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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA

1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) 1.0 Academic Information & Policies Immersive Field Courses (IFC) are three credit courses offered in the Elective Curriculum (EC) Year that offer an off-campus, experiential learning opportunity during... View Details

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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA

1.18 Field Global Capstone 1.0 Academic Information & Policies FIELD Global Capstone (CAP) is a semester-long course offered in the Required Curriculum (RC) Year that requires students to build on what they’ve learned so far and apply it... View Details

09 Dec 2021
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Higher Returns

ESG. Environmental, Social, and Governance. And Steel wasn’t just hearing it, he was seeing it. At some point, it felt like he would see a new story every day about companies that were grappling with climate change, racial justice, or diversity and inclusion. He was... View Details

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

enables individuals—a teen manipulating the stock market—to overthrow established players. The old rules no longer apply. You argue that during these periods of change the old rules may not apply for a period of time, but in the end the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Mar 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Tuesday, March 21, more than 100 alumni in Southern California gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in Los... View Details

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

American Economic Review The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina By: Hébert, Benjamin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of Argentine firms. We identify this effect by exploiting View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2015
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Helping Japan Build a Strong Economic Future

As a trade negotiator, economic official, and scholar, Naoko Munakata (MBA 1990) has been immersed in Japan’s economic revitalization effort for the last 25 years. In 2013, as director-general for trade policy in Japan, she helped to pave... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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The End of Cows?

from a lab rather than a living animal, Alvarez believes consistency—not the myriad environmental or safety benefits of replacing factory farming—may become the main reason consumers adopt it. Once a lab-grown hamburger is perfected, after all, it will always be... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scientific Research and Development Services

29 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

defining societal issue of the 21st century. The debate over “who gets what’ underlies policy debates ranging from taxation to health care to wages and permeates society at all levels, attracting increasing interest from policymakers,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

policy may reflect dividend-averse institutions gravitating towards low dividend paying firms or managers adapting their payout policies to the interests of their institutional shareholders. Evidence is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Education Club | MBA

Education Club The Education Club aims to provide students with a platform for shared learning and a cross-functional network to drive change and impact in education. Annual Events Career info sessions and 1-on-1 coffee chats for students... View Details

Portrait Project

Rod Norman

responsibility as a "keeper of the dream," I hope to promote entrepreneurship in the US and abroad, change US policies toward developing countries, and create linkages wherever possible among... View Details

16 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Future of Market Capitalism

capitalist system must change and help to support a safety net for workers. Social entrepreneurship is coming of age, but must be developed into a formal profession. In addition to social entrepreneurship, broad-reaching public View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

October 1995
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Singapore TradeNet: Beyond TradeNet to the Intelligent Island

By: Lynda M. Applegate, John L. King and Soon-Siong Neo

Describes the actions taken by the government of Singapore to enable the country to survive and prosper after it achieved independence in the late 1960s. Recognizing that its small size, limited natural resources, but excellent location placed it in a vulnerable... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Communication Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Singapore

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July 2007
Teaching Note

Rwanda: National Economic Transformation (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Michael Patrick McCreless

Teaching Note to 706491. View Details

Keywords: Economy; Problems and Challenges; Development Economics; Policy; Poverty; Transformation; Performance Evaluation; Political Elections; Rwanda

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01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

Associate Professor Willis Emmons's work in the area of government policy and business. In Praise of Predictability "It used to be that if you worked hard and kept your nose clean, you'd enjoy a good career," says Howard Stevenson, the... View Details

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

choices are presented—can encourage people to change their behavior in pursuit of policy goals, says Michael Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2012
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Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas

inform managerial decisions. IDinsight’s clients include NGOs, foundations, governments, and other international development organizations that seek evidence to inform their policy and programming decision-making. In the fellowship... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards

01 Sep 2020
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Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

institutions that lead to different translations of changes in attitudes and beliefs. For example, in the United States, there is little space for third parties, so the rise of populism has taken place within the mainstream parties,... View Details

Keywords: April White

November 2024
Case

Ather Energy: The Future of Mobility

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Kannan Srinivasan and Malini Sen

Ather Energy, India’s third-largest electric scooter maker by volume, was founded in 2013. Five years later, the start-up launched its first electric scooter, Ather 450, which was powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), to navigate... View Details