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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
academic freedom—the opportunity to focus on big ideas without the distraction of grant writing—is also a competitive advantage in recruiting faculty. Consequently, our work is pathbreaking and has impact on both practice and management... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
greater incentive to participate and contribute. David and Jen’s other crucial decision was to cede control to MSK without condition and with only a rough blueprint for the next few years in place. The no-strings-attached arrangement View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
internet today,” Ricotta observes. Given the promise of secure satellite-to-ground communications, the US government is among those that are eager to see this realized. Aliro has received grants from the US Air Force Research Laboratory... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
what benefits did they get? And then the even bigger question beyond cost efficiency and effectiveness is, what impact did the organization have? Granted it is very complex to get all the way to that level, but even signposts along the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
experts granted the privilege of sharing her knowledge, Henderson used her time, she says, "to tell him everything I know about business, energy, and the environment." Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor and... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
more than those of Jefferson and Madison, and that is what later made him so useful, so nearly indispensable, to the Virginians and the Republican Party. There had been banks in Geneva for more than a century before Gallatin emigrated, and he took their existence for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Perception versus Reality
rubbed off on the School, which set a speed record in approving the trio’s proposal for a pilot program to sprinkle $50,000 in seed money on student start-ups. The Minimum Viable Product Fund, dubbed MVP, attracted 88 teams vying for support; 9 won View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
difficult to navigate, even for those who are highly educated and trying to do as much research and reading as possible. But what we each can empower ourselves with, whether we are a caregiver or a patient, is the ability to try to question everything and not take it... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
baseball and football first faced in the late 1800s; more contemporary models are extreme sports and professional poker, but neither was digital-first the way esports is. You can’t take anything for granted in this new world, Kennedy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
lot of money—we’ll bring this in at under $10 million, and that includes some reserve for the first several years of operation.” Funding came from private and public sources, including a grant from the National Endowment for the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
(SHE), and its first business, a Rwandan start-up that employs sixty women to manufacture and distribute low-cost sanitary pads. In recognition of her achievements, Scharpf in March was named the first HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellow and received a $25,000 View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
reading, writing, and math,” she explains. “I wanted to bring that idea to Ghana.” With the cooperation and input of local nongovernmental organizations and a $350,000 grant from the Danish government, Akinola collaborated with a teacher... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
side effects of the powerful drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS and TB. In February, DFA’s reach broadened when the Gates Foundation continued its support by awarding the group a $2.99 million grant to develop agricultural diagnostics for rural... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
sale of development rights, through the grant of a conservation easement, generates an early, partial return to Lyme Timber's investors while creating a permanent restriction against development. "Typically, it's public dollars that are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
toward the platforms that have the games they like and that appeal to them. That’s part of the reason Bond is so proud of being a part of launching the Developer Acceleration Program in 2023, which offers grants to smaller game developers... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
private investors, including Viana’s father-in-law, stepped forward with stakes of 100,000 and above. A regional grant available to Normandy businesses was good for 100,000. Finally, one bank did come around, loaning another 300,000. A... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
fifty, many with fewer than five) in dealing with landlords, grant applications, and city agencies(see sidebar on ReSTART volunteer, Nancy Taubenslag). These volunteer advocates also match businesses with donated goods and services, such... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
workers and laid out an expansion of the private sector that granted operating licenses for 201 jobs—everything from the highly specific “flower wreath arranger” and “Benny Moré Dance Team” to the more general “artisan” and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
awarded more than $35 million to 51 early-career researchers, making a long-term investment in the most promising scientists in the field. “The grants they provided are high-octane fuel,” says Dr. Mark Johnson, one of the early recipients... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
bronzes, and, yes, the glorious stone statuary of Cambodia. I also assisted young archaeologists with grant applications to preserve ancient kiln sites from the encroachment of developers’ bulldozers. We brought traditional Cambodian... View Details