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- February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
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Sarvajal: Water for All
By: John D. Macomber and Mona Sinha
Entrepreneur wrestles with business model using SMS and RFID technology, franchising, and leasing to rapidly grow off-the-grid water purification business without subsidies. The company seeks to provide potable water services to rural and urban India where the public...
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Macomber, John D., and Mona Sinha. "Sarvajal: Water for All." Harvard Business School Case 211-028, February 2011. (Revised September 2013.)
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Successful Internship Matchmaking: “With Citadel, I could be myself.”
expectations. “I was a strategy consultant before I came to HBS,” says Sarah. “I thought this could be a great opportunity to apply my strategy experience to the role.” After an initial phone screening, Sarah visited Citadel in New York View Details
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Allen Yang
like for most people who live there. On our first day, we got a tour of the downtown city and of one of the townships, where we spent hours interviewing families. We asked about where they shopped, where they got water, what life was like...
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
was not un... SPNM Perspectives: Chienye Ogwo, Africa Initiative for Governance Chienye Ogwo 20 Dec 2018 Chienye Ogwo, the CEO of Africa Initiative for Governance in Nigeria, is a lifelong learner who a... Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC EDUCATION Online learning tailored to the skills gap of the unemployed Boston is an education mecca, but with the emergence of online education and MOOCs (massive open online courses), every city can boost its education...
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Prita Kumar
her first prototype. She followed that with a Rock Summer Fellowship for another $6000 to fund a summer in New York City working on the Booya idea. She came back to school and applied for a Dorm Room Fund grant and was awarded $20,000...
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- 03 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
HiHome Sweet HiHome
created a special concentration in housing and urban innovation at Harvard. He also co-founded BreakTime, a Boston nonprofit that provides career development for young adults experiencing homelessness. “I wanted to use housing and cities...
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- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
cities and regions fossil fuel free. Responding effectively to the challenge of climate change requires us to reinvent almost everything—from energy systems, to cities, food systems, transportation systems, supply chains, and how we think...
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2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats - MBA
the city or town in which they reside if they intend to possess firearms on non-University property, in order to assure strict compliance with the applicable statutes.
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
which offers low-income young adults training, mentorship, internships, and real jobs. Today, Year Up serves more than 1,300 students in nine cities across the nation. The book follows a Year Up class from admissions through graduation....
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- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
buildings 10 miles east of Mexico City that is populated by some of the country’s poorest citizens. Over the past two years, though, market days have been busier than normal at the store—all thanks to a little silver service booth just...
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- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
public school students from all over New York City would meet to discuss one or two works of art from the collection in depth. The conversation was moderated by a wonderful museum educator named Rika Burnham, who had a talent for allowing...
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- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
in New York City working as a healthcare consultant, and Wiegele, who spends his days working in product marketing for Hot Wheels in Los Angeles, credit their partnerships for allowing them the freedom to explore the creative side of this...
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- 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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- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
structured loans usually carry a few years of guaranteed low interest, which allows local governments to reduce the cost of their debt quickly and obviously. But after the honeymoon period, these loans end up carrying highly variable interest rates resulting from...
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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Chairman of Citi and Chairman of the Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory business. For thirteen years, McGuire was Citi’s Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking. McGuire has advised on transactions valued at over $750 billion....
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- 01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
districts, importing new structures and idealism to traditional schools or building an emerging form of charter—within a school district, but with autonomy in operations and curricula. Essentially, he'd be "restarting" the schools, changing the administration but...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
It’s just another picture-perfect day in downtown San Mateo, California, a city that walks the line between high-tech polish and down-home simplicity tucked between San Francisco and the heart of Silicon Valley. “When you’re starting a...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
difficulties of flying in a post-9/11 world. Long lines at security, delays, and meager service were the least of it. For many business travelers, getting from a big city to a smaller one was a tricky, time-consuming proposition, often...
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- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR
description when I started did not include the word “alumni.” Today alumni engagement is central to what we do. Starting in 2018, BEI organized seven regional alumni events in cities around the country, each tailored to the specific risks...
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