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March 2017
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Microfinance in India 2010-2016: Crisis and Recovery

By: Shawn Cole, Vikram Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers and Yannick Saleman

SKS, India's leading microfinance firm, is challenged when politicians declaim microfinance as exploitation of the poor and severely restrict business practices. View Details

Keywords: Microfinance; Government Administration; Policy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; India

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26 Feb 2009
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Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Energy; Utilities

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

small rock together.” WH Kolkman added: “We also need to give more attention to mitigation, which will be greatly helped by cooperation, resilience, innovation, pragmatism and speed. In a crisis like this, perfection is the enemy of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

Professor of Marketing and co-chair of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative. About the Author Danielle Kost is a senior editor at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: PeopleImages] Related Reading The Key to Powerful Social... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

PublicationsBeing the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader Authors:Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

widely distributed, and small businesses and ordinary workers get support to keep going. In the short term, an end to the worst of the pandemic will unleash pent-up demand. Then the Biden administration will... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

Over the past year, I have watched several firms going through periods of transition. Some have been cofounders who realized that it was time for a more experienced leader to take their business to the next level. Some were just ready for... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Washington, DC, USA, 2025. Navigating Choppy Waters: How U.S. Trade Policy Uncertainty Affects Small Businesses By: David Atkin, Zoë Cullen and Ebehi Iyoha 2025 | Working... View Details

24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

Outside the classroom, Harvard Business School Professor Deepak Malhotra’s abiding interest is war and peace–how wars begin and end, how they could have been avoided, and what lessons can be learned from them. Along with studying wars,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

standardized test writers, textbook publishers, and students. But lost in these debates is a much more fundamental question: Is history just a series of dates and events? While the debate rages over what to teach students about American history, Harvard View Details

Keywords: April White

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Business Administration Leslie Feinzaig (MBA 2007), Founder & Managing Director, Graham & Walker Venture Fund; Founder, Female Founders Alliance Sarah Fay, Glasswing Ventures and All Raise Chapter Lea 10:15–11:45 a.m. Founders & Builders... View Details

21 Sep 2016
Blog Post

How HBS Changed My Life

I made the decision to apply to Harvard Business School because I wanted to learn how to use business as a tool to create prosperity for the millions of people striving to eke out a living on my beloved... View Details

March 2022
Article

Contractual Restrictions and Debt Traps

By: Ernest Liu and Benjamin N. Roth

Microcredit and other forms of small-scale ﬁnance have failed to catalyze entrepreneurship in developing countries. In these credit markets, borrowers and lenders often bargain over not only the interest rate but also implicit restrictions on types of investment. We... View Details

Keywords: Microfinance; Entrepreneurship; Developing Countries and Economies; Financing and Loans

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01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

business and civic leaders helped the city clean up its act, but by the early 1980s, most of the smokestacks had shut down anyway, as manufacturing jobs moved out of the area. People left in droves. Visitors today see a different... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Career Networking - Alumni

to talk about themselves. ” Jonathan Shepherd Corporate Relations Director, Harvard Business School Read Post: Yes, Introverts Can Network Successfully Hear From Your Fellow Alumni Part 1: Meet the Alumni Considering a career transition?... View Details

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

The so-called chicken-and-egg problem is arguably the most discussed and most obvious business dilemma in the sharing economy. Platform providers–like Uber, Airbnb, or Etsy–rely on both consumers and producers to create and sustain a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

strokes" to quickly mobilize the organization, with initiating a "long march" that changes systems and habits. Leaders must start by building credibility and confidence in the organization through small wins. This can occur... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

07 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Steve Jobs Legacy

News of the death this week of Steve Jobs reverberated around the world. And the Harvard Business School campus was no exception. Everyone felt a keen sense of loss for a man who was an iconic figure in the worlds of technology,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Presentation Inclusion of Small Business in Value Chains Inclusion of Small Business in Value Chains by Michael E. Porter Prerecorded CSV video... View Details

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

and Alvy Ray, who headed up a small computer graphics operation called Industrial Light & Magic (the group created special effects for George Lucas's movies). Fascinated by their operation, Jobs bought Industrial Light & Magic for... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

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