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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
most likely run for reelection next year. The city could not forsake the neighborhood, nor raze it. Relocating it was not a practical option: “The concept is to help people improve their lives in the place where they live,” he says. And it could not rely on business... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
reasons for optimism, noting that with economic pragmatism and restructuring, their well-educated populations and strong infrastructures would be assets on the road to recovery. "There will be painful adjustments for many countries," he... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004)
and their mothers to be more economically independent and to have a voice. We sometimes have to bring the infrastructure with us when we go to the schools. You can’t just arrive with your JA bag, then plug and play. Sometimes we have to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Many Rivers to Cross
to study successful river transport infrastructures have assured him that similar results can be realized in South America. Through it all, the 89-year-old visionary relies on the steadfast support of his wife, Helena, swims at least a... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
distributor, to fund large-scale battery storage and solar power in New York City as it works to reduce fossil-fuel pollution, upgrade aging infrastructure and systems, and move its electric grid to between 70 percent and 80 percent... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia
infrastructure initiative as an example of the country’s enormous potential to change the region. Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, has committed more than $1 trillion to link China physically and economically to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
traced to the proliferation of information and to the technologies, systems, and infrastructure built to convey it. Americans’ commitment to democratic ideals, their fascination with technology, and their commercial and entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
going to scale back in the U.S. to keep their options open by continuing to operate a plant in America,” he noted. But the damage done by offshoring high-tech manufacturing may be irreversible, he warned. Once factories relocate abroad, the 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 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
more concrete (sometimes literally) world of doing that affected a great many more people in far more fundamental ways. For the next seven years, he served as an urban development specialist for the Asian Development Bank, working on housing and View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
utilities industries is privatized, water in particular. And I chair the organization that regulates water monopolies. They’re big companies. Many of them privately owned now by pension funds, infrastructure funds. And our job is to hold... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
dominant investment vehicle of our time. The Complete Guide to ETF Portfolio Management provides everything you need to know to manage an ETF with knowledge and skill. As Janus Capital’s first ETF portfolio manager, Scott Weiner helped build much of the View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
globally,” he says. “The infrastructure to source and sell was so massive that volume continued to grow despite rapidly deteriorating credit quality.” Seeing the absurdity of it, Paulson bet against the market at the peak of the housing... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
in 2013 and is currently working on driverless cars—could offer cities an even deeper data stream. “When you start incorporating data generated from cars directly, you’ll be able to make much smarter transportation decisions, make much smarter View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
$10,000 per year, a response so enthusiastic Evans nearly had to tamp down fundraising to get infrastructure in place. "There is an appetite for innovation and creativity right now," she says, "and people want to explore the current human... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
international markets, they’re developing ambitious plans for their producers.” Lack of infrastructure makes follow-through on those plans challenging in Haiti, the third-poorest country in the world and the site of a catastrophic... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
partnerships or alliances. While in Argentina, Alvarez observed how business leaders have learned to be flexible and creative. “I’m impressed when I talk to people who are keeping their food businesses going, given the turmoil they face dealing with View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
the classroom. We have also built an infrastructure for expanding our efforts in e-learning and for strengthening our outreach to alumni. Our progress in this area has created an interest in innovation and the pursuit of new... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
the design specifications and granted us the rights to produce it. So with very little infrastructure in the medical-technology industry in Egypt, a consortium was formed—our business school association, a group of scholars, and an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
back to the mainland. “Our classroom is a 204-acre island with two salt marshes, a fresh water marsh, an inner tidal zone, meadows, and forests.” Since 2005, Pearson has spearheaded an $8.3 million capital campaign to fund infrastructure... View Details