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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Ghana

lifestyles and the name of your GEO country (or Mobile and the name of the country) to locate. EMIS Useful for: emerging... View Details

05 May 2020
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“Walking a Tightrope”

In this episode of Skydeck, contributor April White speaks to WuDunn about what led to the fragile economic conditions of blue-collar America, what solutions are being developed to address those issues, and how the current COVID-19 crisis... View Details

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle

technological innovations and the development of regional agglomerations. While the increase in innovative outputs can be seen through several measures, probably the clearest indication is in the extent of patenting. Patent applications... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner; Financial Services

01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor

day or less. The number of people living in poverty at the bottom of the wealth pyramid, versus the relative handful at the pyramid’s peak, represents what is potentially the most explosive socioeconomic challenge facing the world. Now, with markets in the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jan 2017
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A Voice for Women Leaders

understand that, just like men, women are entitled to be leaders, and that this was a way to create a collective voice. “There are a number of reasons why we see more women leaders in other countries than we see in the United States.... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

said. The potential influence on drug development in particular, and medicine in general, is enormous, panelists agreed. Today's drugs can reach some 400 to 500 potential disease "targets" in the human body. With genomics, there... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Student Life | MBA

Student Life An Inside Look at How Student Life Unfolds Activities, Government & Clubs Community People Virtual Campus Tour A Residential Campus HBS is the only top business school in the country with a residential, self-contained campus.... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Sharing Knowledge of Innovation in India

Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) When Naveen Tewari (MBA 2005) arrived on campus in 2003, his native India had not yet become the economic powerhouse it is today, a fact reflected in the limited number of HBS cases with Indian protagonists. In just over a decade, the School... View Details

October 2010 (Revised July 2011)
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PrimedicProviding Primary Care in Mexico

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Regina Garcia-Cuellar and Lauren Sarah Margulies

Primedic is a Mexican start-up that aims to deliver affordable primary and preventative healthcare to those at the base of the economic pyramid. The company is about to exhaust its first round of venture capital funding and the business model has yet to gain traction.... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment; Social Enterprise; Health Industry; Mexico

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April 2009 (Revised May 2010)
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Partners In Health: HIV Care in Rwanda

By: Michael E. Porter, Scott S. Lee, Joseph Rhatigan and Jim Yong Kim

In 2005, Partners in Health (PIH) was invited by the Rwandan Ministry of Health to assume responsibility for the management of public health care in two rural districts in Eastern Rwanda and create an HIV treatment program at these sites. PIH successfully implemented a... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Health Industry; Rwanda

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29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

own a home was part of the psyche of just about everyone I studied, no matter where they lived. The only exception was a nomadic tribe in North Africa that noted that "homes were graveyards for the living." But every other culture and View Details

Keywords: Construction; Real Estate

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

involving fifteen federal agencies. In the private sector, Treadwell is chairman and CEO of Venture Ad Astra, which invests in and develops new geospatial and imaging technologies. “From 2007 to 2009, we are marking the International... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

18 Sep 2017
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Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context

continent and the trip allowed them to see the country from a local’s perspective. In my second year, I worked with classmates on projects ranging from solar energy in Kenya and Tanzania, to an economic View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Mara Aspinall

pharmaceutical companies focused their R&D on treatments for common illnesses — such as diabetes and high cholesterol — an approach that resulted in the development of blockbuster drugs. We now recognize that diseases are far more complex... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

arbitrariness of the set. Drawing on Gestalt psychology, we develop a conceptual account that predicts what will—and will not—act as a pseudo-set and defines the psychological process through which these pseudo-sets affect behavior,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

pavilions and exhibits clustered around the "Court of Peace" on the fairgrounds. Every major country was represented save Germany. New York's mayor, Fiorello H. La Guardia, had suggested in 1937 that a "Chamber of... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money

business, government, and the global economy. It saps the strength of people and institutions, especially in developing countries. Everyone’s against corruption, or so they claim. But virtually all countries... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Africa - Global Activities 2020

and then returned to their home country to work at Peak Investment Capital—a possibility enabled by the HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship (GO: Africa) they each received. Above all, they share a passion for wanting to build businesses in... View Details

30 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Cambridge to Nairobi

2010, and they had long been on my list of “dream companies to work for.” In the spring, I reached out to Ushahidi’s Business Development lead, interviewed, and received an offer. A few formals and five finals later, I found myself on a... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government; Technology

01 Mar 2011
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Faculty Books

Banking, and Mark Schanker-man draw on a large, new database (covering a range of countries in varying stages of development) to provide rigorous economic analysis and systematic economic evidence of the impact of open source software on... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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