Population Growth - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

solutions beneficial for the ’Base of the Pyramid’ the two-thirds of the world’s population who live on less than two dollars a day,” he says. “The experience had opened my eyes to the power of applying business skills to socially... View Details

Keywords: Technology

28 Sep 2021
News

Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students

China, saw how social e-commerce operated there, and identified an opportunity to bring a similar model to Latin America. “In Latin America, only 6 percent of the population buys online, and as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic,... View Details

Keywords: Becca Carnahan

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

leaders, "overshooting is always inconceivable, and overshooting always happens," Christensen said. Once disruption takes hold, it typically enables a larger population of less-skilled or less affluent people to do things in a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

increase in revenue for established schools whereas invitations to prestigious postseason bowl games play a big part for less-established schools. Furthermore, we find that student population and education quality dissipate the effect of... View Details

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

United States began to use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. The emergence of the synthetic dye industry paralleled the growth of mass production and mass marketing in the American food... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

University. In the United States, the immigration of skilled workers is particularly prevalent among firms in the technology fields. In 2008, immigrants represented 16 percent of the US workforce with a bachelor's education, and they accounted for 29 percent of the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Computer; Financial Services

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

human) disaster risk, response, and recovery preparation. B: Basic Resources. There is massive growth in urban populations as hundreds of millions of people move to cities seeking opportunity (UNPD).... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

growth and with the top tiers in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only... View Details

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

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

constructively replicate and extend these findings with a supplemental analysis of a second sample, the full population of new nonprofit organizations founded during a two-year period in the United States (n = 31,160). By highlighting how... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives

on women’s health in Mexico? In Mexico, 50% of health care spending is out of pocket, and the government system is underfunded and at overcapacity. Only 8% of the population can afford insurance. There are many tech-enabled startups... View Details

30 Sep 2014
News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

everyone is trying to reach the same goal, but contributing in different ways, or if you’re trying to make a transaction with another company, inevitably the process works,” says Callahan. That approach plays out every day that Sail to Prevail takes its diverse View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

groups such as Boko Haram, which at least promise something to eat. Kola Masha Managing Director, Doreo Partners Masha's Babban Gona system turns subsistence farmers into commercial growers using a franchise model that provides everything from seeds to loans.... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

stocks: stocks of large, mature, low-volatility, profitable, dividend-paying firms that are neither high growth nor distressed. Variables derived from the yield curve that are already known to predict returns on bonds also predict returns... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

significant population of lower-skilled, lower educational-attainment workers out there, many who speak English as a second language, who have worked in service industries that have been very, very badly damaged by COVID. They’re going to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

more densely populated places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City for the countryside early in the pandemic. Some purchased or rented a second house; some stayed at their weekend getaway or decamped to a family retreat. And... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

that want to add simple text incentives to customers, for example, or for self-employed entrepreneurs who want to save, but lack the time or inclination to attend meetings. And cell phones are a simple way to reach many people. "Given the astonishing View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

hosted the event. Are Wireless "hot Spots" Potentially Hot Markets? Hot spots are pockets of wireless access points that increasingly populate airports, coffee shops, corporate campuses, public transportation, and even homes.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

At the end of the nineteenth century, Argentina was one of the great economic powers in the world—capitalizing on exports of beef and wheat to be a leader in the first wave of globalization. Neighboring Chile was poised for tremendous View Details