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A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025) - 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 Women Geographies Geographies... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
welfare was not unique to the United States. Indeed, U.S. charitable lending institutions that emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century were modeled in part on older French financial institutions. Three historical factors drove... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
from Colombia) and against the new Panamanian government (to get a better deal for the Panama Canal). The Colombians wanted to hold out until 1904 to make a deal with the United States to build a canal. The reason was that the properties of the failed View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research
Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies,... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Ashley Forystek Positive Pathways Transition Center Orlando, FL MA Pamela Foss Danvers High School Danvers, MA Subjects: American Studies UT Paula Franklin West High School Salt Lake City, UT CO Tom Frasier Greeley Central High School... View Details
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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade
opened treaty ports. “Canton had been bombarded by the English and French forces . . . and the old factories, the scene of so much interest and happiness, were destroyed forever,” John Heard remembered of the aftermath of the Opium War.... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS
Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting
studying French at the Université Paris-Sorbonne, Nneka moved to the United States to begin her career as a Process Engineer at Shell. Coming from an oil-rich economy, Nneka was interested in the oil and gas industry, and was drawn to... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Standard Bank Group. (You can read more about Williams’s work with NBA Africa in this recent article from the HBS Alumni Bulletin.) The panel was moderated by Naana Winful Fynn (MBA 2004), a former investment banker with Goldman Sachs,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
activities during the 2022–2023 academic year, from developing cases to convening thought leaders to conducting business history interviews. AFRICA RESEARCH CENTER (Johannesburg; offices in Nairobi and Lagos) Addressing some of society’s... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Past Issues - Alumni
and social change, NBA Africa is shooting for a continental shift in basketball Singing to the Corn Taylor Keen’s Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can protect the planet’s soil—one garden at a time... View Details
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Robert Higgins | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United Bank for... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
John Ikeda, HKS Manoah Koletty, HKS Mustafa Khalifeh Social Enterprise Track Winner Innovative consumer finance for the base of the pyramid. WAVE Hospitality Academy Misan Rewane, HBS Karan Chopra, HBS Navid Rahimi, HBS Bryan Mezue, HBS Social Enterprise Track... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
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Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
West Point days, entered the military, “it was because we wanted to be part of something greater than ourselves,” says Jung, who was a member of a unit responsible for clearing bombs while deployed in Afghanistan. She explains that she... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Events - Business History
by refreshments New location: Chao Center, Room 120 Nov 18 18 Nov 2019 Business History Seminar Statoil and the Revival of State-owned Companies in Norway, 1970s - Present Einar Lie, University of Oslo Nov 4 04 Nov 2019 Business History Seminar The Company's Two... View Details
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- 22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
growth, Nneka felt she could make a significant impact at home. After obtaining her degree in chemical engineering in London and studying French at the Université Paris-Sorbonne, Nneka moved to the United States to begin her career as a... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
permitted to seek diversification opportunities beyond West Africa by buying all manner of businesses in Europe. There had been major progress at cutting costs, but less in creating an atmosphere for more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
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Participating Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
(Jeddah) Serbia FEFA- Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration (Beograd) South Africa Gordon Institute of Business Science (Johannesburg) South Korea Solbridge International School of Business (Daejeon) Spain Orkestra-Basque... View Details