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- 2020
- Working Paper
Social Influence in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Community Establishments’ Closure Decisions Follow Those of Nearby Chain Establishments
By: Abhishek Nagaraj, Mathijs de Vaan, Saqib Mumtaz and Sameer Srivastava
As conveners that bring various stakeholders into the same physical space, firms can powerfully influence the course of pandemics such as COVID-19. Even when operating under government orders and health guidelines, firms have considerable discretion to keep their...
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COVID-19;
Peer Influence;
Closure Decisions;
Health Pandemics;
Business Ventures;
Decisions;
Business and Community Relations
Nagaraj, Abhishek, Mathijs de Vaan, Saqib Mumtaz, and Sameer Srivastava. "Social Influence in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Community Establishments’ Closure Decisions Follow Those of Nearby Chain Establishments." Working Paper, December 2020.
- 2018
- Working Paper
After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants
By: Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser
In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure development, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics reached $50 billion. Even when the glorious but costly Olympic Games come...
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Olympic Venue;
Effective Reuse;
White Elephant;
Sustainability;
Buildings and Facilities;
Sports
Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser. "After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-019, August 2018.
- October 2018
- Case
African Bank Investments Limited (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in...
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Ethics;
Personal Finance;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Insurance;
Leadership;
Management;
Risk Management;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Africa;
South Africa
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "African Bank Investments Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-052, October 2018.
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
Regulators often punish companies for bad behavior—for instance, by fining them if they pollute the environment. But instead of focusing on what business leaders are doing wrong and constantly slapping their hands, government officials...
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by Lane Lambert
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When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion...
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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Executive Education custom program focused on governance in large urban districts. This program has been exclusively designed by Council of the Great City Schools and PELP for school board members and superintendents in member districts...
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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About
Skip to Main Content Matthew C. Weinzierl Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program Unit Business, Government and the International Economy Contact Phone, Email Bio Matt...
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- January 2009
- Supplement
The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B1)
By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's...
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Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Capital;
Financial Liquidity;
Banks and Banking;
Governance;
Crisis Management;
Failure;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Balance and Stability;
Valuation;
New York (state, US)
Rose, Clayton S., Daniel Baird Bergstresser, and David Lane. "The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-070, January 2009.
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
organization more customer responsive and attuned to the needs of smaller businesses, as well as for shifting the bank's focus away from dealings with foreign governments and toward more private transactions. In 1996, President Clinton...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence
- Research Summary
The role of the manager in cross-sector interactions
My second stream of research takes the individual manager as the unit of analysis in examining cross-sector interactions. Two papers explore processes and mechanisms that allow managers to cross sectoral boundaries more effectively.
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- 2014
- Working Paper
Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870–1940
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
This working paper examines the role of entrepreneurs in the municipal solid waste industry in industrialized central and northern Europe from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s. It explores the emergence of numerous German, Danish, and other European...
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Environmental Entrepreneurship;
Business History;
Entrepreneurship;
Health;
History;
Green Technology Industry;
Germany;
Denmark;
Hungary;
United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870–1940." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-084, March 2014.
- 11 Mar 2015
- HBS Seminar
Ernest Wilson, University of Southern California, Annenberg School
- 28 Sep 2017
- HBS Seminar
Annelle Sheline, GWU
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a...
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Julia Hanna;
entrepreneurship;
women;
venture capital;
Egypt;
developing economies;
Finance
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Research - Race, Gender & Equity
C. Rouen Accounting and Management 2 results Lumumba B. Seegars Organizational Behavior 1 result Anywhere Sikochi Accounting and Management Debora L. Spar General Management 2 results Sandra J. Sucher General Management 5 results Matthew C. Weinzierl Business, View Details
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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment
climate change, what will you do to stay ahead of the curve, preserve access to capital, anticipate and manage risk, and invest in new opportunities? Conference Agenda Agenda Conference Videos Ramana Nanda Opening Remarks Leading a Financial Institution in the Era of...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
Illustration by PJ Loughron Illustration by PJ Loughron How has your experience as Dean of the School differed from your experience as a member of the faculty? Being on campus and engaging with faculty, staff, and students is something I have done for many years, and...
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- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
organizations in Latin America and Spain. For good governance you need some degree of overlap between governance and management.— Ezequiel A. Reficco This research will be published in Harvard's David...
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by Manda Salls