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- March 2012
- Article
How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth--Until Now
By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
Societies that are better at utilizing tools are likely to be more productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to...
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Keywords:
Technology Adoption;
Wealth;
Development Economics;
Performance Productivity;
Competitive Advantage
Comin, Diego, and Bart Hobijn. "How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth--Until Now." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 34–35.
- Research Summary
Accountability in the World Bank
This research, now complete, examines the roles of civil society actors in advocating for greater accountability at the World Bank at three levels of decision-making: (1) the project level, (2) the policy level, and (3) the board governance level. The research finds...
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- November 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments
By: Francesca Gino and Lakshmi Ramarajan
In 2018, Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments, the largest minority-owned investment firm in the United States, was considering how best to divide her time and use her position and personal characteristics to push for positive change at her firm and in...
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Keywords:
Female Protagonist;
African-American Protagonist;
Investment Management;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Work-Life Balance;
Financial Services Industry;
Chicago
Gino, Francesca, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Mellody Hobson at Ariel Investments." Harvard Business School Case 419-041, November 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- September 2020
- Teaching Note
Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Traditional establishment leadership of Miami is increasingly challenged by a rising millennial generation that is more diverse and brings more innovative and entrepreneurial “outside-the-building” approaches, including impatience for change. Leadership succession is...
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Omar I. Asensio
Omar I. Asensio is a Visiting Fellow with the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) at the Harvard Business School. He is an Associate Professor and Director of the Data Science & Policy Lab at the Georgia Institute of... View Details
- February 2019
- Article
Does It Matter If Your Health Insurer Is For Profit? Effects of Ownership on Premiums, Insurance Coverage, and Medical Spending
By: Leemore S. Dafny
There is limited empirical evidence about the impact of for-profit health insurers on various outcomes. I study the effects of conversions to for-profit status by Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) affiliates in 11 states, spanning 28 geographic markets. I find both the...
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Keywords:
Health Insurance;
Medical Loss Ratio;
Blue Cross;
Corporate Governance;
Health;
Insurance;
For-Profit Firms;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Dafny, Leemore S. "Does It Matter If Your Health Insurer Is For Profit? Effects of Ownership on Premiums, Insurance Coverage, and Medical Spending." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 1 (February 2019): 222–265.
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
Large consumer banks have historically collected a lot of data on their customers, which they have used to sell standardized products. Increasingly, however, we have seen new entrants using customer data to help the consumer and provide...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
- December 2013 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
Seeding Growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
By: Ray Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Djordjija Petkoski
By 2013, the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had long suffered from war, political instability, and dilapidated infrastructure. A country with 75 million inhabitants and the second lowest GDP per capita in the world in 2011, the DRC's...
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Keywords:
National Agricultural Investment Plan (PNIA);
Developing Agriculture;
World Bank;
Poverty Reduction;
Special Economic Zones (SEZs);
Small-scale Farmers;
Agricultural Business Parks;
Agriculture Reform;
Agribusiness;
Economic Growth;
Infrastructure;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Africa;
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Goldberg, Ray, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Djordjija Petkoski. "Seeding Growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Harvard Business School Case 914-401, December 2013. (Revised April 2014.)
Robert H. Hayes
Robert Hayes is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. Prior to his appointment to the Harvard Faculty in 1966, he worked for I.B.M. and McKinsey & Company. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1966 from...
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- June 2013
- Supplement
Union Corrugating Co. (Video Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Video Supplement for Union Corrugating Company(A) and (B) (HBS Cases 803065 and 804003).
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Keywords:
Family-owned Business;
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Entrepreneurs;
Sales Force Management;
Salesforce Management;
Operations Management;
COST Control;
Gender;
Careers;
Turnaround;
Turnarounds;
Supply Chain Management;
Restructuring;
Entrepreneurship;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Supply Chain;
Steel Industry;
Construction Industry;
North Carolina;
United States
Sharpe, Jim. "Union Corrugating Co. (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-724, June 2013.
- June 2017
- Teaching Note
The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel P. Gross and Lauren G. Pickle
In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore $1 billion diamond market for pre-owned (recycled) diamonds. According to Montgomery, the motivation for the...
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Keywords:
Diamonds;
Go-to-market Strategy;
Secondary Market;
Willingness To Pay;
Pilot Program;
Strategy Development;
Strategy Execution;
Scope;
Marketing;
Advertising;
Branding;
Customer Value;
Pawn Shops;
Jewelry;
Supply And Demand;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Advertising Campaigns;
Value Creation;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Advertising Industry;
Mining Industry;
United States;
United Kingdom;
Africa;
Botswana;
South Africa;
Namibia
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
School’s centennial celebration a few years ago, we convened groups of business leaders in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States to consider the future of the global market system. In keeping...
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- 2023
- Article
Patriotic Capitalism, Geopolitics and the Boardroom: Should Directors Consider Devotion to Country When Making Decisions That Affect Their Companies?
By: Michael Montelongo
Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
International Relations
Montelongo, Michael. "Patriotic Capitalism, Geopolitics and the Boardroom: Should Directors Consider Devotion to Country When Making Decisions That Affect Their Companies?" Special Issue on Annual Report. Directors & Boards 47, no. 4 (2023): 26–29.
- Video
Melek El Nimer
Melek El Nimer, founder of the Social Support Society and Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon, describes the state of Palestinian refugee camps when she first started visiting them in the 1980's.
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- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
the value of corporate social responsibility to businesses in economically uncertain times. Martha Lagace: What is corporate social responsibility as you define it? Kash Rangan: Activities undertaken by View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- Book Review
Book Review of International Big Business, 1957-67: A Study of Comparative Growth, edited by Robert Rowthorn and Stephen Hymer
By: Louis T Wells Jr
Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Book Review of International Big Business, 1957-67: A Study of Comparative Growth, edited by Robert Rowthorn and Stephen Hymer." Journal of International Economics 2, no. 2 (May 1972).