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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
HBS Fund Chairs Reflect on the Past Five Years
the HBS Fund provide flexible funding that the School can use immediately to support core priorities like financial aid and faculty research, pursue new ideas and initiatives, and respond to unexpected opportunities and challenges. The View Details
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Buy big, sell small
in July 2020. This time, Shruti’s entrepreneurial timing was spot-on. Kiranas have an open-air layout, with counter-based transactions. When the pandemic closed indoor stores, kiranas became the lifeline for everyday needs. Facing... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
through its lending platform and fund management, and the consulting firm has influenced the allocation of more than $6 billion in assets. Letelier was expecting to grow “the usual 30 percent” in 2020 when the pandemic hit. With the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
satisfaction from their jobs, so it shouldn’t be surprising that when they start to feel devalued at work, they exit. And we still have inequalities at home, too, which is why the pandemic has had such a deleterious impact on women’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
borrowing habits have unlocked more affordable loans and created increased transparency around (and investment in) a loan market the firm estimates at between $15 billion and $20 billion. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its third... View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
think I'm being treated the same.’” Even in the best circumstances, many women interpret setbacks as personal failings rather than structural barriers, which harms their self-confidence. Add in a devastating pandemic that has forced many... View Details
- January–February 2015
- Article
Heroic Villains: Are Foreign Investors Problems or Solutions in the Ebola Crisis?
By: Debora L. Spar
For months, the news out of West Africa has been unrelentingly grim. As of early December, the devastating Ebola epidemic had infected a reported 17,942 people and killed 6,388, according to the World Health Organization (WHO); the actual toll, which would also account... View Details
Keywords: Ebola; Multinational Corporation; Epidemics; Foreign Investment; Extractive Industries; Multinational Firms and Management; Health Pandemics; Developing Countries and Economies; Government and Politics; Africa
Spar, Debora L. "Heroic Villains: Are Foreign Investors Problems or Solutions in the Ebola Crisis?" Foreign Policy 210 (January–February 2015).
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
A CEO’s Guide to Planning a Return to the Office
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the CFO
Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the CFO In fiscal 2021, Harvard Business School navigated the operational and financial challenges of the global pandemic by staying true to its... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
insurance coverage going forward,” the authors write. Small businesses, which account for more than 40 percent of economic activity in the United States, prioritized employee health insurance premiums as the COVID-19 pandemic hit,... View Details
- Web
Africa - Global Activities 2021
President’s Innovation Challenge. Sharing Advice & Reflections about the Pandemic In June 2020, the Africa Research Center hosted a four-part Africa Webinar Series: COVID-19 Reflections, Challenges, and Next Steps. The series brought... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
succeeding. Which is not to suggest it has been easy. While the pandemic boosted demand for home delivery, it also forced the fledgling startup to navigate a business environment that was suddenly characterized by fear and uncertainty.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
though people may have strong ideas about corporate behavior, they haven’t had the levers to deploy the collective power of their ownership. Perhaps, Savova suggests, a tech-enabled platform like PensionBee could help with that. Also, the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested
Production on the second season of Hello Sunshine’s The Morning Show was paused due to COVID restrictions. Even so, the company continues to grow; Harden mentions onboarding eight employees remotely during the pandemic (adding to a staff... View Details
- March 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Last Mile Health (A)
By: Brian Trelstad and V. Kasturi Rangan
As the Ebola outbreak threatens the fragile health system of Liberia, Raj Panjabi, the founder of Last Mile Health, faces a dilemma: should he expand beyond the organizaton's core mission to help the country build emergency health care capacity, or should he stick to... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Ebola; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Rural Scope; Health Pandemics; Growth and Development; Decisions; Health Industry; Africa
Trelstad, Brian, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Last Mile Health (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-027, March 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
other businesses like hotels, which were clearly severely impacted. Overall, General Mills saw simultaneous highs and lows during the pandemic. For the job seeker, it is important to research how companies were affected by the Covid View Details
- Web
Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
from investors in Japan, and in November 2019, with Nakamura and some friends, he presided over a mostly successful “Yasu & Masa’s Ramen” pop-up event in Cambridge. “Everyone ate well, and no one got food poisoning,” he laughs, “but it was definitely a learning... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School shared advice for nonprofits facing dire financial challenges. How can donors support social impact organizations through a recession? Michael Chu: Support proven organizations with broad impact First, the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
emotional aspects of schooling. The one thing that this pandemic will help us reevaluate for ourselves is the definition of schooling and learning. This period has demonstrated that it is possible to learn lots of things in a remote... View Details