Financial Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

focus not just on financial rewards but on recognition as well. To that end, Lerner recommends that firms host innovation contests, wherein individuals or teams receive prizes for solving internal problems or creating new products—noting... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

understand the structural and financial commitments your organization is making toward diversity, inclusion, and belonging. “Most people who are deeply passionate about this work and want to make sure the organization is a right fit want... View Details

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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

opportunity," in which individuals and families face barriers beyond their control, preventing them from improving their circumstances. Government policies to address these inequalities have varied widely, from Chile’s Chicago School... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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The Baby Business

Spar In her new book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception, HBS professor Debora Spar takes an unflinching look at a taboo topic: the myriad kinds of interpersonal arrangements and financial... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2003
News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Bhusri, general partner, Greylock “After 9/11, do we want or need an ID card? From a technology stand-point, that’s a no-brainer. We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues.” — Mark Cleverley, senior consultant,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

DOWNTIME: Varma and Agarwala take a break. Photographs By Tom Pietrasik Imagine that you’ve quit your high-paying job with a big, prestigious firm to launch a financial advisory service tailored for India’s rapidly growing middle class,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

safety net for emergencies, but also would reduce financial stress and improve their quality of life. "In the private sector, a lot of startups fail, and the market provides a signal about whether the product is viable," says... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

by a (chronic or situational) productivity orientation. Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting Author:George Serafeim Publication:Journal of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

have observed. Almost to a person, they treat profit as a by-product of other things to which they devote most of their attention, things such as a focused strategy that delivers results to carefully-selected customers while pursuing View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

poverty instilled in Mbanusi both an understanding of the difficulty of doing so and a desire to help others do the same. While getting his undergraduate degree in policy analysis, Mbanusi spent a summer working for the Department of... View Details

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

completed rooftop solar installations. CleanMax has played an integral role in India’s transition to renewables and received many awards. CleanMax was the first Indian company to win the prestigious Transformational Business Awards 2018 by View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

children and a man serves as the village director, but in the United States that kind of model is seen as sexist," she says. "In fact, gender-based hiring is illegal here. Modifications need to be made if SOS children's villages are going to receive wider acceptance by... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

10 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest

panelists (including the Head of Healthcare Policy at Lyft, the former president of the American Medical Association, and the Chief Patient Officer at Pfizer) to discuss solutions for health disparities facing the Black community and... View Details

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Application Process | MBA

Recommendations Resume Fee or Fee Waiver Acceptance of Policies Application 2. Interview After your written application has been submitted and reviewed, you may be invited to interview. Interviews are 30 minutes and are conducted by an... View Details

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Transportation - Business & Environment

such as electricity from renewables and sustainably produced biofuels. Well-designed public transit and freight rail infrastructure—alongside policies and technologies to discourage the use of private automobiles, short-haul aviation, and... View Details

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

five months’ rent on an immigration attorney to navigate the bureaucracy. “This is a story told by millions of immigrant families every year,” observes Wang. As a child, he had accepted the significant financial and procedural obstacles... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?

pledge of honesty is a way of effectively linking identity to morality." Testing Honesty The research team conducted a series of experiments in which participants could benefit financially from dishonest self-reporting. In each case, the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

"Perhaps there's too much policy and procedure in place and not enough thinking." For David Brewster, lessons included the "failure of strategic planning to consider the small, frontline detail . . . a matter of getting... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

such as corporate governance, the relationship between values and leadership, corporate accountability and the challenges of financial disclosure, executive compensation, and the role of intermediaries in capital markets. Through our... View Details

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

insurance developed stronger private equity markets in high volatility sectors over 1990-2004. These patterns are further evident in U.S. investments into Europe. In this context, policy mechanisms are more important than the overall... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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