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- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
given the government time to get solid growth underway. The country has invested seriously in its infrastructure, both physical and human. They have poured money into education, healthcare, water, roads, and the like. Botswana has been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
Professor Ashraf (center) with members of the study implementation team at Chipata Clinic, Lusaka, Zambia, including fi eld managers, surveyors, community health workers, and a study nurse. (click for larger view) Read a summary of Ashraf's recent presentation at HBS... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
is about experimentation: the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level, experimentation by new firms underlies the Schumpeterian notion of creative destruction.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Marie Kyle
marathon that raised money for local nonprofit organizations — became a passion she was determined to pursue. At Bridgespan, Marie developed a new case-management system for a Philadelphia family-services provider, collaborated on an View Details
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Resources for Harvard Economics Students
and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous reports. An active account can be used to download the Capital IQ excel... View Details
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Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog
a board of directors as you create and grow your company. Others will join private equity or venture capital firms where you will serve on the boards of the firm’s portfolio companies. Still others will be consultants or advisors to boards, or View Details
- 12 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Electric Mobility in India
electric scooter We were lucky enough to see both their production lines for how they manufactured their batteries and their vehicles. It was incredible to see the standards they set for the workers and the training and investment into... View Details
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4.1 Student Travel | MBA
4.1 Student Travel Students are expected to review the Harvard University Graduate & Professional Student International Travel Policy for information on the Harvard-wide policy on student travel. The Harvard Global Support Services Office... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (221) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of Work HBS Students Impact... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (220) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of Work HBS Students Impact... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
father would make us read through the annual reports of companies he had invested in, but that was an early influence: realizing I had an education and holidays because my parents complemented their income by View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
Publications 2006 Journal of International Business Studies Firm Rivalry, Knowledge Accumulation, and MNE Location Choices By: Alcácer, Juan, Cristian Deszo, and Minyuan Zhao Abstract—The international... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
Asia, and Israel, it has an international presence and a record of big hits that began in the 1980s with companies such as AOL and Apple and continues to this day with investments in industries as diverse as... View Details
- 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009
Abstract This paper constructs an index of financial sophistication that, in comprehensive data on Swedish households, best explains a set of three investment mistakes: underdiversification, risky share inertia, and the tendency to sell... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
based upon international cooperation; the opposite extreme, Haass said, would be a modern Dark Ages of failed states and disharmony. But he speculated that the most likely scenario would be the rise of a Cold War–style competition between... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
misconception that these countries are too unfamiliar for us to really grapple with. Getting over that barrier allows one to invest in acquiring the knowledge that’s necessary. There’s really nothing mysterious about either country.... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
that internal agglomerations have a positive impact on location. The effects of internal agglomerations vary by activity, and they arise both within an activity (e.g., among plants) and across activities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
relative viability, even if one focuses just on prices, is the pass-through of a higher price realization to the global producer after typically higher transportation and distribution costs, tariffs, or even risks, are netted out. Empirical evidence from the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010
tenure on the board and a prior career in investment banking/investment management are associated with proposing standards perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability"; while contributions to the Democratic Party are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace