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- 17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good
people across the world access to affordable financial services. Dyer says the United Nations has identified digital financial inclusion as a key catalyst for global sustainable development goals, and her aspiration is that Millicent,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
at the Harvard Institute for International Development, gave the keynote address. He noted that between 1986 and 1990 alone, some sixty thousand middle and high-level African managers left their countries of origin. To remedy this "hemorrhaging," Botchwey said, African... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
A Pioneer of Affordable Housing
by rehabilitating historic structures in towns and cities in the Midwest. Its work has received numerous state, local, and national awards, including two from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs by Linda J. Bilmes (MBA 1984) Routledge In Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs, author Linda J. Bilmes develops a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
Seldom, if ever, has global competition been so glamorous, or so passionately beheld. At soccer's World Cup in France this summer, hundreds of thousands of spectators and a cumulative TV audience of 37 billion cheered and wept as 32 View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
to clean oil spills Bickley Stevens II (MBA 1969) Stevens Capital Advisors Cambridge, Massachusetts Advisory and investment banking services to clean-technology companies and investors Alexander Taussig (MBA... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
Like any private equity firm, The Lyme Timber Company seeks attractive financial returns for its investors. But Jim Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing director at Lyme, considers a second audience—the public—when making decisions about his... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
trusting atmosphere with decentralized decision-making." In the initial study, Deshpandé and his colleagues found significant differences in the way companies operated from one nation to another. "But a more... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
the nation and has more urgently enabled providers to move to other geographies to offer support during the surge. My guess is that some, perhaps even all, of this easing of regulation is temporary. But to the extent that it remains in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
the New England power industry, where he played a key role in building a start-up company into a $300 million energy marketing enterprise. Seeds of Success When he rejoined Outward Bound full time at Thompson Island in 2005, Pearson... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
technology. (The company also has deals with the Erie BayHawks, a National Basketball Hall of Fame and minor league NBA team.) Using your phone, you can home in on a geographic beacon like the pitcher’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
That distinction more likely belongs to Uber and Netflix, Yoffie notes. Uber could never have existed in a 3G world, and ubiquitous mobile video was impossible before 4G. The real winners are the companies that figured out how to do... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Mom Corps
O'KELLY AND KIDS: An idea grows up. As a new mom doing freelance CPA work, Allison Karl O’Kelly (MBA ’99) had an idea for a start-up. The result is Mom Corps, which connects companies looking for top-tier, experienced talent with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
firms in the US, why have only 140 companies been able to exceed the $100 million mark? What do these firms do differently from the rest? Do they have a better strategy or talent? Are they simply beneficiaries of good fortune? While each... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder
When she became a new mom, Allison O’Kelly (MBA 1999) wanted to have more flexibility in her life, and realized that other parents did as well. As founder and CEO of Mom Corps, O’Kelly turned a personal challenge into a profession. As a mom of three boys, she leads a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
released in theaters nationally September 16. “Many of the patterns and issues that existed before the bailout are still present today,” says Burke, who was born outside Detroit in Pontiac. “We think it’s important for people to be better... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
first of four sons born to Larry and his wife, Billie. The firm is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the United States, with interests in commercial insurance, offshore drilling, oil and... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
Food Rescue Is on a Mission
trust. With 40 million meals under its belt, the national nonprofit is seeking ways to ensure its own sustainability, including a social venture called the Ugly Juice Van, which sells juices and smoothies at farmers’ markets around the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
biology and chemistry to prepare for a career related to helping the environment. An introductory course in economics changed all that. "I realized that economic issues drove many of the decisions companies made regarding environmentalism... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
edition of Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. This highly acclaimed, landmark work introduced a framework that would help companies achieve global-scale efficiency, respond flexibly to View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry