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27 Mar 2025
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IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

By focusing on critical issues-such as upgrading ICE two-wheelers with premium electric alternatives, building accessible charging infrastructure, and solving for charging anxiety-they are directly... View Details

11 Mar 2021
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A Year as Co-Presidents: Q+A with AASU's Bukie Adebo (MBA 2021) and Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

such a historical and prestigious institution, there was this sense that we had to do something big. Why else did we work so hard to gain access to these spaces? But we aren't the ones that broke the system,... View Details

November 2004 (Revised February 2009)
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Salomon Brothers (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine

Describes Salomon Brothers' recovery from the August 1991 Treasury auction scandal. Details the impact of the firm's disclosure of bidding improprieties and describes how the new management team, led by Warren Buffett and Deryck Maughan, guided the company through the... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Leadership; Crisis Management; Reputation; Financial Services Industry

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Stock Exchanges - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

in the great Hamburg fire of 1842. Fortunately, construction of a new exchange building on the Adolphsplatz had already begun in 1839, and was dedicated in 1841. It was enlarged several times during the remainder of the nineteenth... View Details

October 2023
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Making Progress at Progress Software (A)

By: Katherine Coffman, Hannah Riley Bowles and Alexis Lefort

In this case, the Human Capital team at Progress Software has identified that some employees have a hard time understanding how to advance within Progress. This realization leads the team to develop several major people-process innovations: the introduction of... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Prejudice and Bias; Personal Development and Career; Human Capital; Employee Relationship Management; Technology Industry; Bulgaria

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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>

& Lowell and Nashua & Lowell Railroad Companies . Nashua: Albin Beard, 1857, title page. Richard White, Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America . New York: Norton View Details

Oct 03 2018
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16 Jan 2018
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How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

While the financial aid process begins after you’ve been accepted at HBS, there is a lot you can do in the months (and even years) beforehand to put yourself in the best position to access funding. HBS will help you meet your full... View Details

11 May 2021
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Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020)

of such things as wealth versus income. The survey collected that sort of information so that we could see how different demographics influenced how included people felt on campus, and how much access they... View Details

October 2001 (Revised November 2005)
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eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (A)

The footnote disclosure for eBay, Inc. in 2000 indicates that if the company had accounted for employee stock options under the fair value method, its reported profit of $48 million would have been a loss of $91 million. The protagonist is a prospective member of the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Stock Options; Financial Reporting

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The High Art of Photographic Advertising: The 1934 National Alliance of Art and Industry Exhibition

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions The High Art of Photographic Advertising Introduction Photographic Exhibit Research Links... View Details

February 2021
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A Dynamic Theory of Multiple Borrowing

By: Daniel Green and Ernest Liu

Multiple borrowing—a borrower obtains overlapping loans from multiple lenders—is a common phenomenon in many credit markets. We build a highly tractable, dynamic model of multiple borrowing and show that, because overlapping creditors may impose default externalities... View Details

Keywords: Commitment; Multiple Borrowing; Common Agency; Misallocation; Microfinance; Investment; Mathematical Methods

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The High Art of Photographic Advertising: The 1934 National Alliance of Art and Industry Exhibition

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions The High Art of Photographic Advertising Introduction Photographic Exhibit Research Links... View Details

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Testing Substitutability

By: John William Hatfield, Nicole Immorlica and Scott Duke Kominers

We provide an algorithm for testing the substitutability of a length-N preference relation over a set of contracts X in time O(|X|3⋅N3). Access to the preference relation is essential for this result: We show that a substitutability-testing algorithm with access only... View Details

Keywords: Substitutability; Matching; Communication Complexity; Preference Elicitation; Marketplace Matching; Communication; Mathematical Methods; Economics

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February 2024
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Tony Elumelu Foundation: Democratizing Luck Across Africa

By: Paul A. Gompers and Samir Saxena

Founded in 2010, The Tony Elumelu Foundation is Africa’s leading philanthropy working to support entrepreneurs in Africa with access to seed capital, business management training, mentorship, and access to networks. Through a $100 million commitment by its founder,... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation Leadership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Mission and Purpose; Education Industry; Nigeria; Africa

Oct 03 2018
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22 Feb 2017
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25 Apr 2024
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Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist

opportunities are wide ranging including sanitation, water pipe repair and replacement, wastewater treatment, increasing access to and efficiency of irrigation, utility control... View Details

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Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?

By: Benjamin Edelman

This paper studies the adult online entertainment industry, particularly the consumption side of the market. In particular, it focuses on the demographics and consumption patterns of those who subscribe to adult entertainment websites. On the surface, this business... View Details

Keywords: Online Technology; Segmentation; Film Entertainment; Demographics; Web Sites; Competition; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Demand and Consumers; Legal Liability; Culture; Religion; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States