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  • 18 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs

traditional nonprofits, what's most important is the social purpose, but hybrids also have economic objectives to generate enough revenue to sustain their operations." Echoing Green Battilana and Lee, who were designing the database... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jun 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk; Banking

    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
    • December 2010
    • Article

    Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia

    By: Nava Ashraf, James Berry and Jesse M. Shapiro
    The controversy over how much to charge for health products in the developing world rests, in part, on whether higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Product; Information; Zambia
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      David A. Moss

      David Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Yale.  In 1992-1993, he served as a... View Details

      Keywords: banking; credit card; federal government; financial services; health care; insurance industry; state government
      • 27 Jun 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational Investment

      Keywords: by Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low, and Kathleen McGinn
      • 16 Sep 2012
      • News

      'Green' warrior says doing nothing has a cost, too

      • 21 May 2019
      • Video

      Getting to Know 2019 Class Day Student Speaker Brandon Rapp

      • 2021
      • Case

      Leading Through Challenging Times: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

      By: Michael Norris, Rawi Abdelal and Kimberlyn Leary
      Keisha Lance Bottoms took office as Mayor of Atlanta in 2018 with a progressive agenda and hopes to “keep Atlanta moving forward, leaving no one behind.” She was an Atlanta native, had previously served as a local judge and city councilor, and came into office with... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; City; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Social Issues; Economy; Atlanta; United States
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      • February 1995 (Revised February 1998)
      • Case

      India in the 1990s

      By: George C. Lodge and Ahu Bhasin
      Describes the efforts of Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao to deregulate and open up the Indian economy in the early 1990s. Focuses on the difficulties he encountered, reflected in the poor showing of the ruling Congress Party in state elections in December... View Details
      Keywords: Development Economics; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; India
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      • 03 Jun 2019
      • News

      Collaborations, not tax breaks, are better for growth

      • 2011
      • Working Paper

      Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

      By: Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger and Se Yan
      Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50 percent of the world's population... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Early Childhood Education; Government and Politics; Wealth and Poverty; China; India; Russia; Brazil
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      • 11 Feb 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

      only to see the rates skyrocket when the crisis hit. Many mayors cried foul, insisting that they had been hoodwinked. But were the local politicians really unwitting fools? “The question is, Did local... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
      • Research Summary

      Intra-Household Decision Making

      Professor Ashraf's research in intra-household decision making examines how households make financial and health decisions, particularly in the presence of asymmetric information or benefits.

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      • August 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Case

      Latam Airlines and COVID-19: Seeking Bankruptcy Protection in the United States

      By: Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Larrain, Carlos Vilches and Sarah Jeong
      On May 26, 2020, Latam Airlines became the largest airline in the world to be driven to bankruptcy by COVID-19. With a complex debt structure and international investor composition, the company decided to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States, which... View Details
      Keywords: Airlines; Pandemic; Coronavirus Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Air Transportation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Capital Markets; Strategy; Latin America; Chile; United States
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      • June 2004 (Revised May 2005)
      • Case

      World Vision International's AIDS Initiative: Challenging a Global Partnership

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Daniel F. Curran
      After 25 years of building a network of interdependent, national organizations delivering relief and development that are responsive to local needs, World Vision's International office is planning to implement a major global HIV/AIDS initiative that challenges the... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Systems; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Welfare; Adaptation
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      • 02 Mar 2018
      • HBS Seminar

      William F. Maloney, World Bank, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions

      • 31 Mar 2009
      • News

      Professor Michael Porter Hosts Mayor of Jerusalem at Harvard Business School

      • April 2012
      • Article

      Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

      By: Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger and Se Yan
      Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed more than 50% of the world's population in... View Details
      Keywords: Perspective; Growth and Development; Middle School Education; Developing Countries and Economies; Data and Data Sets; Geographic Location; Public Administration Industry; Brazil; Russia; India; China
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      • September 1996 (Revised September 1999)
      • Case

      Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      The CEO of the marketing and refining division of a major oil company is in the midst of implementing a profit turnaround. He transforms the strongly centralized, functionally-organized division into 17 independent business units and 14 internal service companies. The... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Measurement and Metrics; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
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