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  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices

hand, it creates all kinds of interesting opportunities for energy-intensive manufacturing. You will also see restructuring in the power generation sector, as low oil and natural gas prices reduce power... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder, Hull Street Energy

    Elisabeth Kempf

    Elisabeth Kempf is an Associate Professor in the Finance Unit, teaching Finance 1 to MBA students. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy and Research... View Details

    • 31 Jul 2019
    • News

    Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

    so as I said, this has been around since the dawn of time, but it has been supercharged by technology. And so I actually had a guy on the show who is a very interesting character. His name is Giancarlo... View Details
    • July 2024
    • Article

    Demographic 'Stickiness': The Demographic Identity of Departing Group Members Influences Who Is Chosen to Replace Them

    By: Edward H. Chang and Erika Kirgios
    People tasked with replacing a departing group member are disproportionately likely to choose a replacement with the same demographic identity, leading to demographic “stickiness” in group composition. We examine this effect in 2,163 U.S. federal judge appointments... View Details
    Keywords: Loss Aversion; Diversity; Race; Gender; Decisions
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    • 24 Mar 2022

    Life at HBS Chat with MBA Women of Color

    Join us for a Life at HBS Chat that focuses on women of color at HBS. This event is a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds and... View Details
    • 01 Apr 1997
    • News

    Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

    no longer being used as just a tactical resource, it's now fundamentally influencing business strategy and competition," says Richard L. Nolan, MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, who... View Details
    Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
    • 08 Jul 2002
    • What Do You Think?

    Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

    much of the remedy can be legislated? (2) What's the likelihood that vigorous new enforcement of new regulations will make it increasingly difficult to find qualified and independent directors? (3) If the... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 01 Jun 2017
    • News

    A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System

    on channeling the keen interest many of us have in financial stability.” There is consensus within the group that financial instability often follows periods when institutions, policy makers, and investors... View Details
    • 01 Jun 1998
    • News

    HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

    large whiteboard to enable the discussions to mimic those conducted at HBS. By all accounts, the hard work of the organizers paid off. "I congratulate the HBS alumni in Ireland on a very successful program. They have combined 'hands-on'... View Details
    • May 2021 (Revised November 2024)
    • Case

    Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?

    By: Richard Vietor
    Colombia, once the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute, which... View Details
    Keywords: Productivity; Productivity Growth; Conflict; Labor Force Participation; Labor Market; Competitiveness; Dutch Disease; Security; Peace; Informality; Labor Laws; Total Factor Productivity; Labor Productivity; COVID-19 Pandemic; Economics; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Economy; Macroeconomics; Conflict Management; Competitive Advantage; Infrastructure; Negotiation; Inflation and Deflation; Non-Renewable Energy; National Security; Government Administration; Latin America; Central America; Colombia; South America
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    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Improving the lives of underprivileged children in rural India

    groups, has interests in telecom, agribusiness, retail, and financial services. The group’s flagship company, Bharti Airtel, ranks as the world’s fourth-largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers. In... View Details
    • 22 Feb 2023

    Life at HBS Chat with MBA Women of Color

    This event is a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students in the Women’s Student Association regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds, talk about how they have cultivated their personal and professional... View Details
    • December 2017 (Revised November 2018)
    • Case

    Tesla Motors (B): Merging with SolarCity

    By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
    In 2016, electric car manufacturer Tesla announced that it was making an offer to acquire solar panel manufacturer SolarCity in an all-stock offer worth $2.6 billion in Tesla stock. Tesla’s co-founder and CEO, Elon Musk, believed that the merger would generate... View Details
    Keywords: M＆A; M＆A Valuation; Investing; Equities; Equity; Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Auto Industry; Energy Industry; United States
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    • 22 Nov 2015
    • News

    Start-Up Leaders Embrace Lobbying as Part of the Job

    A recent story in the New York Times that details entrepreneurs’ growing interest in shaping policy highlights the lobbying efforts of Hello Alfred, a personal butler service founded by Jessica Beck (MBA... View Details
    • 21 Dec 2022
    • News

    HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

    Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine APRIL 15 As the reality of the View Details
    • May 2024
    • Article

    Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis

    By: Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu and Rowan P. Clarke
    A significant proportion of the world's population has no access to grid-based electricity and so relies on off-grid lighting solutions. Rechargeable lamp technology is gaining popularity as an alternative off-grid lighting model in developing countries. In this paper,... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Behavior; Poverty; Logistics; Business Model; Utilities Industry
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    • 17 Feb 2022
    • Blog Post

    The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

    Debora Spar (formerly of Barnard College and currently senior associate dean for business and global society at HBS) and Larry Summers (Harvard); to leaders in the ed-tech and venture fields such as Ryan Craig View Details
    • 07 Dec 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

    such an in-demand course and pursuit for recent MBAs? A: I don’t think there’s an easy answer. Things in society tend to be popular or unpopular at different times, and student enrollments tend to reflect that. There was a lot of View Details
    Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking
    • 14 Dec 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

    one,” says Iansiti, who describes himself as more of a soccer person. “The more I got into it, the more I read about it, it became more and more interesting and more and more fascinating, so it kind View Details
    Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports
    • 29 Apr 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

    interest tax deduction. Retsinas is a senior lecturer in real estate at Harvard Business School, director emeritus of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, and former Federal Housing... View Details
    Keywords: Construction; Real Estate