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- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
Uruguay, Chu graduated from Dartmouth College in 1968 "right in time to go back to Latin America at the time of the Dirty Wars," he said. He saw extreme political polarization, urban guerillas, terrorism from both the liberation...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
practicality of the program. As someone who deeply appreciates getting his hands dirty and not being bogged down in theory, I enjoyed being able to interface with an existing business and see the impact of my recommendations then further...
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- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
doing business in countries around the world, including those where they have paid bribes in the past. "Both companies acknowledge that there is clean business and dirty business in every country," says Healy. "Given their new tough...
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by Michael Blanding
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
scientist and engineers: I can now speak the language of data! WHAT DID YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT THE BOOT CAMP? Adebodun Aina (MBA 2020): I enjoyed the practicality of the program. As someone who deeply appreciates getting his hands dirty and...
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All Industries
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
were painted stark white and were inhospitable down to the dirty slippers that patients traded for their shoes at the door. The reception area of the Yoga clinic had all the comforts of a wellappointed hotel lobby: plush couches, orchids,...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
to permit even the most unsustainable and dirty industries. This working paper concludes that the emergent business history needs to be more fully incorporated in wider management and economics literatures on sustainability, while calling...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
everything was being paid for in cash, the fact that you had all these banks popping up on Brickell Avenue, which is known as kind of the Wall Street of Miami, that were just there to take dirty money. You would pay people before money...
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- 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
ERCOT (the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates Texas’ electrical grid). Power demand broke records 11 times and exceeded 80,000 MW for the first time in history. “Creating something from nothing takes tenacity, but it is so rewarding. Getting your...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
dumped into Iraq after the overthrow of the regime. It was the main market for cars coming from the Gulf area. It was a very, very scruffy and dirty town. As we moved up into Iraq proper, we followed the main north-south Euphrates...
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- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
from the WSA Feminism, at its core, is singular in its intent: equality of the sexes. Yet it’s often been called “the other F-word.” A dirty word. But what does it mean when we think that a synonym for “champion for equal rights” is an...
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- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
Working Papers Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency Authors: Paharia, Karim S. Kassam, Joshua D. Greene, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
a dirty product that was a consequence of deregulation. Our government decided at some point it was OK to sell instruments that were known to be dangerous. “You can’t go anywhere in America and buy a toaster that has a one in five chance...
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- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
illustrative example, we show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal total capacity when firms own a portfolio of both clean and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Art Nature Business
dialogues on the relationship between art and nature. "Beauty is often considered a dirty word in the art world," the artist observes. "But some people get away with it, and hopefully I'm one of them." PAUL...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
few weeks into their grueling march. “We’re on a military mission for the United States, not a bunch of ragtag wanderers!” The men had immediately done what they could to bring their dirty uniforms back to their proper appearance, though...
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- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
is found when the regression is run on data generated by a calibrated version of our theoretical model. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-080.pdf Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
coordination between sales, marketing, and, crucially, manufacturing. As an egomaniacal, 30-year-old marketing maven, I had been conditioned to look down on the “functional groups” run by people without advanced degrees who got their hands View Details
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Walt Disney Studios
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
organization to a revenue and philanthropy orientation. Many social enterprise CEOs spend over half of their time on fundraising. Why? Simply put: without a sustainable revenue model, even the most exciting mission-driven organization will collapse. The View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
schools for all. In the end many states adopted both policies-a combination that proved enormously powerful. The problem today is that too many have come to view politics as war, where victory is paramount and "compromise" is a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
Chief among vertical farming’s costs is energy. “It’s the industry’s dirty little secret,” says Lo. So noticeable is indoor farming’s drain on a local grid, she notes, that law enforcement used to monitor spikes in electricity demand to...
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