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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
worked for the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Is the MCC development model an effective one? The MCC, a US agency established in 2004, is viewed by many as a success, in part because it aims to depoliticize aid. To be eligible for MCC... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
No sector of our economy is more in need of innovation than health care, yet its many regulations handcuff entrepreneurs. A consumer-driven health-care system will unlock these shackles to bring about a much-needed entrepreneurial revolution. Health care’s $2.2... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
"Effective use of the computer for segmentation and personalization has allowed organizations to increase dramatically their annual giving. In the years ahead, effective use of e-mail will again revolutionize how these organizations raise... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) “Everyone deserves a fair start regardless of their zip code,” says Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997). Reforming that start is what motivates her. “The effects of income disparity start early in our society, and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Johnson. Understanding College and University Organization: Theories for Effective Policy and Practice. 2 vols. by James L. Bess (MBA ’60) and Jay R. Dee (Stylus Publishing) The authors aim to show how college and university... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
companies expect only one or two hires to come out of the process. “Our team works hard to provide a seamless experience, and we manage all the logistics and details at no cost to the employer,” Fitzpatrick points out. On the student... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
information and financial and other intermediaries. How will the Asia-Pacific region benefit from the presence of the HBS research office? The intellectual capital created by the exchange of ideas and the study of Asian business practices will contribute toward the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
care by encouraging effective communication among care providers. In their working paper, "Networks and Organization Design: A Framework for Improving the Coordination of Patient Care," Gittell and Weiss argue that organization design... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
safe and effective vaccine. But the ultimate goal is even more ambitious than bringing an end to the current pandemic as quickly as possible. True success, say those involved, will be building the infrastructure necessary to prevent the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
opening several “desal” plants a year worldwide, costing up to $300 million each. “Seawater desalination provides the ultimate answer for water-supply problems because its source is effectively limitless,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
local politicians went all the way up to Washington, which imposed a series of trade barriers. The costs are borne by diffuse interests, including the consumer, who ends up paying higher prices. Illustrations by John Ritter How are trade... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
and what was once considered the province of nonprofit organizations are becoming increasingly blurred." Businesses, says Austin, are finding they can benefit in many ways by working to strengthen the communities in which they operate. And nonprofits are learning they... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
cost of living is much cheaper. I think from both the company’s perspective and the workers’ perspective, this could be a win-win. Some CFOs and workers will see that and that will make this a more permanent phenomenon or a trend. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
lot of young people experience between a very exciting digital reality and the dead world of the textbook.” Olson adds that most publishers are overpricing e-books, effectively subsidizing the declining business of print publishing. “The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
politics. "It had extremely high inflation rates and extremely low economic growth rates." But then two things happened, says Domínguez: First, the government began enacting serious reforms—the kind of fiscal and public policy changes that made for more View Details
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
access capital. “We wrote this case because it not only tells a particular story of two student leaders effecting change,” says Bussgang, a Senior Lecturer at HBS and managing partner at the VC firm, Flybridge. “But it also speaks to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
moving in a similar direction in collaboration with the late Fischer Black. Investors use derivatives to hedge their portfolios against the effects of sudden shifts in the market. Merton's work provides them with a formula for evaluating... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
it’s a balancing act? Yes, and it continues to this day. In the media industry, I think we’re seeing something like the Wal-Mart effect on small rural communities. Consumers love Wal-Mart’s low prices and its one-stop shopping. At the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
analysis at HBS. Since then, I have been a big advocate of this objective method of examining the potential benefits and costs of any decision." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "Seize the opportunity to live, work, or travel in Asia; that's... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
72, he was considering some “new directions” when President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) asked him to head the SEC, which was reeling from the resignation of its chairman and criticisms about its effectiveness in fighting corporate... View Details