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South Asia - Global Activities 2020

perspective—about the BRI. The connectivity project, which comprises the overland Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, involves a vast collection of development and investment projects stretching from East Asia to Europe.... View Details

December 1998
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Entrepreneurs and Business Performance in Nineteenth Century France

By: Tom Nicholas, Elisa Boccaletti and James Foreman-Peck

A popular explanation for the supposed "delayed industrialisation" of the nineteenth century French economy has been the inappropriate attitudes and actions of the managerial classes and family firms. To address these claims we model the supply and demand for... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Performance; Economy; Management; Success; Opportunities; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Saving; Higher Education; Training; Demand and Consumers; France

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01 Dec 2018
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Supporting Global Understanding, Locally

economic and social consequences when the financial system fails.” Sabanci Dincer’s gift will provide financial aid for international students as well as funding for faculty research that furthers global understanding. Being a member of... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest

The economic power and emerging opportunities in China inspired winners in the tenth annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Tingting Zhong (MBA ’06) won first place in the traditional track for... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Nov 2013

2+2 Information Session: University of Oklahoma

The information session is an opportunity for college and master degree students to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA program and ask questions to an Admissions Board Member. The session will begin at 6:00 PM CST at... View Details

16 Mar 2003
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At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

called upon to play increasingly broader roles. Let me start my analysis with the barrel. I think our economic system has proven phenomenally successful at bringing growth, innovation, productivity, and a rising standard of living to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

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Valerie Galinskaya

opportunities the United States could provide, free of the anti-Semitism he tackled throughout his childhood. "Hard work is not lost in translation," he assured me. I didn't recognize the full weight of his words on that chilly... View Details

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RISE Career Fellowship | MBA

RISE Career Fellowship Additional Harvard Funding A pilot for the Class of 2023, the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Career Fellow program provides funding for one graduating student to work for a growing business that is creating View Details

18 Oct 2021
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Alumnae-founded Fintech Startup Secures $29M in New Financing

with this new capital, we'll be able to continue to scale and serve our existing clients as they grow exponentially.” Asked about the confidence of the small business community in the economic recovery, Hodgson expressed optimism. “(T)his... View Details

08 Oct 2020
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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) This week, JP Morgan Chase announced that it would commit “an additional $30 billion over the next five years to provide economic opportunity to underserved... View Details

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Hayling Price

sector "that would enable economic opportunity and mobility in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty." But while his career experiences in the nonprofit sector were rewarding, they were also... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

01 Jun 2009
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IXP 2009

Piemonte, IXP associate director. “With respect to students, the key component most appreciated is the opportunity to engage in field-based exercises that allow them to interact directly with the communities and business leaders they... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2017
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Environmental Impact

Investments and a former US Ambassador to Austria, focuses her philanthropy on three areas: environmental conservation, education, and international economic development. She and her husband, Craig, the telecommunications pioneer who... View Details

25 Apr 2014
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Tapping into more effective water technologies

Laura Shenkar (MBA 1992) is helping companies and governments apply the most important innovations in water. "Providing solutions to tackle water scarcity is one of the greatest business opportunities of our time," says Shenkar, founder... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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The Realities of the Refugee Crisis

Illustration by Peter Arkle Since the outbreak of civil war in 2011, 4.9 million Syrians have fled their country, and another 6.6 million are internally displaced, according to the UN Refugee Agency. To better understand the human, political, and View Details

Keywords: April White

16 Oct 2019
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The Road to Impact

education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity for the citizens of 80 countries. Founded in 1958, EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs that range from early childhood education to... View Details

16 Apr 2001
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Making the Most of Government Upheaval

privatization have created unprecedented opportunities for firms of all sizes and varieties to compete in larger markets than ever before. In the process, a handful of global organizations have risen to replace formerly state-owned... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2011
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Henderson Named University Professor

chair established in honor of the former HBS Dean and his wife. With an MBA (1985) and a PhD in business economics (1988) from Harvard, Henderson came to the School from MIT in 2009. She cochairs HBS’s Business and Environment Initiative,... View Details

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Motivation and Incentives - Course Catalog

Understand the wide range of motivational factors that drive human behavior in an organizational context, including pay, perquisites, promotions, opportunities for skill development, social approval, fairness, stress, emotional states,... View Details

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Course Number 1180 Assistant Professor Vincent Pons Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Course Overview This is a course about exploiting the opportunities... View Details

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