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  • August 29, 2022
  • Other Article

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, K. Blesch and Oliver P. Hauser
Income inequality is on the rise in many countries around the world, according to the United Nations. What’s more, disparities in global income were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with some countries facing greater economic losses than others. Policymakers... View Details
Keywords: Income Inequality; Gini Coefficient; COVID-19 Pandemic; Government Administration; Equality and Inequality; Health Pandemics; Measurement and Metrics
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    NGOs and Organizational Change

    The organizational dynamics of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly complex as they have evolved from small local groups into sophisticated multinational organizations with global networks. Alnoor... View Details

    • 05 Jul 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    How Unilever Is Preparing for the Future of Work

    Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Retail; Consumer Products
    • 04 Dec 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

    Editor's Note: Rapid urbanization and resource scarcity pose problems—and opportunities—for businesses and governments all over the world. But who can best lead the building and developing of these municipalities? One model: promotion and... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate
    • 05 Apr 2004
    • What Do You Think?

    Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

    in an asymmetrical fashion (for example, through stock options), it is in their financial best interest to do M&A to add volatility to their business." Is M&A part of the natural Darwinian process of business, or is it rigged... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • January 2014 (Revised August 2014)
    • Case

    The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission

    By: Anette Mikes
    The Kursk, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the relatively shallow waters of the Barents Sea in August 2000, during a naval exercise. Numerous survivors were reported to be awaiting rescue, and within a week, an international rescue party gathered at the... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Crisis Management; Failure; Cooperation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Norway; United Kingdom; Russia
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    • 2019
    • Article

    Fair Algorithms for Learning in Allocation Problems

    By: Hadi Elzayn, Shahin Jabbari, Christopher Jung, Michael J Kearns, Seth Neel, Aaron Leon Roth and Zachary Schutzman
    Settings such as lending and policing can be modeled by a centralized agent allocating a scarce resource (e.g. loans or police officers) amongst several groups, in order to maximize some objective (e.g. loans given that are repaid, or criminals that are apprehended).... View Details
    Keywords: Allocation Problems; Algorithms; Fairness; Learning
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    • Teaching Interest

    Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks

    By: John D. Macomber

    This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.

    The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details

    Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Climate Finance; Migration; Climate Change; Adaptation; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Insurance Industry; Banking Industry
    • June 2009 (Revised May 2013)
    • Case

    Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities

    By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
    Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faced a daunting task that he never imagined he would have to face when he was elected two years ago. Australia at that time was poised to enter its 17th year of uninterrupted growth. Commodity exports were booming, largely driven... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Policy; Crisis Management; China; Australia
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    • 11 Mar 2009
    • HBS Case

    The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine

    post-Soviet era, could be a cruel and dangerous troublemaker. With about one-quarter of the world's reserves of natural gas, Russia was judged to be using its energy resources to beat up on a helpless... View Details
    Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Energy; Utilities
    • 15 Feb 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

    from their systems to regain competitiveness on their market's low end. At the same time, reducing resources makes these organizations less competitive at the high end. What's needed is an entirely new model better attuned to current... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Health
    • March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
    • Case

    Opening Dot EU (A)

    By: Benjamin Edelman
    EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet's newly-created "dot EU." European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid's approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms... View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Resource Allocation; Auctions; Internet; Information Industry; Europe
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    • March 2022
    • Teaching Note

    Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt

    By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-023. Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainable Development; Human Capital; Equality and Inequality; Education; Business Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Egypt
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    • September 2021 (Revised February 2022)
    • Case

    Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt

    By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
    Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized Egyptians. In 2015, Noura Selim’s (MBA 2013)... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainable Development; Social Enterprise; Education; Social Issues; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Egypt
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    • February 2018
    • Supplement

    People Analytics at Teach For America (B)

    By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Julia Kelley
    This is a supplement to the People Analytics at Teach For America (A) case. In this supplement, Managing Director Michael Metzger must decide how to extend his team’s predictive analytics work using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. View Details
    Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Recruitment; Analysis
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    • February 2009 (Revised February 2012)
    • Case

    Exeter Group, Inc. (A)

    By: Robert G. Eccles, Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
    Jonathan Kutchins and Mark Cullen, managing partners of IT consulting firm Exeter Group, Inc., are considering four potential client engagements. Three of them involve prominent universities, an area of market strength for the firm, and one involves a top-tier strategy... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Service Operations; Performance Capacity; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Consulting Industry
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    • September 2019 (Revised August 2020)
    • Case

    Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy

    By: Tarun Khanna, Raffaella Sadun and Susie L. Ma
    In 2019, entrepreneur Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio was developing a project he hoped could generate and share wealth from the natural resources of the Amazon without destroying those resources. His idea, called Earth Bank of Codes (EBC), would create a library of the... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Information Technology; Ownership; Social Psychology; Trust; Society; Biotechnology Industry; South America; Amazon Basin
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    • March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
    • Supplement

    Opening Dot EU (B)

    By: Benjamin Edelman
    EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet's newly-created "dot EU." European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid's approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms... View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Internet and the Web; Resource Allocation; Auctions; Information Industry; Europe
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane
    This working paper surveys the business history of the global wind energy turbine industry between the late nineteenth century and the present day. It examines the long-term prominence of firms headquartered in Denmark, the more fluctuating role of U.S.-based firms,... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Renewable Energy; Competitive Advantage; Technology Adoption; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; United States; Denmark
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    • September 2023
    • Case

    Diamond Standard

    By: Lauren H. Cohen, Zhaoheng Gong and Grace Headinger
    Cormac Kinney, Founder and CEO of Diamond Standard, was on a mission to transform the U.S. diamond market through unlocking the precious gems as market-traded assets. As a serial FinTech entrepreneur, he hoped to add an additional service to his vault: Carats. The... View Details
    Keywords: Tokenization; Fintech; Cryptocurrency; Liquidity; Digital; Rare Earth Minerals; Decentralized; Crypto Economy; Financial Product; Metals; Diamonds; Commodity; Assets; Financial Instruments; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Investment; Technological Innovation; Natural Resources; Business Startups; Currency; Financial Services Industry; United States
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