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- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
communities across the country to better serve some of our most vulnerable populations. READ MORE Luna: You joined Code for America in June of 2017 and you talked openly about how current events and the upcoming birth of your third child... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
Russian conglomerate that has become the third largest shareholder in SUN Interbrew, has announced its intention to take part in the company's management and attain a leading position in the Russian beer market. Is there a role for the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog
module, we will look at insurance – both property and casualty (P&C) and life insurance, including the role of private equity in insurance. Insurance comprises about one third of the financial sector, and firms in this View Details
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
moderator Professor Herman "Dutch" Leonard, who serves as cochair of the Social Enterprise Initiative. "First, the focus is on impact. Second is taking that impact to scale. And the third element is that whatever is needed,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
(MBA ’91), and Alex Gutierrez (MBA ’99). Photo courtesy Nan Coulter The HBS Club of Dallas held its third annual Crimson Charity Gala on May 17 and raised over $30,000 for Dallas Reads, the leading adult literacy program in North Texas.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Gleason, agents for corporate leadership in the social sector like Jackson, nonprofit executives like Britt, nonprofit board members, or even soup kitchen volunteers, more and more HBS alumni are finding that, as HBS professor James E.... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR
advocacy organizations with skills in strategy, ways to partner with private sector firms, and innovative financial tools. With costs covered by the Robert W. Wilson Trust, 78 people joined the inaugural class, an important new... View Details
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets, liabilities, and guarantees—some explicit and others implicit. Traditional approaches have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
very different perspective. Then George joined us the third year. I have to say that I had never realized how important accounting was to the future of civilization until I started working with George. We can talk about saving the planet,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Publications June 2015 Perspectives on Psychological Science Three Principles to REVISE People's Unethical Behavior By: Ayal, S., F. Gino, R. Barkan, and D. Ariely Abstract— Dishonesty and unethical behavior are widespread in the public and private View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
bounds on the optimal weighting of priorities, and bounds on noticing information. The first category encompasses bounded rationality, the first bound to be discovered and studied extensively. The second category encompasses bounded willpower and bounded self-interest.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
grown to house a third of Microsoft's basic-science R&D researchers. More broadly, HBS assistant professor Fritz Foley and I are working on a research project that has found that U.S.-based ethnic scientists within multinationals like... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
Schreger Abstract—Government forecasts of GDP growth and budget balances are generally more over optimistic than private sector forecasts. When official forecasts are especially optimistic relative to private forecasts ex ante, they are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
government guarantees, and (3) privatization backstopped in times of financial crisis by federal government guarantees only for new loans. The third option reflects a middle-ground position advocated by HBS professor David Scharfstein and... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
creating for the corporation—which was actually very abstract and difficult to do. I left the for-profit sector in 1992 and spent some time involved with different nonprofits, getting a contextual view of what was possible. That led to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
publishers, and producers in other sectors of the entertainment industry live by this approach. You might think that spreading resources evenly across product lines is the safest approach, especially because no one seems to know for sure... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
the development via NASA to an era where industry leads has sped up the pace of growth and primed the space sector for investment. Co-founder of space technology company Escape Dynamics and a longtime investor in the industry, Garriott de... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
before the private sector got involved. "There is a huge public need here, which is potentially a great opportunity for business," said professor Rebecca Henderson, about water research. "It is one of the great innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
across the country. Urban Adaptation & Mumbai’s Climate Action Plan By 2030, India is expected to be the third largest economy in the world with a GDP of almost $8.5 trillion. Historically, countries have relied on emissions intensive... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
problem. Despite that, although we all share this resource, we don’t respect its value and its use. Everybody believes unlimited access to water is their God-given right, and that plays out in its use and abuse.” There is a nexus of food, energy, and water, Fisher... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley