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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
Kenyan coffee farm. The price of coffee beans on the global market is under $1 a pound, while the actual cost to produce that pound is between $1.62 and $2. The coffee farms are profitable only when they rely on free labor, typically from... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
“You meet people from very different backgrounds. It actually does broaden your horizon and gives you free time to think about all the interactions you’re having, all the ideas.” During his first year at HBS, Motte-Munoz noticed articles... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
public-private partnership between the state government and for-profit developers. The goal is to transform Dharavi into a neighborhood offering desirable, market-rate residential and commercial real estate while providing its longtime residents with View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
LME Fund Makes HBS Dreams a Reality
early 1980s, needy students typically got loans through banks. But too often that financial burden compelled them to take only high-paying jobs upon graduation. The fellowships free them from that constraint; the students who have enjoyed... View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
global warming was a looming catastrophe. Lo and behold, here we are in 2008: war in oil-rich Iraq, $4 a gallon gasoline, an economy in free fall, and melting ice caps. On the economic front, the recent 500-point drop in the Dow in one... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
(www.alumni.hbs.edu) and in the Bulletin, we will use subsequent issues of the magazine to profile new members of the Board. Please feel free to contact us with your thoughts or recommendations. Our goal is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Managing the Map
We are at the dawn of a new epoch in the world of science, one that will cast strong light on a unique corner of the biotechnology field known as genomics. The designation refers to the study of genes, those chemical building blocks of... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
the scope of Khan Academy around, you know, how can you organize pandemic schooling if your school district hasn’t figured out how to do this well yet? JH: Khan says that in the recovery phase that we’re undergoing now, tools like Khan Academy View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
probability of being the wrong decision. If you can apply some data, you will heighten your probability of making a better decision." Howe isn't speaking theoretically. Today companies like his can capture, store, and analyze massive data... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
struggling artist not looking to add expenses. Instead, Gandhi says that many artists just choose to release their music through SoundCloud, which is free but only offers exposure through the one, very cluttered platform. Gandhi opted to... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
Spar also turned to history for context. Advancing themes from her book Ruling the Waves, Spar illustrated how recent revolutionary technological developments in fact can be seen as replays of past situations where pioneers of free... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
longer-term kids have returned to say “thank you.” We still consider one boy — now a man — part of the family. In 2001, DD and I started thinking about the Peace Corps. Our children were grown, and we were free to do what we both had... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
guarantees that companies that come to Singapore will find a world-class infrastructure and a pro-business environment that features intellectual property rights protection and generous tax incentives. In Yeo's view, however, talent is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
How Much is Fair?
with 170,000 employees that’s critical to our national defense,” Tobias noted that description fits both the CEO of Boeing ($4 million annual salary, plus incentives compensation) and the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps ($169,860 annual salary). He acknowledged... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
the first of three visits to campus and the start of a very productive year of serving the School and their alumni constituents. This will be my first of two years as president of the Board, and I want to use these bimonthly columns in... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Alumni Career Services Update
they're amazed at the breadth of the School's career services for graduates." In addition to a twice-monthly Jobs newsletter, available by subscription or free to alumni on the Web, these services include: Access to a list of more than... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The latter will incorporate updates on School initiatives and provide hands-on training and resources for HBS volunteers. We are grateful to all volunteers- class correspondents, fund agents, club officers, reunion committee members, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
growth and sustainable development while respecting people, communities, and the planet,” says Yang. She is especially proud of an eco-industrial complex that Esquel is building in Guilin, China. The green complex will preserve the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
codes readable by smartphone cameras. The information encoded in the graphic will take your smartphone browser to a designated Web address. To access the bar-code information, first download free QR scanner... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
people to think about what they would want for their own biological child,” she says. “Ninety-eight percent of our students are minorities, eighty-nine percent qualify for free or reduced lunch, and eighty-four percent View Details