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- 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 Dec 2019
- News
Making Eco Easy
microplastics per liter. “All the plastic our society is consuming is ending up in our oceans and waterways, where it is breaking down into tiny pieces and appearing in the water we drink, the food we eat, and the formula I was making for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Recipe
cheap. “Our sausage was 39 cents a pound in 1913,” notes Jones. “I believe that would make it about $8.50 per pound today.” (It runs more like $5.99 in most grocery stores.) With a continued focus on small-batch, high-quality products,... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Fellowship Enables Opportunity in Africa
five years of completing their MBAs to pursue full-time jobs on the continent by supplementing their income when their total compensation is less than $100,000. The maximum award is $50,000 per year. The first four GO: Africa recipients... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
Hour by Hour
$1,000 per permanent hire by bypassing recruitment, background checks, and training. It has also helped hourly employees pick up extra work. “You can imagine that if you’re a store manager, you want somebody who’s familiar with your... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
transport. And this year, Tata launched Ginger Hotels, which promises clean, no-frills accommodations at around $21 per night. “These are consumers who didn’t exist just a few years ago,” observes Ratan Tata. RATAN TATA: "We need to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
then assigned a volunteer advocate - typically a 30-something MBA with business experience who donates 15 to 25 hours per week and oversees five to ten cases at a time." "The biggest challenges," notes Gotsch, "are staying responsive to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
listening is done in the car. “Distribution ubiquity and that ease of use—what radio has always been—is what we’re after,” says Kennedy, who has inked deals with major automakers to integrate Pandora into their vehicles. To date, 125 million users—who listen an average... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
A Leveraged Investment
revenues at $20 million per year, a friend encouraged him to apply to HBS’s Owner/President Management (OPM) program. “I didn’t even know where Harvard Business School was,” says Hesham with a laugh. The experience changed his life.... View Details
- 06 Nov 2014
- News
Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
The rent is relatively cheap ($200/month per person) compared to start-up sites in Kendall Square and South Boston’s Innovation District, its dedicated desks offer more permanence than most co-working spaces, and the access to the i-lab’s... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
At the time, most physicians graduated from the overworked hospital setting to a solo practice with hours that allowed for a leisurely morning and a long lunch. The Yoga clinic, by contrast, was open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with three physicians View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
office." Further evidence of Twitter mania in Japan: The country holds the world record for tweets per second—33,388—recorded on New Year's Day 2013. But it's not just Japan at the cutting edge: As the world shifts from PC to mobile, Asia... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
salary of $800 per annum) & making a little money, has always been prompt, is worth about $300 & is in good credit for about $500 to $800. The husband makes sufficient by his practice as a doctor to support the family.”[2] In 1841, Lewis... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
percent stake to the company in 1994 with the agreement that it would not attempt to acquire more than a 25 percent stake for a decade. As that agreement neared its end, Nestlé surprised Rogers by making an offer to buy the Dreyer’s shares it didn’t already own for... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
leader in technology,” he says. “Somehow, over the years, we had become the nation’s technology broker to outside companies.” The 2011 shuttering of the shuttle program—and its $600 million per launch costs—left them without a... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
occasional havoc he was creating. Even now, decades later, I’m still in awe of the exquisite performances that Dick Vancil brought to the classroom three times per week. We were richer for having worked so hard for him, and we were... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
people who are going to take a sabbatical, especially if they're feeling burnt out, they're going to go from a really high level of intensity of your life and your job to something different than that. I think it's dangerous to go from 100 miles View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
resulted over time in one of the most vibrant and highly regarded alumni networks anywhere. Aside from their sheer volume (at present, a total of 300 pages per issue) and scope (current copy provided by 853 class and section... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
accounting developments, as well as techniques for improving group process — like a Six Sigma Black Belt for directors. A fee of one one-hundredth of one cent per share on the current volume of the U.S. stock exchanges would yield about... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
trajectory of overdose deaths from prescription drugs and heroin. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US death rate from opioid overdose has increased over 400 percent since 1999; the picture is even grimmer in Georgia, where the death rate... View Details