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- 11 Jul 2012
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A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
Transparency, accountability, and local buy-in and commitment are key ingredients. “The MCC’s mission is to reduce poverty through economic growth, and it’s been very effective,” says Bloom, who has been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
students did just that when they traveled to New Orleans with the HBS Hurricane Relief Trek. Some students worked with Mayor Ray Nagin’s Bring New Orleans Back Commission, brainstorming economic development... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
prominence to the role of dynamic clusters as a key to regional and national economic success. He defines clusters as geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field. At the summit, Porter... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
When Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) first read of Amazon’s search for a second headquarters in the Wall Street Journal, he was certain the newspaper had made a typo. The online retailer couldn’t be talking about creating 50,000 jobs. Moret’s years in View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Presidential Adviser
When President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) went on the road in early January to promote his stalled economic policies, he was accompanied by his top economic adviser, Allan Hubbard (MBA ’72). It’s Hubbard’s job... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
eight years below the national average.) But with its manifold offerings and programs, all of which feed one another in ways both obvious and subtle, the school is a model for a radically diverse approach to economic View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
newly opened facility to accommodate its vaccine development work, and CEO Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000, AMP 170) welcomed input on the design from the government’s infectious disease experts. For two years, Moderna had been working closely... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
A Whole New Game
After leading a group of investors to purchase the Sacramento Kings in 2013, Vivek Ranadivé (MBA 1983) partnered with local government in California’s capital to open a new arena and 1-million-square-foot mixed-use View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
level," notes Ebrahim. "It doesn't disappear into other government agencies. The reasoning is that you can't achieve results without an accountable, locally embedded authority directly championed by the country's executive leadership. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Street Journal Rank out of 500,000 Candidates in India's Civil Service Exam: 1 Research Interests: disruptive technologies, investment climate, competitiveness and development Recent Honor: named one of the World View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
seeds of entrepreneurship among rural youth in America's heartland. Schultz is the founder and CEO of Agracel, an industrial development firm that focuses on rural America. Since 1986, Agracel, based in Effingham, Illinois, has completed... View Details
- 15 Mar 2022
- News
History’s Future
that will balance the demands of a rapidly growing tourism industry with a commitment to environmental sustainability and inclusive growth. That means both a commitment to preserving the region’s environment and to supporting the local... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
(MBA 2007). Mobius’s founder, British entrepreneur Joel Jackson, moved to rural Kenya to work in a micro-forestry enterprise in 2009. During his field visits, he encountered the problem of expensive secondhand vehicles, many of them sedans ill-equipped to handle View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
world's largest producers of milk. These days, Goldberg has witnessed a resurgence of interest in agricultural entrepreneurship at HBS and elsewhere. "The students have rediscovered food, agriculture, and economic 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... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
Many observers say that job creation is the key to economic recovery in the United States. Can government investments in entrepreneurial ventures succeed in creating jobs? A number of variables need to come together to make it happen.... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- News
Shedding light on business issues and opportunities in Asia
Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong from 2005 until 2014, Chen facilitated the creation of numerous cases by providing HBS faculty with insights about how businesses operate in this economically important region and helping to... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
provided funds to help develop food system plans across New England and is supporting programs in high-impact regions—Greater Boston, the Connecticut River Valley along Interstate 91, and the state of Rhode Island—that are leading the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Wide Angle
Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What can historical economic recoveries teach us about our current crisis? One of the things that makes the pandemic so tricky is that there is no... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
News in the News Biz
Professor Joseph Bower brought his expertise in management and economics to the newspaper trade in an article titled “News Is Strategic in the Newspaper Business,” which appeared in last fall's issue of Nieman Reports. “If the... View Details