Economic Opportunity - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID

Working to protect the environment has been my passion for as long as I can remember. My father was my earliest inspiration. As an officer in the Indian Forest Service, he devoted his life to balancing day to day realities of economic... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers, traditionally the leaders in the old-market economy, became threatened by innovations from industry outsiders who... View Details

26 Apr 2022
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Leading on Climate Change

discussed the climate change agenda as an opportunity for economic growth, which attracts new skills and new jobs,” says club Saleh Abdullah Lootah (GMP 10). Almheiri emphasized that leaders in the UAE are... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2016
News

Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money

there are some charities where the volunteer opportunities are so popular, you have to pay to volunteer. When you get into situations like that one, it can start to share traits with other consumption goods, like going to the movies. How... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

mandate.” He reveals that with the fiber installed in the eighteen months since Netcom was launched, shareholder value has multiplied sixfold to $2.5 billion. “China’s Internet population will grow to several hundred million in the next five to ten years. We have the... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

01 Dec 2016
News

Managing Change

from HBP and now HBX as well—Das has shepherded a process through which Executive Education has enhanced its reputation as a premier provider of executive development to leading firms and institutions around the world, while engaging more faculty members and... View Details

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

of firms just above and just below the investment-grade cutoff. These firms have similar observables, including average investment rates. However, flows into high-yield mutual funds have an economically significant effect on the issuance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1999
News

New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

there new trends in our students' career choices? There is a surge of interest in high technology, small companies, and more entrepreneurial kinds of jobs. I think that reflects the economic realities of the times; market valuations are... View Details

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

prevalence of modern management accounting practices in Indian companies. We conclude with a discussion of future research opportunities provided by India's current status as an emergent economic power.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation

in 2019 that is already creating jobs and expanding economic opportunities in his home country of Cameroon. In May, CassVita was honored with a Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Award funded by the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2018
News

Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

capital firm, and we don’t want to,” says Republic COO Caroline Hofmann (MBA 2011). “We look for credible opportunities that can generate returns for our investors. We don’t necessarily take the lens that every View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

businesses to some 200 investors in the audience. The goal of the event was simple: to get financing. "This is about money changing hands," Harvard Business School professor Myra M. Hart, forum co-chair, told the audience. "It is about the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

commercialization and adoption. Emerging opportunities must be nurtured, and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2025
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IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) The financial economics of sustainability and climate change As business strives to reduce carbon emissions and transition to clean energy, Gasparini plans to study... View Details

18 Aug 2014
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Closing the Education Gap

gaps.” The mother of three has been using her business acumen in a dynamic partnership with economics professors John List and Steven Levitt at the University of Chicago and Roland Fryer at Harvard University, through the Chicago Heights... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

dormant at the time. But with the growth of the microprocessor and of biotechnology in the late 1970s, as well as the deregulation of the airline and financial services industries, new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs were created.... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

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Harvard Business School

Andrew F. Brimmer was one of the nation's leading authorities on economics, who served in senior positions in Washington, D.C., as well as an advocate for increasing opportunities for Blacks in business and promoting View Details

06 Sep 2024
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Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

HR&A Advisors, he crafted policies promoting housing development and economic growth for historically underinvested neighborhoods. Danno said, “HBS provides the opportunity to turn my vision for... View Details

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Lucasz S. Babiarz

in which patients pay a flat fee in addition to their insurance coverage. "It was a great opportunity to see two completely different business models," says Lukasz. "In one, I got to see patients for 10 to 15 minutes; in... View Details

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