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  • 25 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

influencing the cost and availability of money, goods, and services. Macroeconomic forces can conspire to make business more difficult, but they can also present opportunities to executives who know how to, for example, read a country's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

with the social impact of the organization. Managerial opportunity and opportunity for managerial development, particularly jobs that require business and managerial skills gained at HBS. View Details
  • 24 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

What is an HBS MyTake?

and the friendships they’ve formed at HBS. Each year we bring together over 900 diverse people from all over the world – all of whom are invested in becoming leaders and making some kind of difference in the world. During their time at... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

professional learning and development, which may be enhanced by informal routine interactions with colleagues. Some physicians, such as those in solo practice, may have less opportunity for peer interaction, negatively influencing their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni

will lead a discussion about this apparent paradox and its implications, with a focus on credit markets, Asia/China, and life sciences. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with a panel of alumni active in View Details
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Judges - Alumni

Beekeeper’s Naturals, Hill House Home, Kosas, Olive & June, and Saie. Tina is a thought leader and strategist whose extensive network, hands-on approach, and sharp instincts for commercial opportunities are highly regarded by investors,... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an View Details
  • 09 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

versus exploitation innovations impact economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Feb 2023
  • Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, business leaders vowed to change organizational culture to increase diversity and inclusion. Some companies established more robust employee affinity groups, others diversified the voices on their teams, and some View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

opportunities for changes in corporate culture to encourage sustainability. While the U.S. chemical industry remained defensive and focused on legal compliance, there was a greater proactivity among the German firms. This paper stresses... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

says, "whereas planning is coordinated by a strategy department. Often, the two processes aren't well integrated, resulting in strategies that are often dictated by the budget process instead of vice versa. When it comes time for senior management to review the... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

is the case, both empirically and theoretically. We provide an analytical model of exchange when there are many highly sensitized patients and show that large cycles of exchange or long chains can significantly increase efficiency when the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Donor-Advised Fund - Alumni

charities whenever you wish. Benefits An immediate charitable tax deduction for the full amount of your gift Professional management services provided by Harvard Management Company (HMC) at no cost to you The opportunity to name your fund... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

The 20th Century Zeitgeist The 20th Century Zeitgeist Great Leadership is not a singular concept. On the contrary, it is a function of the circumstances in which businesses and their top executives operate. The opportunities available to... View Details
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

testing an easy-to-implement method to discourage dishonesty: signing at the beginning rather than at the end of a self-report, as is the current common practice. Using both field and lab experiments, we find that signing before rather than after having faced the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

opportunities to cheat on tests are likely to engage in self-deception, inferring that their elevated performance is a sign of intelligence. This short-term psychological benefit of self-deception, however, can come with longer-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Investors can access foreign diversification View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

communities.” That realization prompted Bobo to leave his position as a principal at the Carlyle Group and in 2016 launch Project Destined (PD), a social impact vehicle that trains inner-city youth to be active partners in sourcing and financing real estate View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 21 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

to going to HBS, it wasn’t until I took “Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact,” taught by Professors Shawn Cole and Vikram Gandhi, that I had a chance to learn about what impact investing was and understand how big the... View Details
  • 29 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

macro shocks occurred. I discovered a pathway to economic development in management consulting after learning about the huge impact that strategy advisory firms in Africa had helped create. I transitioned to McKinsey after successful rounds of interviews. At McKinsey,... View Details