P2P Money Transfers - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

with the exception of the very large ones like the United States, will represent the interests of a handful of other countries. In 2008, the IBRD and the IDA committed nearly $25 billion in loans and grants through some 300 development projects around the globe. Where... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2008
News

Kash Rangan

intergenerational transfer estimated at $6 trillion over the next fifty years specifically earmarked for social enterprises. None of these sources of money is actually looking for an economic return. They’re... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

remarkable results. But whose work is it? Who owns the result? While pondering these questions, I visited the website of the branding consultancy Wolff Olins, responsible for creating the branding for (RED), which raises money for The... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

conceptualize these as the Cross-Sector Collaboration Continuum along which there are three types and stages of relationships (see Figure 1): Philanthropic Stage. This is the most common type of relationship between businesses and nonprofits. It largely consists of... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

have the money in their account in just days, whereas in the conventional banking model small business owners may not be approved for several weeks. New Ways To Make Loan Decisions By and large, emerging online alternative lenders make... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

research, started in the year 2000, was aimed at understanding how an innovative team working together in a creative act managed the process of knowledge transfer between the more experienced and less experienced members of that team. The... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

business certifies independent hot-spot providers and splits with them a $50-per-month user subscription fee. Boingo users are assured that hot spots in the network conform to technical standards, and the software allows them to transfer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

significantly reduced. In fact, the WHO would probably be a more effective and nimble organization if it was half its current size, not double. The WHO's role in preparing for, providing early monitoring and managing pandemic crises should be View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

Web

Protecting Yourself Against Social Engineering | Information Technology

to. A form of social engineering called Business Email Compromises is when a bad actor pretends to be a vendor or someone you frequently make payments to. They advise you that they need you to send the money to a different account because... View Details

04 Dec 2020
News

Hour by Hour

Courtesy Rahkeem Morris Courtesy Rahkeem Morris Rahkeem Morris (MBA 2018) spent the first 10 years of his work life as an hourly wage earner, moving from one minimum wage job to the next, often unable to transfer learned skills or... View Details

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

company to be more competitive because it is easier to source skilled people, access suppliers efficiently, and operate productively. In money management, for example, every road show comes to Boston because there is a cluster of major... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2010
News

Letters to the Editor

international banking, I am familiar with “the old shell game” of tax evasion via the transfer pricing mechanism. Differentiating between tax avoidance and tax evasion in this area is often very difficult indeed. But very big View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

South Africa, for example, the government's support for the transfer of assets to the historically disenfranchised native African community—a laudable social objective—has affected the development of the capital market. Such View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

appeal of anonymity seems inherently flawed for storing large values in an age when the threat of identity theft through electronic eavesdropping and in-person, gun-to-the-head demands for access and asset transfers are a growing menace.... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

06 Dec 2021
News

Tipping Point

debut in Target and Fresh Market stores. Kahawa 1893 is experimenting with using blockchain for transparency in the tipping process. It also is exploring whether cryptocurrency might allow for more efficient tipping in a cafe setting. The cost of View Details

Keywords: April White; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade

traders in the China trade rippled out to and touched the society to which Western merchants overseas would eventually return. “Expatriates were the effective agents in transferring whatever was moved from China to America . . . goods,... View Details

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

adoptions of new platforms. These include the prominence of sponsorships, in which tech companies hand out T-shirts and other swag with their name and logo to developers. Also important are observations of which platforms are used by successful peers, the direct View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Ashley V. Whillans, Adam M. Grant, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—When does giving lead to happiness? Here, we present two studies demonstrating that the emotional benefits of spending... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

parts. Implications for diversity research are discussed. Working PapersUnobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem Authors:Faisal Z. Ahmed and Eric Werker Abstract Autocrats experiencing a windfall in unearned income... View Details