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- 01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details
- 25 Nov 2013
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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY
Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details
- May 2024
- Article
Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis
By: Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu and Rowan P. Clarke
A significant proportion of the world's population has no access to grid-based electricity and so relies on off-grid lighting solutions. Rechargeable lamp technology is gaining popularity as an alternative off-grid lighting model in developing countries. In this paper,... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Behavior; Poverty; Logistics; Business Model; Utilities Industry
Uppari, Bhavani Shanker, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu, and Rowan P. Clarke. "Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis." Management Science 70, no. 5 (May 2024): 3038–3058.
- July 2019 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Salary Finance
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In April 2019, Asesh Sarkar, co-founder and chief executive of Salary Finance Limited, a London-based FinTech, faced tough choices. Sarkar had founded Salary Finance with Dan Cobley and Daniel Shakhani in 2015. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner... View Details
Keywords: Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Salary Finance." Harvard Business School Case 720-355, July 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
- October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Running and Growing the Small Company: Course Overview
Addresses challenges facing managers, presidents, and owners in generating and sustaining superior performance, especially as a company broadens its mix of goods and services, increases the volume of its sales, and enlarges the size of its workforce. The critical... View Details
Spear, Steven J. "Running and Growing the Small Company: Course Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 602-077, October 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
a platform designed to collect and clarify data about clients’ water usage in their supply chains. “This is the moment to be building a water company,” Leni said in an interview with Climate Stories. Leni and Taryn named the company after... View Details
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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877
China Trade Bibliography Manuscript Collections Related Collections Site Credits “Business is too important and interesting not to be chronicled somehow,” Albert Heard wrote. 1 He was referring to his... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction
Collections to show how previous generations devised creative ways of lending and borrowing long before credit cards. The exhibit also shows how the credit industry evolved over time. Though credit is not new, it is newly visible.... View Details
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Participation - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Assessment & Feedback Sample Class Students and instructors are co-creators of class participation, and the stakes may be quite high, not only for collective and individual learning, but also for performance evaluation. (For example, at... View Details
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
ultimately set the new standard of leadership in this era, never wavering from their purpose and values. They became role models for the business community by serving society through their organizations, strengthening their companies and communities at the same time.... View Details
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
and innovation. Some of this research focuses on firms working together to address collective action problems: cases where firms would benefit through coordination, but where it would be costly to them unless a significant number of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
arrival allows the instructor to move psychologically and emotionally from the self-focused nature of the teaching plan ("this is what I am going to do") and concerns about teaching performance ("how well am I going to do?"), to become immersed in, and connected to,... View Details
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
education related to inequality levels? Not only do these measures of inequality capture more information about the income distribution, but using these measures may also offer novel insights about how inequality affects important societal outcomes. We View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
perspective of collaboration. But this becomes a delicate balance between anti-competitive legal territory and the benefits of the collective development of standards and crystallization of emerging demand signals, all paving the way for... View Details
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Why Your Gift Matters - Alumni
collection of articles and videos highlighting faculty research The HBS Economic Model Our distinctive economic model helps sustain the School’s excellence. Alumni philanthropy is a vital component of this model. The highlights below... View Details
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Training - Research Computing Services
Training Training Calendar Upcoming training sessions and links to those held previously (filterable). Workshops, Tutorials, & Reference Materials A collection of training materials and reference materials about programming languages,... View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
and Louis Wells on foreign investment in emerging markets - helped pave today’s global research path. Supported by eight Global Research Centers that facilitate our contact with global companies and the collection of international data,... View Details
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Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class View Details
- 12 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer
Keywords: by Anette Mikes