emergency response networks - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2015
News

Truth in Lending

Lab. And that may just be the answer to developing a strong small-business sector in emerging markets. In more developed markets, a bank can make loan decisions based on credit scores, that three-digit distillation of a lifetime of bill... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

in 5 kids, were food insecure. At Second Harvest Heartland, one of the country’s largest and most efficient food banks, we distributed more than 105 million meals to our network community partners and programs last year. We refer to that... View Details

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

to a Good Habit How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time What non-cash benefits does your work provide you? Share your thoughts below. View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

29 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Aug 2017
Blog Post

"A Balance Between Autonomy and Resources to Help Me Learn."

different function.” Prior to business school, Jon had fulfilled two roles in clean energy: one at a service provider to commercial energy users in the efficiency and demand response space,” and as an associate at an energy analytics... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

Course. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307011 iPod vs. Cell Phone: A Mobile Music Revolution? Harvard Business School Case 707-419 In 2006, a nascent market for music-enabled mobile phones was View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Arjun Goyal

a scientific eye for identifying precise populations in which therapies are effective, with a commercial appetite for successful drugs that need more time and money to prove their potential.” As part of a four-person clinical development team, Arjun was View Details

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Andrew Goldin

Andrew and two fellow MBA candidates created a business plan for a New Orleans nonprofit focused on advocacy. "We're supporting a network that helps parents understand their rights and responsibilities... View Details

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

Companies need to have smart technicians who stay abreast of emerging digital threats and defenses, of course, but the technicians shouldn't be calling the shots. General managers need to take the lead in building processes that will... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1998
News

Plunging Into the Net

latest technological buzz, what some people are calling a revolution, centers on the Internet. Even neo-Luddites must admit that this network of wires that links computers all around the globe is changing the world. Still, given that the... View Details

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

disaster, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Some research reports estimate that the cost of the CrowdStrike event could exceed $1 billion. Preparation for a crisis is just as crucial as the response. We... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

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Impact on a Global Scale | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

benefit of nonprofit managers. But it is also engaged in a number of offshoot efforts, such as helping build peer-to-peer networks for philanthropists to share ideas on how to increase the impact of their endeavors. This idea View Details

28 Oct 2021
News

Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

failure in the startup and tech ecosystems. I think the HBS community is particularly well-suited to be a problem-solver here. We have so many leaders in VC, startups, and entrepreneurship. Our alumni network literally runs the largest... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Feb 2020
News

How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

Algorithms and Networks Run the World, presents a framework for rethinking business and operating models. “AI is not just displacing human workers, it is changing the nature of firms, how they operate, and how they interact with the rest... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

one with fewer answers? Those were the questions implied by this month's column. The predominance of responses suggested that the answers to the questions are "yes, yes, and maybe." Adam Hartung commented that "As... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to identify success factors in this emerging industry. Ecocities, for the most part, are viewed as a means of mitigating threats to the natural... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2020
News

Insatiably Curious

acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, and then to private equity, asset allocation, and now, to leading operations. Ma recently was appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Index Ventures, a 25-year-old international venture capital firm. “We are investing in View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

In Brief

however, entrepreneur Ramalinga Raju (OPM 19, 1993) has launched a nonprofit emergency response service that has saved thousands of lives and is destined to spread nationwide. Editor’s Note; Letters to the... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

“It’s like a pie-eating contest” One night during his RC year at HBS, Josh Latson (MBA 2015) shadowed an emergency room physician through his rounds in a busy urban hospital. Josh was there as a member of the school’s Health Care Club,... View Details

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