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- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
million people living there in the region where they want to build a park. And so McKinsey went in, I led the team-- we went in to look at alternative ways to build economic-- sort of alternative economic livelihood for the local View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Walt Whitman termed “the pulse of the continent.” As the century drew to a close, railroads dominated both freight and passenger traffic over long distances. But in densely populated cities, horse-drawn streetcars were still the most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Pitchfork populism over the issue reached a crescendo last March when insurance conglomerate AIG, kept on life support with up to $183 billion in taxpayers’ cash, dished out bonuses totaling $165 million to 400 employees in the London... View Details
- 06 Nov 2020
- News
Signal Boost
organizations in western Michigan, sprang up when the area—once largely white—began to undergo a significant demographic change. Latino migrants and immigrants began to move into the area for agricultural jobs. “LEDA, initially, was established to get people to... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
leveraging existing technology and infrastructure to enhance the quality of early childhood education for disadvantaged kids. And while the state-run preschools and primary schools that serve this population may suffer in comparison with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
students in the MBA Program. In 1988, 16 percent of the HBS student population was international, a figure that had grown to 26 percent by 1997. "This year, by country count, we have the most diverse class in the School's history," Fadule... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS
translator, Wen stated that its “large population and underdevelopment are the two facts China has to face.” He portrayed his country not as an imminent international juggernaut but as a domestic work in progress. Stressing that “it is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
says by 2050, 68 percent of the world’s population will move into cities. So there’s a global trend towards urbanization. Does an effective remote work movement redefine that? How can this impact how we organize ourselves in general or in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
America the Unequal
equal outcomes: The 32 percent of the wealth they wanted the richest 20 percent to own also signified that they wanted the poorest 20 percent to own just over 10 percent of the wealth. At the same time, it is hard to imagine how a country in which the top 20 percent of... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
intellectual perspectives—political science, history, philosophy, anthropology, economics, and applied mathematics—to discuss how the two most populous societies in the world have addressed the issue of building meritocracy historically,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
unused in villages ravaged by disease, and boxes of mosquito nets that could slow the spread of malaria go unopened. The problem is that, sometimes, not enough attention is paid to what motivates the target population to use medicines or... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
only seventeen depository institutions to serve more than 600,000 residents. In that article, "Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City," the authors argued that inner-city populations... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
world’s least densely populated country. At A Glance Total Area: 1,564,116 sq. km. Population: 3,041,142 Per Capita GDP: $3,400 Oyunjargal Dashzeveg (AMP 171, 2006): MONGOLIA I’ve been the CEO of Mongol Post Bank since 1998, when it had... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
Alfaro, is more sanguine. She notes, "The Latin American population is young and optimistic. Despite the problem of income inequality, the potential is there. If the economies and the infrastructure continue to improve, and access to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
disparity between rural and urban populations widens. Wanda S. Tseng, deputy director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, offered an overview of Asia's current economic strengths and weaknesses. "There are no quick fixes," she... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
by minute. Take the matter of the city's schools, for example. "The initial reaction was to close them, but what's really best?" asks Lhota. "What do parents do if school is closed? Do we really want a million kids - the school population... View Details
- 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
- 17 Aug 2020
- News
Democratizing Medicine
professionals. “We launched RubiconMD in 2013 with the mission to democratize medical expertise so that all patient populations receive the care they need. Gil Addo and myself both were inspired by family experiences, where a relative,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
at a population level, exercise can actually make a bigger difference than antidepressants. That's kind of the reduction of negative mood, but it also boosts positive well-being. DM: This is what I've been trying to tell my wife for... View Details