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- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
Courtesy Justine Smyth Courtesy Justine Smyth Justine Smyth (PMD 77, 2002) remembers a time when no one in New Zealand talked about breast cancer. It was 1980, and her mother, just 45 years old, had been diagnosed with the disease. “We... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
remittances, derivatives, and other financial platforms. I understand how Bitcoin can work as long as the buyer and seller have confidence in it and continue to use it as a... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
chapters—features hyperlocal food drives. “The food comes from restaurants or corporations in the neighborhood, and our volunteers are residents of that neighborhood,” Ghose explains. The beneficiaries can be homeless people, or residents... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
neuroscience research and social justice and economic inequality initiatives, among other areas. To establish the Alliance’s research agenda, Wu Tsai began meeting with leading... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
his classmates’ FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) projects. But in retrospect, he says, conducting field research in Mexico and developing and presenting innovative product ideas to senior executives at Colgate’s... View Details
- 18 Mar 2015
- News
9 Alumni Named Young Global Leaders
Healthcare, India Hua Fung Teh (MBA 2011), vice president, TPG Capital, China This year’s class of YGLs come from 66 countries and equally represent the public and private... View Details
Keywords: World Economic Forum
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
predictable pattern of changing the criteria by which they make their choices of which products and services to buy. "Once the technology has overshot the market, consumers look to reliability," says Christensen. "When several products... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
Image by Martin Leon Barreto In 2021, while the pandemic was amplifying social inequities and climate catastrophes, investors were busy pouring more money than ever into environmental, social, View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 06 Nov 2009
- News
Health Reform Paths Not Taken
rationing.” The system works because the government requires Swiss insurers to offer coverage to everyone, regardless of medical history. And everyone is required to buy insurance, with government subsidies to those for whom health... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
something lasting,” said Josh Kraft, who is president of Kraft Family Philanthropies. The fund has raised nearly $30 million to support community groups and coalitions that fight racism and racial View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
What is Web3?
Web3, a new era of the internet, uses blockchains, tokens, and wallets (tools for storing and managing digital assets) to facilitate a wide range of services and functionalities, including the transfer of assets from person-to-person. It represents a paradigm shift... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ready, Set, Launch
outset, then they waste important resources trying to sell it, says Professor Tom Eisenmann, faculty co-chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. “It takes a lot of time, time equals money, the money runs out, View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families
income for social-enterprise purposes for deserving families, plus industry, and also the environment. It’s a ‘win-win-win’ solution,” says Arias-King. So far, 2,400 hectares have been planted, but the goal is 12,000—a forest about View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
professor who takes on unsolved murders and issues of race with equal aplomb. Thomas-Graham admits that progress on her third Ivy League mystery (set at Princeton) has been slow. "My husband View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Himalayan Journey
Visions of Bhutan: October 2004 Bhutan photo gallery Prayer flags fluttering gently in the wind; crystalline alpine air; monks’ robes in glowing red; and everywhere warm faces, people smiling, children waving. This is the remote Himalayan... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
organizations waste $2.8 billion every year powering unused PCs. In 2009, these unused PCs emitted approximately 20 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent — equal to the annual emissions of 4 million cars. Transportation accounts for... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
in a tight-knit family, the son of a deeply spiritual man who was a philanthropist. "My father was a man of great integrity who was very well-respected in our community," says Kraft, noting that his mother, a homemaker, doled out discipline View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
complete; and the precept that anyone in the room, from the CEO to an assistant animator, would be equally welcome to offer feedback. She watched as emboldened staff offered their suggestions for tweaks to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
What a Difference a Community Can Make
As chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, I am honored to have worked with all of you and thrilled that our collective efforts have been so successful to create a solid financial foundation for Harvard Business School’s future.... View Details