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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
2,000 conventional ventilators for a population of 210 million people. “When ventilator shortages became an issue in the United States, we knew we had a proven product that could help,” says Gupta. The company moved quickly to establish a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
to independent directors. First, public companies need to consider a different population of directors to include the large pool of former executives and successful entrepreneurs who have stepped down after decades of accomplishment and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
inefficiently — amounts that far exceed residential and personal use. And with the global population skyrocketing, the demand for water to sustain, feed, and employ the world’s people is projected to double by 2025. By that date, nearly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
appeared more similar to India’s and a more logical move than expansion into so many disparate African countries. Mittal begs to differ: “Africa’s improving political climate, encouraging social and economic development indicators, and a large, youthful View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
recruiter from Chapman Partnership called. The homeless-services nonprofit was looking for a CEO. Chapman Partnership has provided shelter and other resources to the unhoused population of Miami-Dade County, Florida, since 1995. The... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
of the population is prospering, but we need a model that benefits Mexico's 95 million people. How does Mexico's stability affect emigration to the United States? Economic instability and unemployment drive Mexicans to the States - to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
(dot-org) WEBSEs populate e-philanthropy, Austin found that dot-coms dominate. They can more readily attract the venture capital and technical talent vital to Internet companies. “Imagine a start-up dot-org asking a major foundation for... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
“It seems to me that we are now economically and socially divided and burdened in ways that are broadly analogous to 1937. During such times, conflicts (both internal and external) increase, populism emerges, democracies are threatened... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
Scott Royster (MBA 1992) cofounded Maarifa Education to help provide high-quality schooling for Africans. “In Africa, roughly 5 percent of the population has completed university. We want to be part of the catalyst of taking that to 20,... View Details
- 07 Jan 2020
- News
Models of Success
For Rebecca Feickert (MBA 2018), who grew up in the town of Goodrich, North Dakota, population 126, basketball was a stepping stone to success in the wider world. The skills she had honed playing against the boys in her hometown earned... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBSAA of Israel Sponsors Middle East Outreach
population of just six million, Israel now has more stocks listed on the Nasdaq than any other country except the United States and Canada. And as the peace process continues, business opportunities in the Middle East are expanding." To... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Just Breathe
found the murder of an unarmed Black person at the hands of the police was linked to poor mental health in the Black population of the state where it occurred for three months. I started my career in financial services and worked at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
state is going to have to do a better job of dealing with diversity, whether it happens to be with its own Kurdish population or with new Arab migrants or with refugees who plan to settle. Since the Syrian crisis you see a lot of debate... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004)
50 percent of our population right now is under the age of 30. If these young people are given the opportunities to channel their energy and creativity properly, I believe Nigeria will become a world leader within the next two decades. View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
head — incurred from Pop Warner through the NFL — have rocked the sport. (One telling statistic: NFL veterans can expect much shorter lives than the male population at large.) Many other contact sports — boxing, ice hockey, soccer,... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
the fields and on farms gathering the cherries and the vegetables and the fruits, all up and down the state.” LEDA was established to help people understand that the populations are shifting and that they need to be more accepting and... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
evaluate program implementation. Which schools needed more teachers? Where did new buildings and other infrastructure need to be built? And most important, Paul says, “How could learning levels be maintained and enhanced even while the student View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
financial valuation just like one would as a venture capitalist, but there’s an overlay of impact. And what I define as impact is that the companies we invest in are focused on providing products and services to underserved populations in... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Last July, the Alumni Board identified three issues of concern to both alumni and the School: continuing education, marketing HBS programs and other services to alumni, and club operations. The goal of the Board is to serve as the voice of the greater alumni View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
students during a talk titled “A Change in Business Climate” presented in Burden Auditorium in December. Gore explained that the population explosion, coupled with the revolutions in science and technology, have greatly magnified the... View Details