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- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
Structure in Small-Scale Finance Authors:Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Publication:The World Bank Economic Review Abstract Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016
economic activity? This paper exploits the federal preemption of national banks in 2004 from local laws against predatory lending to gauge the effect of the supply of credit on the real economy. Specifically, we exploit the heterogeneity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
motivation, capability, and commitment. "The most important part of the opportunity is you," she emphasized. Professor Clayton Christensen expanded on his research concerning disruptive innovation in an afternoon plenary session that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
Group Chief Executive, WPP Group PLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Cambridge University, 1966 B.A., Economics Cambridge University, 1970 M.A. LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The kind of intelligence that leads... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
world on which they ultimately depend,” said HBS professor Forest Reinhardt (MBA 1987), who moderated a panel focused on the impact of climate change as part of two panels at the event titled “Confronting Climate Change: Opportunities and... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky (University of Chicago Press) Although crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world,... View Details
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
were centrally determined, their actual implementation was delegated to local planning authorities. "This setup gave me the opportunity to look at the variations between areas with and without regulations, but also to look at points... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
to ask themselves what their needs really are, he said, as well as whether the company has a solid economic model and has people capable of formulating good strategy and seizing opportunities that present... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
problem of an investor with power utility defined over wealth at a finite horizon, who faces a time-varying investment opportunity set, parameterized using a flexible vector autoregression. We apply this framework to study the horizon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
exemplifies energetic government and vigorous federal programs for economic growth. Gallatin symbolizes low taxes and less intrusion by government." Not surprisingly, the two men (after whom two HBS buildings are named) were political... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
team, an experience that convinced him that he needed more management skills. By his own recollection, he was virtually “clueless” about the very special place to which he was heading. His application to the MBA Program caught the attention of Managerial View Details
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
I am a Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School, a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Recent merger transactions highlight long-simmering problems in the US... View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
by transforming" the existing business or creating a new one. An effective e-leader, Hargrove continues, must shift from "being a productivity and efficiency junkie to being an opportunity seeker and innovator who quests for... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
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Eligibility & Criteria Awards How to Apply Past Projects New York City Urban Innovation Roadmap - "Pilot: New York City" Spring 2023 | Focus : Urban Economic Development; Technology; Ecosystem Strategy Team: Zoe Zabor Description: In... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
However, there is also considerable good news. More women are on career paths with high earnings potential today than ever before.7 They have yet to close the earnings gap completely, but their increasing capacity to create wealth allows them greater View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
urgency—with on-your-toes behavior that looks for opportunities and problems, that energizes colleagues, that beams a sense of "let's go." Without enough urgency, large-scale change can become an exercise in pushing a gigantic... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
community and examined paths to success in the new economy. Held during the last weekend in February, the three-day event, titled “The Digital Dilemma: Challenges to Excelling in the New Economy,” gave participants an opportunity to... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
variation in average asset returns than aggregate or non-stockholder consumption risk and provides more plausible economic magnitudes. We find that risk aversion estimates around 10 can match observed risk premia for the wealthiest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
immeasurable value of the in-person, on-campus learning experience. The HBS Economic Model The self-sustaining nature of the HBS economic model is unique among Harvard University’s 12 graduate and... View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12
http://or.journal.informs.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/60/5/1199.full.pdf+html Convergence of Position Auctions under Myopic Best-Response Dynamics Authors:Cary, Matthew, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna Karlin, Scott... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne