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  • 21 Oct 2013
  • News

Moving the Needle

for-profit. She began to make her mark as vice president of business development at Novica, in Los Angeles, an e-commerce company that connects artisans in developing countries to businesses and consumers in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

financial markets played in these events. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711088-PDF-ENG Caesars Entertainment: CodeGreen George Serafeim, Robert G. Eccles, and Tiffany A. ClayHarvard Business School Case 111-115 The case describes the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2012
  • Supplement

Jefferson County (C): Subsequent Issuance

By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
Jefferson County, Alabama, faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Borrowing and Debt; Alabama
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  • December 2012
  • Supplement

Jefferson County (B): Borrowing in March 1997

By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
Jefferson County, Alabama faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Borrowing and Debt; Alabama
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  • 07 Jul 2016
  • News

Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Muhammad Yunus Visits HBS

successful door-to-door salesmen. Yunus described several sustainable “social businesses” (all profits to the enterprise) he has launched in Bangladesh. They include Grameenphone, which put cell phones into the hands of millions of poor,... View Details
Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Fueling Innovation

By giving to the HBS Fund, alumni and friends support the School’s core priorities and help catalyze the launch of new programs and initiatives and sustain their growth. Featured here are a few key examples of innovations at HBS that... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix

is developing technology to cool the eggs and make them available on demand. “We’re basically turning fish eggs into seeds you can plant anytime and use whenever you want,” says CEO Dmitry Kozachenok (MBA 2013). Since cofounding Cryoocyte... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; aquaculture; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

develop a micro-insurance product for the rural poor. Can it be done profitably? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212030-PDF-ENG Novo Nordisk: A Commitment to Sustainability Robert G.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Business at the Summit

start-ups, made an impassioned plea for the environment. “We can bail out the economy,” he said, “but we can’t bail out the environment,” eliciting sustained applause. Citing the country’s lack of an energy policy, he continued: “America... View Details
Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management
  • Web

Lessons from the 2025 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium - Blog: RGE Report

systemic barriers, it becomes false hope. Measured hope vs. transformative hope When we pair our hope with care, patience, and respect for our surroundings, we can develop a measured hope , which can lead to effective, evidenced-based... View Details
  • August 2010 (Revised June 2020)
  • Teaching Note

Generation Investment Management (TN)

By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Note for 613-002. The case and/or its teaching note includes references to case supplement videos that are intended for students to view, along with the written case, before class. As a reminder, the (A) video supplement is intended for students to view... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Development Economics; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Generation; Rural Scope; Non-Renewable Energy; Pollutants; Financial Services Industry; India
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  • 19 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

where I can make the biggest impact in alleviating financing constraints in Africa, developing the local private sector, and ultimately shifting countries away from foreign aid into more sustainable sources... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

allow testing for and predicting firm-specific coefficients, thereby distinguishing between effects that have a significant mean versus significant variance. RCMs may also be used to explore the sources of firm heterogeneous effects. We View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

Beyond the Plastisphere

works in developing countries to prevent ocean-bound plastic from entering the water in the first place and channels it into recycled products. OceanCycle builds and certifies supply chains for recycled ocean-bound plastic, partnering... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 09 Mar 2021
  • News

Bridging the Gap

yet, the crisis has shed light on areas where business leaders can make an important difference, such as supporting schools and programs that enable students to gain skills and talents for productive employment and create a foundation for View Details
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Alumni Bookshelf

The Trusted Leader by Robert M. Galford (MBA '76) and Anne Seibold Drapeau (Free Press) In their new book, The Trusted Leader: Bringing Out the Best in Your People and Your Company, authors Galford and Drapeau shed light on the tools that managers need to build,... View Details
  • 21 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49375 Enabling Versus Controlling-Online Appendix By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—No abstract available. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49378 Mobile Money... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Portrait Project

Tomiwa Igun

power-consulting agency in Nigeria to provide consistent, affordable electricity solutions and advise policy makers to develop sustainable energy policies around West Africa. I will live my life fighting the... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

Se Yan Abstract Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne