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- February 2021
- Article
Do Household Wealth Shocks Affect Productivity? Evidence from Innovative Workers During the Great Recession
By: S. Bernstein, T. McQuade and R. Townsend
We investigate how the deterioration of household balance sheets affects worker productivity, and, in turn, economic downturns. Specifically, we compare the output of innovative workers who experienced differential declines in housing wealth during the financial crisis... View Details
Keywords: Great Recession; Household; Financial Condition; System Shocks; Employees; Performance Productivity
Bernstein, S., T. McQuade, and R. Townsend. "Do Household Wealth Shocks Affect Productivity? Evidence from Innovative Workers During the Great Recession." Journal of Finance 76, no. 1 (February 2021): 57–111.
- Article
Coming Out of Recession: The Role of Business in Alleviating Poverty
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Djordjija B. Petkoski
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Djordjija B. Petkoski. "Coming Out of Recession: The Role of Business in Alleviating Poverty." Development Outreach 11, no. 3 (December 2009).
- July 2024
- Case
Bridging Networks: The Afrodescendant Leadership Alliance's Black Wealth Club
By: Hise O. Gibson, Darryl Rice and Nicholas A.G. Johnson
- 2005
- Book
Building Assets Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky
Retsinas, Nicolas P. and Eric S. Belsky, eds. Building Assets Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities. Brookings Institution Press, 2005.
- July 2009
- Article
The Abundance Effect: Unethical Behavior in the Presence of Wealth
By: F. Gino and L. Pierce
Gino, F., and L. Pierce. "The Abundance Effect: Unethical Behavior in the Presence of Wealth." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 109, no. 2 (July 2009): 142–155.
- 2001
- Book
The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth
By: Josh Lerner and Paul Gompers
Lerner, Josh, and Paul Gompers. The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2001.
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping local communities rebuild their... View Details
The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth
When the economy was booming and dot-coms were flying high, venture capitalists were admired as impresarios of innovation. Then the market tanked, start-ups fizzled, and those same deal-makers were rebuked as predators out for a quick score. So... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
The latest in an ongoing series of reports from the MBA Program Office. Now more than ever, HBS is bringing the world into the classroom - and vice versa - in the MBA Program's elective curriculum (EC). New course development, expanded... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
Rachel Sanders (MBA 2017) started her professional career working in healthcare focused investment banking. After spending four years working at Raymond James focused on middle market transactions, M&A, and the intersection of... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
The Cole Room: A Wealth of Resources for Job-Seekers
The Cole Room in Baker Library offers an extensive range of useful information for alumni conducting a job search. Resources include a database of more than twenty thousand alumni career advisors, printed and electronic files with... View Details
- 1995
- Other Unpublished Work
State Poverty Rates Adjusted by Variations in Costs of Living Across States
By: Dutch Leonard and Monica E. Friar
Keywords: Wealth and Poverty
- 04 Dec 2018
- News
The Reason Many Ultrarich People Aren’t Satisfied With Their Wealth
- Article
Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?
By: Diego A. Comin, Bill Easterly and Erick Gong
We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's nation states. We find that this very old history of technology adoption is surprisingly significant for today's national development outcomes. Our strong... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Growth and Development; Adoption; Business Strategy; Cost; Cost Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Culture; Technology Industry
Comin, Diego A., Bill Easterly, and Erick Gong. "Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?" American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2, no. 3 (July 2010): 65–97.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Working toward the common goal of overcoming poverty in a local community
Sharon Klammer (MBA 1974) finds rewards in helping to fight poverty in her local community. (Published April 2014) View Details
- March 2014 (Revised October 2015)
- Case
Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
Teach For China was founded in 2008 with the mission of expanding educational opportunity across China. By 2013, Andrea Pasinetti's lofty dream had taken flight: over 300 graduates from top American and Chinese universities were participating in its 2-year teaching... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit; China; Business And Government Relations; Business And Poverty; Business And Society; Emerging Market Entrepreneurship; Emerging Market; NGO; Education; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Emerging Markets; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry; China
Kirby, William C., and Erica M. Zendell. "Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector." Harvard Business School Case 314-052, March 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
- 20 Nov 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?
- Article
The Way to Wealth Around the World: Benjamin Franklin and the Globalization of American Capitalism
Reinert, Sophus A. "The Way to Wealth Around the World: Benjamin Franklin and the Globalization of American Capitalism." American Historical Review 120, no. 1 (February 2015): 61–97.
- July 2020
- Article
Higher Economic Inequality Intensifies the Financial Hardship of People Living in Poverty by Fraying the Community Buffer
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Barnabas Szaszi, Marcel Lukas, David Smerdon, Jaideep Prabhu and Elke U. Weber
The current research investigates whether higher economic inequality disproportionately intensifies the financial hardship of low-income individuals. We propose that higher economic inequality increases financial hardship for low-income individuals by reducing their... View Details
Keywords: Economic Inequalty; Economy; Income; Equality and Inequality; Poverty; Civil Society or Community
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Barnabas Szaszi, Marcel Lukas, David Smerdon, Jaideep Prabhu, and Elke U. Weber. "Higher Economic Inequality Intensifies the Financial Hardship of People Living in Poverty by Fraying the Community Buffer." Special Issue on Racism in Action. Nature Human Behaviour 4, no. 7 (July 2020): 702–712.