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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
many households, the most important symbol of their place and economic possibilities was where they lived. Before World War II, about 40 percent of families owned their own home. In 1970, a firm majority — 62 percent — did. By the late... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
pretty used to explaining what it takes to decarbonize the atmosphere. The basic science has been understood for nearly a century and the first movers in the sector got their start more than a decade ago. But the process is still a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
presides over the epicenter of Athens—looking out over Hellenic Parliament on one corner and Syntagma Square on the other—has been witnessing the capital’s highs and lows since 1842. Protesters took hammers to the hotel’s white marble steps in 2015 and hurled hunks of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Global e-Business Leader at Braxton, formerly Deloitte Consulting) urge managers to think as though they were settlers of a new business frontier that has been carved out by forces such as technology, societal change, political strife, and View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
whether through the private sector or the public sector, you have to worry that people might get the wrong incentives. Those who are relieved of risk may decide to take on more risk,” he explained. Likewise, when government manages risks,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
to 9/11/01. More than three thousand people from eighty countries perish on a single day in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. On the heels of that horrific tragedy, this year's subsequent business headlines have been dominated by news of an View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
action,” she adds. Of course, many alums will continue to follow the more traditional path of doing well professionally before taking up social entrepreneurship in later life. A generation of economic prosperity has made it possible for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
connectors. China, which outstrips both Europe and the United States in terms of EV adoption, wants to put 3 to 5 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020. China’s central government has also opened the state-run power sector to... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
and ultimately settling in the Chicago area. Over his 25 years in ministry, his business training and experience have been invaluable tools to help him connect with parishioners “facing moral and ethical dilemmas in the marketplace.” After the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
problem. Despite that, although we all share this resource, we don’t respect its value and its use. Everybody believes unlimited access to water is their God-given right, and that plays out in its use and abuse.” There is a nexus of food, energy, and water, Fisher... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
the same type of work he had done at New Orleans & Company, an economic development corporation, the summer between his two years at HBS. Bagala was able to take that summer job because of the Social Enterprise Fellowship he received from... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
inflicted on the city's surviving population. The study calculates that over the next two years, New York City will suffer $30 billion in capital losses, $14 billion in cleanup costs, and $30 billion in lost economic output. The tourism,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
the subculture of competitive gaming and its economic potential came fully into view—first in South Korea. The country’s well-developed internet infrastructure had birthed a vibrant gaming community, and with support from the government... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
alumni, the pledge asks business leaders to promise that they will pursue anti-racist initiatives in the areas of policing reform; safe ballot access and civic participation; and economic inclusion. Among the alumni authors of the pledge... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
participating school district. Public education is thus able to benefit from corporate America's annual $150 billion in advertising expenditures. It's a positive marriage of the corporate sector and public education." DEALS DONE: CVS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
planning and implementation for a 15-year, $40 billion initiative with the goal of creating sustainable development and economic revitalization for Colombo and its surrounding provinces, population 5.8 million. It’s why he has returned to... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
released. DM: Capturing, transporting, sequestering, reuse: It's a complex economic ecosystem, and each part is dependent on the other. But Matheson says the energy in the sector is promising. JM: It's a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
to unplug. Decker Susan Decker (MBA ’86) came straight to HBS from Tufts University, where she majored in economics and computer science. As an analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Decker covered Yahoo!, a company she would join as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
humor Professor Sahlman and sign up for his adventurous new course. Wouldn’t they? Sahlman believed he had a conceptual structure for the course that might protect him from the dreaded Onion Outcome. “My goal from the beginning,” he recalls, “was not to dump all of the... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)