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- 01 Oct 1997
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William K.L. Fung
skills to develop its infrastructure and revive heavy industry. "Guess who's going to be in there?" he says with a smile. "The guys who were sewing garments in Hong Kong in the 1970s will now be running steel plants in China." With the... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Kelp Is on the Way
experiment with seaweed and asked kelp farmers if he could buy some. “They said, ‘Sure, but what are you going to do with it?’ ” Perkins recalls. “Then I realized there was no infrastructure to store it or process it.” Further downstream,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
opportunities. Cities, the C40 says, offer three principal areas for such investment activity: increasing infrastructure energy efficiency, namely in buildings, lighting, and transportation systems; using resources more effectively, for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Managing Change
In his previous role in Executive Education, Narayandas oversaw a transformation of its portfolio of programs and the facilities and infrastructure that support it. “By fostering careful growth—including via blended programs that draw on... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Americans, perpetuating intergenerational income inequality. Companies should reflect on what their role should be. There are numerous instances of local activism by companies, particularly those in the infrastructure business, addressing... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
the efforts of current conference organizers as well as creating a sustainable infrastructure for future conferences. As I mentioned, the Global Alumni Conferences play a vital role in our continuing education mission. The conference... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
with a growing middle class in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. We hope to become the world's newest 'tiger states.' Bureaucracy and lack of appropriate infrastructure are challenges, but most African countries are now... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
one year he’s grown revenues by 44 percent and increased his customer base by 32 percent. No matter what kind of businesses we create or what kind of infrastructure is built, it can all be destroyed in the space of a few hours by a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
evaluate program implementation. Which schools needed more teachers? Where did new buildings and other infrastructure need to be built? And most important, Paul says, “How could learning levels be maintained and enhanced even while the... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
utility vehicles and tractors for the Indian market in the 1950s. Today, it is a $6.6 billion enterprise involved in many activities, including information technology, logistics, infrastructure development, and financial services, as well... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business
investment opportunities. "Investing in nature can produce very attractive business returns," said Tercek. "Compared with manmade solutions, natural infrastructure often works better, costs less, and appreciates in value over time. And it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
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Forward Thinking
conservation is development: As people build more subdivisions, industrial zones, and roads, and then surround it all with fencing, wild animals get entangled in the infrastructure and cut off from food and water sources. Last December,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
10.” In Peru, Anglo American recently reached agreement with local communities and government to establish a development fund and water infrastructure as part of the company’s Quellaveco copper mine project. This was achieved through a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
size is its strength.” The substantial financial resources at Monaco’s disposal are also an advantage, enabling major investments in technology and the infrastructure to support it. In 2019, the country had the second highest GDP per... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
state control to free enterprise in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe—more than 20 countries in all, including Zambia, Vietnam, and, most recently, Myanmar. “Reforming economic infrastructure and privatizing state corporations are rarely... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
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Net Gains
edge the Wizards. Tatum says that Brazil's pre–World Cup infrastructure investments have made the spread of the game a bit easier, but he's looking two years ahead for an even bigger push. "Basketball is a very established sport there,"... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
innovation and crisis. “Is there a structural relation between innovation and crisis? I think there has to be,” Merton said. Successful innovation will always outstrip the infrastructure to support it, at least for some considerable time.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses in emerging markets, and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
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Forward Thinking
deal to increase the amount of renewable energy powering its data centers. Such “power-purchase agreements,” Nussey says, are popular with the tech firms because they can advance their internal climate goals but leave the energy View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
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Leadership in the Digital Age
the Africa Research Center and Middle East and North Africa Research Center highlighted the importance of building the infrastructure necessary to undertake digital transformation. These are all long-term tasks and big-picture questions... View Details
Keywords: April White