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- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract—This paper documents a set of stylized facts about leverage and financial fragility in the nonfinancial corporate sector in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
social cues from reputation stakeholders and from prominent third-party bureaucratic actors can serve as symbolic signals that can affect the decision making of regulatory agencies. Our findings suggest that while View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
Social Change By: Eesley, Charles, K.A. DeCelles, and Michael Lenox Abstract—We examine the variety of activist groups and their tactics in demanding firms’ social change. While extant work does not usually... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
particular use their talents flexibly; (3) encouraging the growth of good companies that can replace imperial excess with values-based capitalism; (4) restoring respect for government by ending decades of contempt for the public sector... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants By: Shu, Pian Abstract—Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) possess significantly more... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
of Severodvinsk, Russia, Natalia Mlotok has witnessed the stark effects of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of economic, political, and social restructuring. Located on the White Sea in northern Russia, Mlotok’s hometown was built... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
that the temptation for individuals and organizations to take steps that benefit themselves, rather than the broader social good, is universal and minimizing that danger. Q: When governments do attempt to spur venture capital and... View Details
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opportunities as well its limitations. We will study how new “venture philanthropy” attempts to serve that segment. We will look at how social impact may be best measured. The backdrop for class discussions will be View Details
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
additional funding support from the Social Enterprise Fellows program . Both ECs also mentioned that the program both found and paid for intern housing, which was an incredible benefit. I decided to apply, while still looking around at... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
about more rapidly than through an alternate ownership structure. Risk. Our second question focuses on this site’s risk exposure. During our visits, we spoke with several companies interacting with the hydrogen sector and various... View Details
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
campus over a weekend. Modeled after the January Short Intensive Programs (SIP), Weekend Sprints combine academic sessions with community-building and social events. The program features a variety of classes on specialized topics,... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
class system, or an alleged "anti-industrial" bias of its social elite, or the post-1945 flirtation with socialism and extensive state intervention. We maintain that comparisons which use the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
Alumni Impact Stories Martin Aares MBA 2001 | Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact "As leaders who make a difference, the private sector can have huge influence over the future of our planet. We are changing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
entrepreneur who initially thought he’d have a career in the private sector before pursuing academia. He spent the summer between his first and second years as an MBA working as a consultant and discovered he loved the process of... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
some of the most prominent law firms. Through Boston Lawyers Group, she identified potential firms and legal internships to get exposure to the sector and pressure test her interests. Yet, as she explored undergraduate courses and majors,... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
social connection by taking a real lunch break. For example, take a Zoom yoga class with a friend, or check in with a mentor/mentee, or enjoy tuna melts with your family downstairs. Finally, go untouchable from all news media and View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Publications September 2014 Organization Science Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin Abstract—We examine how unfavorable View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
of innovation in fields as diverse as real estate law and songwriting. But it is in the health sector where Watson’s impact is most tangible, where its benefits are literally the difference between life and death. “What I focus on,” says... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
challenge to centuries-long traditions in design and construction that green building represents. The contributors consider the changes associated with green building through a sociological and organizational lens. They discuss shifts in professional expertise created... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino