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- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
Karen Mills is a Senior Fellow with the Harvard Business School. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as Administrator of the US Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. Brayden McCarthy is Vice President of Strategy for Fundera. He served as a Senior... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
impact on entrepreneurship, using individual- and firm-level micro data from Denmark. The reform allowed entrepreneurs to bypass the project screening function of banks, by instead relying on the value of housing collateral to access... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
poorly suited," explains Froot. “Why can't they produce enough of this coverage at a lower price?” A local property-casualty insurance agency can easily hold enough capital to cover losses from house fires or burst pipes; such losses... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
Photo by Mary Ellen Mark At first glance, perhaps, the writer John Irving might not seem to have a lot to teach the corporate world. As the author of such celebrated bestsellers as The Cider House Rules and The World According to Garp,... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
over 80 of her lipsticks to the luncheon as table gifts. Unlike most lipsticks at the time, these were housed in metal cases. Lunch guests noticed the unusual packaging and the lipstick's color and texture. As the event broke up, Fiske... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
everyday workers and families. Christine: "We've been able to contribute to the state in the following ways: "We presented an economic development policy proposal to the state's Speaker of the House and legislature in May 2022 "We... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
employment activity. This retrenchment follows both Senate and House committee chair changes, occurs in large and small firms and within large and small states, and is most pronounced among geographically concentrated firms. The effects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni
Nationals List . Your total guaranteed annual compensation is less than $130,000 USD. Additional compensation including but not limited to signing bonuses, relocation/moving expenses, and housing allowances will be added to the base... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
examiner with the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he oversaw NASA projects to see how well they were adhering to presidential policy, as well as being stewards of the taxpayers’ money. “After years of aerospace being... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
consumers to producers, has dramatically influenced the calculus of production in a large number of industries. Our federal disaster relief policy, meanwhile, has likely affected housing patterns all over the country. In fact, the list... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
top two floors house 10 unique classroom spaces dubbed “hives,” and the first floor is home to the new Harvard Innovation Lab. (see page 42) Unlike Aldrich Hall’s amphitheater-style classrooms with fixed seating, the oval-shaped hives... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Hungary to help spot and address the needs of Ukrainian refugees. Bleier has used to network to find a family with two young children, who are being housed at his home in Vienna. “It's a small help, but we must especially support these... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
“are much more frequent than we expect them to be.” Over the past 100 years, the S&P 500 has ended the year down 20 points or more on seven occasions, including this year. While it’s human nature to believe that the unthinkable, such as a collapse of U.S. View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
this success was achieved. Heroes Wanted: Why the World Needs You to Live Your Heart Out by Rodney D. Bullard (AMP 187, 2014) Harvest House Publishers With all the hardships and unmet needs in the world, it’s difficult to believe one... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
than what a family might pay in rent. “It’s a sustainable model that empowers homeowners to help themselves and others,” says Song, who also works as a volunteer on Habitat projects. “It’s possible to frame a house in one day, so you can... View Details
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
Anti-Racism Task Force: [It] has resulted in the racial equity plan. And we have formed the Racial Equity Advisory Board under the leadership of Professor Jim Cash in whose honor we named Cash House on the campus. And Jim has helped us... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
Committee, where he raised more money than any other member, Weinberg launched a long series of relationships with occupants of the White House that would continue for more than thirty-five years. Almost everybody on Wall Street voted... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
their family after years spent working in house cleaning and other physically demanding jobs . He decided to stay in the US “I loved it here, this was home now,” he explained. So Westphal stayed on his own with a big year ahead –... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Shaky Ground Senior Lecturer John Macomber Because of a housing shortage in Williston, oil worker Glenn Robinson, from Missouri, sleeps in his car, staying warm by idling the engine and using a fan heater connected to the car battery.... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
three owner-directors must decide whether it is time to stop customer acquisition for a while to "get their house in order." At that moment, though, one of Shuberg Philis perhaps most important business opportunities so far... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel