allowed consumers to directly control a significant part of... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Healthcare Costs; Health Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; United States

20 Feb 2009
Working Paper Summaries

When Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth?

Keywords: by Philippe Aghion, Diego Comin, Peter Howitt & Isabel Tecu

September 2022
Article

Find and Replace: R&D Investment Following the Erosion of Existing Products

By: Joshua L. Krieger, Xuelin Li and Richard T. Thakor

How do innovative firms react when existing products experience negative shocks? We explore this question with detailed project-level data from drug development firms. Using FDA Public Health Advisories as idiosyncratic negative shocks to approved drugs, we first... View Details

Keywords: R＆D Investments; Drug Development; Product Shocks; M＆A; Biopharmaceutical Industry; FDA; System Shocks; Research and Development; Investment; Decision Making; Pharmaceutical Industry

08 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?

will likely fail.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social media creator for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: diane39] Related Reading: Digital Change: Lessons from the Newspaper Industry HBS Cases: What... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

Article

Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-enrollment Savings Effects

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Peter Maxted

Present bias causes procrastination, which leads households to stick with auto-enrollment defaults. However, present bias also engenders overconsumption. Separation from each employer generates a rollover of 401(k) balances to an individual retirement account (IRA)... View Details

Keywords: Present Bias; Procrastination; Personal Finance; Decision Making; Social Psychology; Retirement

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Managing International Trade and Investment

By: Debora L. Spar

Introduced by Debora Spar in 1995, Managing International Trade and Investment is an elective course that prepares students to deal with the distinct set of management challenges that face cross-border businesses. Building on experience that suggests that what works... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Fall Reunions/MBA Classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978 HBS October 2–5, 2003 Fall Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS October 17–18, 2003 Winter Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS January 23–24, 2004 Spring Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors... View Details

Keywords: reunion; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Sep 2003
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Fall Reunions/MBA Classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978 HBS October 2–5, 2003 Fall Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS October 17–18, 2003 Winter Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS January 23–24, 2004 Spring Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Winter Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS January 23–24, 2004 Spring Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors and Club Officers’ Roundtable HBS June 2–3, 2004 Spring 2004 Reunions/MBA Classes of 1949, 1954, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Winter Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS January 24–25, 2003 Spring Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors/Club Officers Roundtable HBS May 28–29, 2003 Spring 2003 Reunions/MBA Classes of 1928, 1933, 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998 HBS May... View Details

February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
Case

Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal

This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States

February 2018
Case

Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments

By: John Macomber and Pippa Tubman Armerding

The so-called “infrastructure finance gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and... View Details

Keywords: Pension Fund Investing; Infrastucture; Power/Energy; Credit Enhancement; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Investment Funds; Emerging Markets; Nigeria; Africa