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- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
has sharply declined over the past 30 years, from 60% or 70% to only about 20%. What accounts for this trend? Disruption is coming for management consulting, the authors say, as it has recently come for law. For many years the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
summer) to review and evaluate the advice. As a whole, the young advice recipients gave higher ratings to the advice from the experienced interns who had "rediscovered" their own summer diary accounts. Zhang was not surprised. "The people... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
In partnership to support a mission
Meredith Jenkins (MBA 1999) serves as vice president and cochief investment officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911. With business partner Kim Lew (MBA 1992), she manages $3.2... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
developed by planners and occur independent of the bottom-up process. They are based on macroeconomic factors such as the economic growth rate and corporate growth objectives. The two approaches typically yield different results, which... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
like YouTube, to manage controversy. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508047 HCA, Inc. (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 208-070 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
her course for Harvard MBA students, Managing Service Operations, which explores interactions between firms and customers. Defy Conventional Wisdom Commerce Bank entered a mature industry where the overall level of customer satisfaction... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
Image by Brian Stauffer What would the "perfect" tax plan look like? Sheridan Schechner (MBA/JD 1983), managing director, Barclays Capital, USA I'd envision three simple building blocks: a consumption tax with no exclusions that... View Details
- January 2025
- Case
Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle
By: Raymond Kluender and Emanuele Colonnelli
In November 2024, Jim Chu, founder and CEO of Untapped Global, faced mounting internal tensions over the company’s strategic direction. Untapped had developed a data-driven revenue-based financing (RBF) model to address the “missing middle” problem—the $5.2 trillion... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Working Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Microfinance; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Profit Sharing; Revenue; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Mission and Purpose; Small Business; Entrepreneurial Finance; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Nigeria; South Africa; Kenya; Uganda; California; San Francisco
Kluender, Raymond, and Emanuele Colonnelli. "Untapped Global: Financing Africa's Missing Middle." Harvard Business School Case 825-056, January 2025.
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
bikes; now he is exporting to the United States and Europe. Wu and Yin are just two of more than 345,000 dollar millionaires who now live in China. Not only has China left its imperial past far behind. So far, the fastest-growing economy in the world has also View Details
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Nikki Skovran
Africa. “I was impressed by the entrepreneurial energy there,” she says. “It was great to see that on the ground.” Her team worked with the Awethu Project, a startup incubator that exchanges business skills training for equity stakes in... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
Supplemental Financial Information Financial Overview Harvard Business School’s economic model is designed to support the School’s mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Prudent management of financial resources... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
overlooks the fact that managers don’t always do the right thing for shareholders. If managers are opportunistic, then the extra latitude provided by the dual- reporting system can be costly to investors.... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
It’s Wall Street doctrine that small firms struggle to raise capital at reasonable rates and are often rejected for credit lines and loans because banks think their risk profile is too high. “If you really want to drive investment,... View Details
- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
and emissions of toxic chemicals. A Faulty Insurance Policy The researchers hypothesized that those companies that had higher CSR ratings would be more likely to be reported in the media if a spill occurred. After all, it's not news when... View Details
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. "If you're one of them and you're not getting a kidney, you should be able to understand why and what the criteria are." A Long Line About 500,000 people in... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
dignified exchange into the relationship.” In addition to produce, bread, and other grocery items, Daily Table operates a large commercial kitchen with executive chef Ismail Samad, whose team prepares healthy “grab-and-go” meals,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
from that experience in recent weeks as she helps government officials explore ways to shore up the 30 million small businesses that provide almost half of the country’s jobs. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
Core competency transferMore equal exchange of resources Joint value creation Need for value renewal Relationship Management Corporate contact usually in community affairs or foundation; nonprofit contact... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments
Margolis is the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration. A member of the Organizational Behavior Unit, Margolis joined the HBS faculty in 2000. His research focuses on the distinctive ethical challenges that arise in organizations and how... View Details