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    Shawn A. Cole

    Shawn Cole is the John G. McLean Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches and conducts research on financial services, impact investing, and Social Enterprise. He serves as faculty chair of the Social Enterprise... View Details

    Keywords: banking; financial services; microfinance
    • 20 Oct 2015
    • News

    HBS Professor Shawn Cole Named Faculty Pioneer by Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

    • 22 Jul 2008
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    Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?

    Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole; Banking
    • 03 Jan 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Extension

    Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole; Agriculture & Agribusiness
    • 06 Aug 2008
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    Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India

    Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole; Banking
    • 10 Apr 2008
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    Where Does it Go? Spending by the Financially Constrained

    Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole, John Thompson & Peter Tufano; Financial Services
    • 14 Jan 2009
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    Smart Money: The Effect of Education, Cognitive Ability, and Financial Literacy on Financial Market Participation

    Keywords: by Shawn Cole & Gauri Kartini Shastry; Education; Financial Services
    • 30 Oct 2008
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    Do Voters Appreciate Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief

    Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole, Andrew Healy & Eric D. Werker
    • 04 Feb 2019
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    Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects

    Keywords: by Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King, and Auden Schendler
    • 15 May 2009
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    Money or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets?

    Keywords: by Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson & Bilal Zia; Financial Services
    • 15 May 2009
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    Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

    Keywords: by Shawn Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert Townsend & James Vickery
    • 05 Jun 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

    fund.” The group surveyed 13 fund managers about 28 funds, and conducted qualitative interviews with six anchor investors. The paper was written by Shawn Cole, the John G. McLean Professor at Harvard... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
    • 13 Aug 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

    economics," says Shawn A. Cole, an associate professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. "A frequent criticism of bankers in the recent crisis is that they took a lot of incentive pay... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
    • 13 May 2011
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    Do politicians use public sector banks to win elections?

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    Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Ananth Raman Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Sustainable Investing Finance Vikram Gandhi , Shawn View Details
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    Shawn Cole Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 General Management Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Willy... View Details
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    Finance, Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Shawn Cole Sustainable Investing Finance Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Jacob Cook Digital Marketing & AI Workshop Marketing Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Ben Creo Field... View Details
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    Shawn Cole Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 General Management Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed under Technology & Operations Management) Willy... View Details
    • 19 May 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective

    Keywords: by Peter A. Coles, John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth & John J. Siegfried
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    Executive Education

    By: Shawn A. Cole

    Shawn Cole regularly teaches executive education. He has taught in the ACCION microfinance in the HBS-ACCION Microfinance Program on Strategic Leadership, View Details