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- 10 Jun 2021
- News
Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic
Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic
The Covid-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the...
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- 18 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Financial Development and Technology Diffusion
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by Diego Comin & Ramana Nanda
- 2024
- Working Paper
Old Moats for New Models: Openness, Control, and Competition in Generative AI
By: Pierre Azoulay, Joshua L. Krieger and Abhishek Nagaraj
Drawing insights from the field of innovation economics, we discuss the likely competitive environment shaping generative AI advances. Central to our analysis are the concepts of appropriability—whether firms in the industry are able to control the knowledge generated...
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Azoulay, Pierre, Joshua L. Krieger, and Abhishek Nagaraj. "Old Moats for New Models: Openness, Control, and Competition in Generative AI." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 7442, May 2024.
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—India
presence in South Asia Nonprofit organizations Government agencies, especially those working closely with the private sector An Exceptional Learning Experience When you participate in an HBS Executive Education program, you enter an...
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Summer Venture in Management
tech, sectors in which attending business school was not as common or encouraged. SVMP showed me the value of an MBA, and the unique power of the case method teaching style. I saw firsthand how learning business skills through discussion...
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- 13 Nov 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
A New Framework for Analyzing and Managing Macrofinancial Risks of An Economy
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on three literatures: strategic philanthropy,...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance Expectations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Social Issues
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-099, May 2010. (Recipient of 2010 Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division, Carlo Masini Award for Innovative Scholarship runner-up prize; and, selection for the Best Papers proceedings.)
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MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID Harvard Kennedy School - MBA
significantly to the well-being of society. Why should I consider the program? Graduates of the joint degree programs will be prepared to address some of the world's most pressing issues—issues that call for collaboration of the public and private View Details
- June 2014 (Revised July 2014)
- Background Note
An Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance—2014 Update
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Carla Chavich and Aldo Sesia
Provides an introduction to the fields of project finance and infrastructure finance, and gives a statistical overview of project-financed investments over the years from 2009 to 2013. Examples of project-financed investments include the Kashagan oil field development...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Capital Expenditures;
International Finance;
Data;
Financial History;
Economic Development;
Corporate Governance;
Contracts;
Industry Analysis;
Banking;
Capital Investments;
Municipal Finance;
Project Finance;
Infrastructure;
Investment;
Projects;
Trends
Esty, Benjamin C., Carla Chavich, and Aldo Sesia. "An Overview of Project Finance and Infrastructure Finance—2014 Update." Harvard Business School Background Note 214-083, June 2014. (Revised July 2014.)
- Fall 2020
- Article
Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era
By: Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam and Eric Zwick
We develop a pair of models that speak to the goals and design of the sort of business-lending and corporate-bond purchase programs that have been introduced by governments in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. An overarching theme is that, in contrast to the...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Business Lending;
Government Intervention;
Econometric Models;
Health Pandemics;
Credit;
Governance;
Policy
Hanson, Samuel G., Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam, and Eric Zwick. "Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Fall 2020).
- Fall 2019
- Article
Endogenous Productivity of Demand-Induced R&D: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals
By: Kyle Myers and Mark Pauly
We examine trends in the productivity of the pharmaceutical sector over the past three decades. Motivated by Ricardo’s insight that productivity and rents are endogenous to demand when inputs are scarce, we examine the industry’s aggregate R&D production function....
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Productivity;
Pharmaceuticals;
Innovation and Invention;
Performance Productivity;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Myers, Kyle, and Mark Pauly. "Endogenous Productivity of Demand-Induced R&D: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals." RAND Journal of Economics 50, no. 3 (Fall 2019): 591–614.
- January 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China
By: William C. Kirby, Wei Zhang, Yuanzhuo Wang and Nancy Hua Dai
The city of Wenzhou in the Province of Zhejiang, long known in China for entrepreneurship, now hosts the country’s largest privately owned mental health hospital group. This case traces the development of Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co, Ltd. from founding to just before...
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Keywords:
Mental Health;
Hospital;
IPO;
China;
Zhejiang;
Wenzhou;
Private Healthcare;
Private Hospital;
Health Care and Treatment;
Private Ownership;
Corporate Governance;
Growth and Development;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Industry;
China
Kirby, William C., Wei Zhang, Yuanzhuo Wang, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Wenzhou Kangning Hospital: Changing Mental Healthcare in China." Harvard Business School Case 318-054, January 2018. (Revised March 2018.)
- October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)
By: J. Gunnar Trumbull and Akiko Kanno
Despite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer-lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks as well as international investors. Most...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financing and Loans;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Personal Finance;
Courts and Trials;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry;
Japan
Trumbull, J. Gunnar, and Akiko Kanno. "Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)." Harvard Business School Case 709-017, October 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
- Career Coach
Mo Fong
Mo Fong (HBS ‘02, Stanford ‘95 ChemE, ‘96 MA Education ) Mo is currently the Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management and Engineering focusing on entrepreneurship research, programs and outreach. Prior to STVP, Mo spent 15...
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Creating Brand Value
decisions Develop a strong personal brand Who Should Attend Mid to senior-level marketing executives charged with creating, nurturing, and managing brand value Entrepreneurs who want to create or grow their own brands in the consumer/retail space Consumer and retail...
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- 11 Aug 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Structural GARCH: The Volatility-Leverage Connection
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by Robert F. Engle & Emil N. Siriwardane
- December 2015 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Unigrains
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Unigrains is a French agribusiness-focused private equity firm that has provided specialized financing to France's agribusiness sector for decades and, as a result, cultivated a strong reputation and relationships in that space. Now that the broader investment...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Private Equity;
Competitive Advantage;
Agribusiness;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
France
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Unigrains." Harvard Business School Case 516-051, December 2015. (Revised February 2017.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Labor Regulations and European Private Equity
By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g., unemployment insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Private Equity;
Insurance;
Investment;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Taxation;
Employment;
Europe
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "Labor Regulations and European Private Equity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-043, December 2009.