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- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
increased 30% year over year. “Partly, that’s a result of feelings of oil insecurity and supply reductions,” Erika said. “But Tesla can’t fill all of the orders it’s receiving because of the high demand.” She applauded the choices and...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
who can really afford credits [to offset emissions] are funds like Frontier and the Microsofts of the world—organizations that want to encourage growth and development. But costs will naturally come down over time, the way most industrial...
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
succeeded in cutting all major supply lines to the city, and on September 1, Confederate forces under the command of General John Bell Hood evacuated the area. The next day, Sherman’s army marched in, raising the American flag over city...
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- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
developing countries. As a result, they must rely on the customer-pull approach: finding ways to solve customers' dilemmas without relying on novel science. Many multinationals entering developing countries pay lip service to serving less-affluent customers but then...
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- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
citing the examples of Motorola, Southwest Airlines, Revlon cosmetics, Hewlett-Packard, and MTV. Good ideas are not hard to come by. The more complicated part is to harness the diminishing supply of capital. But capital can still find its...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
second of five children, growing up under apartheid in rural South Africa, she credits her parents with stressing the importance of education and for making her politically aware and proud of her Sotho heritage. With this strong...
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- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
accounts for more than a quarter of the overall increase in labor supply to the private sector during 1986-2005. Using the reform to instrument for private-sector labor supply, we find that private-sector labor demand is very elastic. We...
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Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
welfare in Mexico. Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the supply of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the cost of credit? Did liberalization lead to an increase (or decrease) in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
equity groups. Instead, they appear to expand their private equity engagement to take advantage of the credit market booms while capturing private benefits from cross-selling of other banking services. Publisher's link:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Bob Wilson (MBA 1961, DBA 1963) attended high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, going on to Harvard College as a scholarship student. He didn’t love his undergraduate experience, and struggled to find meaning in...
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- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
databases, search tools, and other programs-that would help the company reach scale. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/claritas-genomics/an/814032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-018 Olam: Building a Sustainable Supply...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
1935-36 in Alumni Notes Summer 1942 William H. Lipsitt, M.B.A. 1939, Lieutenant (jg) in the Supply Corps of the Navy, arrived safely "somewhere in Australia" after sailing for two months with four other officers in a small, open boat...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Gap? Government Subsidized Lending and Access to Capital By: Lerner, Josh, and Kristle Romero-Cortes Abstract—The consequences of providing public funds to financial institutions remain controversial. We examine the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
transformative legislation will increase the solar investment tax credit to 30% and extend it to 2032, instead of declining to 10% in 2024.” Diana added: “It will spur creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs, enhance the grid with...
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- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF), the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF), and the Asset Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF). Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
crowd that the agreement was “proof of the strength of what we could do if we decide to find common purpose.” The head of a regional lumber coalition touted the achievement, crediting his fellow speakers. A representative from the...
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Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises because firms behave as macro liquidity providers, absorbing the large supply shocks associated with changes in the maturity structure of...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
FY19 Baker Library Annual Report
in Gardner Pilot School’s Pen Pal Program, and more. This year, we returned to Cradles to Crayons to join 800 other volunteers from across the city to fill 42,500 backpacks with new school supplies for children living in low-income,...
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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
new fintech entrepreneurs, and banks—small and large—vying for a position. Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream grapples with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
take advantage of the opportunity, which is consistent with the idea that it is the mere availability of human contact that mitigates anxiety’s deleterious effects. Finally, in a field experiment conducted with a credit union’s...
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Sean Silverthorne