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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
business. What do you think of the Obama administration’s approach to funding clean-tech innovation and job creation? The administration deserves credit for understanding that innovation and funding for research are vital to the economy. Obviously there are View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
her part, from her Khartoum office, Van Gerpen manages a staff of about 170 people and a budget of approximately $35 million. UNICEF is funded by governments — 64 percent of its total income in 2001 — and contributions from individuals,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
is to know that your work benefits hundreds and thousands of people, especially those who are most underrepresented,” he says. Matt Segneri (MBA 2010) had the opportunity as a fellow to work in all areas of city government from civic engagement and View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
societal progress by creating jobs, investing in communities, and bringing the world much-needed products and services. "In an era of budget austerity and political gridlock, business is called on to play a larger role in providing social... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
and for investors, who’ve sent water-related stocks soaring 113 percent over the last five years. As replacement costs for old facilities and equipment combine with increasingly stringent and expensive regulations, more and more communities are also contending with... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
making the budgets available. Then, beyond that, the private sector can play a really important role. There are a number of companies in India where there’s a mandate to set aside 2 percent of profits for corporate social responsibility.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
PELP'S REACH 1.5M K–12 Students Represented by Participating School Districts 440 Individual Participants 14 States and Provinces Represented $32.7B Combined Annual Budgets of Participating School Districts Scaling Up As PELP moves... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
The second 90 percent that we are ignoring is the true cost of operating our buildings: the people inside. Most companies spend as much as 90 percent of their budgets on human resources, a figure largely driven by their salaries and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
Chicago, the British Library, Catholic Charities USA, Fundación Paraguaya, Goodwill Industries International, the Humane Society of the United States, and Musica Viva Australia. In any given year, about half of SPNM participants represent organizations with annual... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
stood at a crossroads. It was, by any measure, the preeminent business school in the world. Indisputably, it was the largest, in terms of MBA enrollment, size of faculty, endowment, and operating budget. Its research budget alone — some... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
Roshan human resources director, receives frequent death threats via letters delivered to her home, email, and text messages. (Ten percent of Roshan’s operating budget is devoted to security, which includes 500 full-time guards.) In the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
analyze budgets for HLW's dozens of programs. She also created a revenue-forecasting model for its residential services. "Finance is an area that interests me no matter what sector I go into, so it was a good way to get direct, hands-on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Pledge of Allegiance
pledge never to raise taxes, even as budget deficits soar. According to the Financial Times (November 21, 2011), Norquist believes the pledge makes Republicans more credible with their constituents. “The pledge is useful,” Norquist said.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Research Available on World Wide Web
history of American business? These are among the many topics currently being explored by HBS faculty and research assistants. Each year, more than 40 percent of the faculty's time and 30 percent of the School's total budget are devoted... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
FAQ
in the sample budget below, students contribute an amount that HBS calculates by taking into account their prior years’ salary and spouse’s salary, if married, as well as their personal assets, including real estate, investments, and... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple
military, and consulting settings, Huckman has backed intuition with hard data. In a software services firm, for example, he found that when familiarity increased by 50 percent, defects decreased by 19 percent and deviations from budget... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Comeback Trail
economy are rebounding in fits and starts, the Congressional Budget Office estimated in July that the pandemic’s impact would last a decade and cost the US economy $16 trillion. To better understand how to approach an economic recovery of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Bottom-Line Beauty
www.bluemercury.com. With a $60,000 budget for the first six months of operation, Malcolm kept a tight rein on unnecessary expenditures, choosing low-cost eMachines over standard desktop computers for her employees' relatively light... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From observers to active participants in the global economy
reduce poverty through economic growth, and it’s been very effective,” says Bloom. The US agency, now with an annual budget of about $900 million, has committed more than $10 billion to projects in developing countries that meet a variety... View Details