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Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid
Rangan is studying how businesses create value for the 4.2 billion low income, and poorer income residents at the base of the global income pyramid. These are individuals who live on less than $5/day. Providing food, water, sanitation, healthcare, education, skills...
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- 02 Oct 2014
- News
Dealing With Employee Disengagement: Competition vs. Collaboration
- March 2006
- Case
Wells Fargo Convertible Bonds
By: Malcolm P. Baker and Elizabeth Kind
Howard Atkins, the chief financial officer of Wells Fargo, is considering issuing $3 billion in convertible debt. With an investment-grade credit rating, Wells Fargo is not the typical issuer of convertible securities, but the market conditions in 2003 are unusual....
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Keywords:
Capital Structure;
Financial Institutions;
Banks and Banking;
Debt Securities;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Strategy;
Banking Industry
Baker, Malcolm P., and Elizabeth Kind. "Wells Fargo Convertible Bonds." Harvard Business School Case 206-022, March 2006.
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Michael Chu
Chu's research is focused on business and low income sectors, particularly in the use of commercial platforms to deliver what has traditionally been considered public responsibilities. In the last three decades, business models have emerged to meet the underserved...
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Keywords:
Impact Investing;
Microfinance;
Base Of The Pyramid;
Role Of Profit And Social Impact;
Private Sector Development;
Emerging Markets;
Business Ventures;
Health Care and Treatment;
Management;
Social Enterprise;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
Health Industry;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
Asia;
Africa
- 2016
- Working Paper
Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance Against Elite Betrayal
By: Rafael Di Tella and Julio J. Rotemberg
We present a simple model of populism as the rejection of “disloyal” leaders. We show that adding the assumption that people are worse off when they experience low income as a result of leader betrayal (than when it is the result of bad luck) to a simple voter choice...
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Keywords:
Corruption;
Betrayal;
Populism;
Incompetence;
Literacy;
Crime and Corruption;
Income;
Ethics;
Political Elections;
Race;
Residency
Di Tella, Rafael, and Julio J. Rotemberg. "Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance Against Elite Betrayal." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-056, December 2016.
- January 2009 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures Trading
By: David A. Moss and Eugene Kintgen
In 1730, Japanese merchants petitioned shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune to officially authorize trade in rice futures at the Dojima Exchange, the world's first organized (but unsanctioned) futures market. For many years, the Japanese government had prohibited the trade of...
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Keywords:
Futures and Commodity Futures;
Price;
Food;
Business History;
Market Transactions;
Business and Government Relations;
Japan
Moss, David A., and Eugene Kintgen. "The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures Trading." Harvard Business School Case 709-044, January 2009. (Revised November 2010.)
- May 2008
- Article
Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation
By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych
We examine the empirical role of different explanations for the lack of capital flows from rich to poor countries—the "Lucas Paradox." The theoretical explanations include cross country differences in fundamentals affecting productivity and capital market...
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Keywords:
International Finance;
Wealth and Poverty;
Development Economics;
Income;
Capital Markets;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Australia;
Peru
Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych. "Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? An Empirical Investigation." Review of Economics and Statistics 90, no. 2 (May 2008): 347–368.
- 01 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Hurry Up and Wait: Differential Impacts of Congestion, Bottleneck Pressure, and Predictability on Patient Length of Stay
- 10 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
self-employment incomes in both high and low capital industries are falling sharply compared with the wages that organizations pay workers, according to the researchers. Their data came from a number of...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- 2013
- Working Paper
How Does Risk Management Influence Production Decisions? Evidence from a Field Experiment
By: Shawn Cole, Xavier Gine and James Vickery
Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to study how an innovative rainfall insurance product affects production decisions. We find that...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Production;
Weather;
Insurance;
Emerging Markets;
Agribusiness;
Insurance Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
India
Cole, Shawn, Xavier Gine, and James Vickery. "How Does Risk Management Influence Production Decisions? Evidence from a Field Experiment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-080, March 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
- 19 Jul 2018
- News
Why Don’t We Always Vote in Our Own Self-Interest?
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Grace Sza-Hua Chen and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and addressed a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from his years in investment banking. His nonprofit was called 13th Avenue...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Higher Education;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Leading Change;
Education Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Grace Sza-Hua Chen, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-049, 2015. (Advanced Leadership Pathways.)
- Article
Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance against Elite Betrayal
By: Rafael Di Tella and Julio J. Rotemberg
We present a simple model of populism as the rejection of “disloyal” leaders. We show that adding the assumption that people are worse off when they experience low income as a result of leader betrayal (than when it is the result of bad luck) to a simple voter choice...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Julio J. Rotemberg. "Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance against Elite Betrayal." Journal of Comparative Economics 46, no. 4 (December 2018): 988–1005.
- 26 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments
- April 2012
- Article
Bouncing Out of the Banking System: An Empirical Analysis of Involuntary Bank Account Closures
By: Dennis Campbell, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and Peter Tufano
Using a new database, we document the factors that relate to the extent of involuntary consumer bank account closure resulting from excessive overdraft activity. Consumers who have accounts involuntarily closed for overdraft activity may have limited or no access to...
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Keywords:
Mathematical Methods;
Customers;
Social Issues;
Outcome or Result;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Competition;
Banks and Banking;
Policy;
Personal Characteristics;
Credit;
Employment;
United States
Campbell, Dennis, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, and Peter Tufano. "Bouncing Out of the Banking System: An Empirical Analysis of Involuntary Bank Account Closures." Journal of Banking & Finance 36, no. 4 (April 2012): 1224–1235.
- 2012
- Case
Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Olivia Leskinen
Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)
2009 AL Fellow
Bob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and seemed to address a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Entrepreneurs;
Leadership Skills;
Student Loan Crisis;
Student Loans;
Students;
Low-income;
Postsecondary Education;
Debt-free;
Income-share Agreements;
ISA;
College;
Master’s Degree;
Google;
Purdue Research Foundation;
Kanter’s Law;
Elida Gonzalez;
13th Avenue;
Ed Lowry;
Flexibility;
National Student Debt Jubilee Project;
Fundraising;
Difficult Middles;
Investing In Student Success Act Of 2014;
State Engagement;
State Level;
Pay It Forward;
Student Movement;
Tuition;
Financing College;
Change Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Education;
Higher Education;
Financing and Loans;
Social Enterprise
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Olivia Leskinen. "Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 313-009, 2012. (Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 01 Dec 2020
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?
economic equality fosters economic growth, primarily by encouraging consumption among people who spend a lot and invest modestly. For example, the study concludes that the US pays handsomely for the low growth that comes with View Details
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by James Heskett
- 17 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India
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by Lakshmi Iyer & Petia Topalova
- February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance
By: Michael Chu and Gustavo A. Herrero
Mibanco, Peru's leading microfinance bank, faces intense competition as the banking industry rushes into low income segments. Companion video clips bring into the classroom the contemporary reality of a world-class microfinance institution, where the unpaved streets...
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Keywords:
Microfinance;
Profit;
Business History;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Operations;
Performance;
Competition;
Banking Industry;
Peru
Chu, Michael, and Gustavo A. Herrero. "Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance." Harvard Business School Case 309-095, February 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- June 2012
- Teaching Note
Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Deishin Lee
This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production. The (A) case focuses on the operational characteristics of organic waste recycling with energy recovery, and the characteristics of...
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