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- February 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Banco Compartamos: Life after the IPO
By: Michael Chu and Regina Garcia Cuellar
After an international IPO yielding extraordinary returns to original investors, Banco Compartamos, Mexico's leading microfinance institution, contemplates its future strategic and competing priorities: maintaining growth, defending industry, leadership, preserving...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Microfinance;
Initial Public Offering;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Competition;
Value Creation;
Banking Industry;
Mexico
Chu, Michael, and Regina Garcia Cuellar. "Banco Compartamos: Life after the IPO." Harvard Business School Case 308-094, February 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- Web
Polaroid | Harvard Business School: Invention of the Polarizer
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS VISITING THE EXHIBIT “By making it possible for the photographer to observe his work and...
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- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
companies, on communities, and, most of all, on employees. "The initial drive was to build empathy around the decisions that are so core on a human level," Sucher says. "They wanted people to...
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- June, 2021
- Article
Learning from Deregulation: The Asymmetric Impact of Lockdown and Reopening on Risky Behavior During COVID-19
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Ginger Zhe Jin, Michael Luca and Benjamin T. Leyden
During the COVID-19 pandemic, states issued and then rescinded stay-at-home orders that restricted mobility. We develop a model of learning by deregulation, which predicts that lifting stay-at-home orders can signal that going out has become safer. Using restaurant...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Lockdown;
Reopening;
Impact;
Coronavirus;
Public Health Measures;
Mobility;
Health Pandemics;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Consumer Behavior
Glaeser, Edward L., Ginger Zhe Jin, Michael Luca, and Benjamin T. Leyden. "Learning from Deregulation: The Asymmetric Impact of Lockdown and Reopening on Risky Behavior During COVID-19." Journal of Regional Science 61, no. 4 (June, 2021): 696–709.
- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
initial best option for extracting the miners. At that point, no expert considered rescue of the 33 men a reasonable possibility. Nonetheless, within 70 days all of them would...
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- 30 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
At the end of 2020—seven months after COVID-19 had sent the airline industry into a tailspin and five months after George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police provoked nationwide protests for racial...
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- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
sustainability? For prospective students interested in this space, know that there are many resources to support you in learning about the challenges and opportunities that exist. From the Business &...
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- 2016
- Report
Review of Competitiveness Frameworks: An Analysis Conducted for the Irish National Competitiveness Council
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The report reviews recent research on competitiveness as well as the use of competitiveness frameworks applied in leading international competitiveness rankings and in national competitiveness assessments. The report includes four main parts: The initial chapter...
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "Review of Competitiveness Frameworks: An Analysis Conducted for the Irish National Competitiveness Council." Report, Dublin, Ireland, April 2016.
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
majority of activism targets—firms that do not end up being acquired—earn average abnormal returns that are not statistically distinguishable from zero. This result applies to both announcement returns, as well as to the long-term returns...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Transformation Agenda, that seeks to create 3.5 million agriculture jobs and add 20 million metric tons of produce to the domestic food supply by 2015. (Adesina says they're already more than halfway to those goals.) In an innovative...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
globally by 62 percent. Be human when it comes to money. The same principle applies to customers facing financial hardship, says Deshpandé, who encourages firms to initiate crediting and financing, deferral...
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The Route of the Exhibition - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
materials. In 2008 the NAAI photographs returned from Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum to the newly renovated Baker Library |Bloomberg Center. The move represented part of a...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
contribution asset plans, such as 401(k)s. In 2019, BlackRock created the Emergency Savings Initiative to help Americans cover unexpected emergency expenses, a reality exacerbated by View Details
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Jennifer Gillespie
- August 2008
- Teaching Note
The Blackstone Group's IPO (TN)
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Teaching Note for [808100].
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- 01 May 2017
- Blog Post
6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
students Taniel: Before coming to HBS/HKS I wish I knew more about the vast amount of funding opportunities jointees receive from both schools for summers spent working in non-profit organizations, the...
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- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student
leadership team and broader organization. At Birchbox Katia has adopted the concept of conscious leadership which she defined as: always being forthcoming with your feelings about a situation before diving into View Details
- autumn 1993
- Article
Motivational Synergy: Toward New Conceptualizations of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in the Workplace
By: T. M. Amabile
The foundation for a model of motivational synergy is presented. Building upon but going beyond previous conceptualizations, the model outlines the ways in which intrinsic motivation (which arises from the intrinsic value of the work for the individual) might interact...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Theory;
Creativity;
Situation or Environment;
Organizational Culture
Amabile, T. M. "Motivational Synergy: Toward New Conceptualizations of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation in the Workplace." Human Resource Management Review 3, no. 3 (autumn 1993): 185–201.
- March 2023
- Article
Not from Concentrate: Collusion in Collaborative Industries
By: Jordan M. Barry, John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers and Richard Lowery
The chief principle of antitrust law and theory is that reducing market concentration—having more, smaller firms instead of fewer, bigger ones—reduces anticompetitive behavior. We demonstrate that this principle is fundamentally incomplete.
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Keywords:
Antitrust;
Antitrust Law;
Antitrust Theory;
Law And Economics;
Collusion;
Collaboration;
Collaborative Industries;
Regulation;
"Repeated Games";
IPOs;
Initial Public Offerings;
Underwriters;
Real Estate;
Real Estate Agents;
Realtors;
Syndicated Markets;
Syndication;
Brokers;
Market Concentration;
Competition;
Law;
Economics;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Game Theory;
Initial Public Offering
Barry, Jordan M., John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers, and Richard Lowery. "Not from Concentrate: Collusion in Collaborative Industries." Iowa Law Review 108, no. 3 (March 2023): 1089–1148.
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
is part of the HBS Global Initiative spearheaded by Dean Kim B. Clark to ensure that the School fosters a global culture in its curriculum and programs and instills an...
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Alejandro Reyes