Crowding Out - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2005
News

A Dog’s Best Friend: Jim Hawes’s Charles River Rescue

It was a Friday afternoon on a weekend when no "WAC" (Written Analysis of Cases) was due in the deposit slot by midnight Saturday, so a number of us were preparing to go skiing. I was with sectionmate Fred Marshall, when we noticed a small View Details

Keywords: Jim Hawes; heroism; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders

(founded in 2013) and too small (valuation of $55 million) to pass muster for listing on any exchange. But for the 1,080 people who otherwise would have been shut out of owning a piece of the startup—lacking the wealth or credentials to... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

Portrait Project

Marla Metz

knew was that Harvard Business School was the last thing on my mind, a place that seemed surreal and out of reach. The only reason I even made it to move-in weekend was because of my loving and supportive parents. I remember my father... View Details

25 Apr 2023
News

Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

and Sylvan Guo, for Hue, an e-commerce technology platform that helps brands and retailers to showcase short-form, customer-generated video reviews on their websites. The virtual audience then awarded the Crowd Favorite prize of $5,000 to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

09 Jun 2015
News

Building change from the ground up

as the Taliban-influenced south, operating under a firm policy of cultural sensitivity and ethical transparency in a country ranked as one of the most corrupt in the world. When Roshan launched, police were called in to control the crowds... View Details

24 May 2010
Research & Ideas

Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends

projects the private sector was planning to do on its own. The Tennessee Valley Authority of 1933 is perhaps the most famous example of this. Other dollars appear to indirectly crowd out private firms by... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1997
News

Managing a Master

It's the night before the presidential inauguration and Washington's cavernous National Cathedral is packed to capacity. The crowd applauds enthusiastically as seven young men walk down an aisle and take their places on a center stage... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Lazar

10 Dec 2010
News

Notes from the Trenches

Executive Director Mike Roberts, the lineup lost no time in getting down to brass tacks with the SRO student crowd of would-be entrepreneurs. Paris Wallace (MBA ’07) of Good Start Genetics noted that the BPC is an effective way to meet... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

article, “Use of Crowd Innovation to Develop an Artificial Intelligence-Based Solution for Radiation Therapy Targeting,” is co-authored by Harvard Business School Professor Karim R. Lakhani and seven colleagues with expertise in radiation... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

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Louis-Philippe, "King of the French" - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Louis-Philippe and Guizot stealing money from the "trésor public." 47 La Poire Tapée view image Lithograph by unknown artist. [Paris], Chez Aubert, [ca. 1848]. 20 x 16 cm DA f13 x A pear-headed Louis-Philippe runs from an angry crowd... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine

built, even as she and her brothers look ahead. With ambitious plans for the future—including a combined public tasting room and retail outlet set to open in 2020—the next generation is finding ways to put their own stamp on the vineyard’s history while rising above... View Details

Keywords: Ryan Jones

22 Dec 2022
News

LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway

affecting, or common to, the LGBTQ+ experience. We don't need to start by explaining that aspect; we can just dive into the discussion." Donaher agrees, as he now participates in both a traditional forum and the LGBTQ+ Forum. "I get a tremendous amount View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2020
News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

That this has been a period that's also been helpful for them. How is that so? Make that case. Angela: Well, innovation happens usually out of necessity. We're seeing that across the board with every business, with every industry—and... View Details

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The Campus Emerges - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits The Campus Emerges “There followed the hissing of steam and grinding of mesh of... View Details

6 PM – 8 PM EST, 01 Feb 2016

Alumnae Circles Open House: Boston

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Just Keep Our Money

experiment, the offer of bonds did not crowd out private-sector savings. Our success in offering bonds at tax time has led a coalition of grassroots organizations, companies, and policy analysts to urge the... View Details

Keywords: Peter Tufano; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

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

of principles of trade between countries. A: The title of the paper refers to the idea that, in choosing the optimal maturity structure of its debt, the government balances the costs of rollover risk (in the extreme case, the government faces enormous rollover risk as... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT, 18 Oct 2016
HBS Alumni Events

Alumnae Circles Open House: San Francisco