Sectorization - Publications - Faculty & Research

World Bank's Wolfensohn Highlights Challenges, Increased Role for Private Sector Describing his organization's mission as one focused on issues of poverty and equity, World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn (MBA '59) addressed the... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves

In Zambia and Uganda, it partnered with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Ministries of Health to test new policies in HIV, malaria, and maternal health. IDinsight has also worked in Cambodia and Rwanda and in other sectors... View Details

July 2013 (Revised June 2014)
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Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Annelena Lobb

By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had transformed itself from a growing U.S. law firm to a significant global player. The firm's uniquely collaborative organizational culture, which featured a transparent, data-driven compensation system, practice-group... View Details

Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Collaboration; Performance Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Performance; Cooperation; Globalized Firms and Management; Compensation and Benefits; Volatility; Growth and Development Strategy; Legal Services Industry; United States

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May 2013
Teaching Note

Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (A and B)

By: Eric D. Werker and Ian Cornell

Keywords: Privatization; Energy Industry; Nigeria

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Builders as Consumers: Their Role in Residential Sector Energy Conservation

By: J. Quelch and P. Thirkell

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13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

any bearing on private sector financing choices. The authors first consider the government financing problem in isolation, arguing that the government may try to "borrow cheap" by issuing short-term Treasury bills, which embed a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

01 Sep 2006
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Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

the unique juncture at which the United States now finds itself, with many speakers urging their audience to get involved in the issues of the day. The event also featured some twenty sessions led by HBS faculty on a variety of subjects related to the GLF’s title, “The... View Details

June 2014
Teaching Plan

The Deep: Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector (P.E.) (A) and (B)

By: Mitchell Weiss

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2003
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The Social Impact of the Argentine Crisis on the Infrastructure Sectors

By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier, V. Foster, D. Petrecolla, O. Chisari, D. Bondorevsky, I. Canay, J. Cardozo, G. Ferro and C. Romero

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29 Apr 2020
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Why Latin America Needs the Private Sector More Than Ever

10 Oct 2023
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Private Sector Solutions for Climate Change: A Conversation with Michael Toffel

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Deposit Competition and Financial Fragility: Evidence from the U.S. Banking Sector

By: Mark Egan, Ali Hortaçsu and Gregor Matvos

We develop a structural empirical model of the US banking sector. Insured depositors and run-prone uninsured depositors choose between differentiated banks. Banks compete for deposits and endogenously default. The estimated demand for uninsured deposits declines with... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Financial Condition; United States

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