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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
fruits, which she then sells at the local market. "The impact of these loans is extraordinary," says Barry. "Poor women have shown that they are the world's best customers, repaying their loans and using their increased income to feed, clothe, and educate their View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Immersion Program Digs Deep
NEW FRIENDS: Stephen Kraus (MBA ’08) meets students of Shanghai’s Weihang Migrant School, a privately funded school for the children of rural-to-urban migrant workers. HBS ramped up its commitment to the winter break Immersion Program... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
for EAT; Kelly and Andrew Mulderry (both MBA 2000),who helped network; Michael Weinbach (MBA 2000), who hosted a panel for more than 3,000 employees at JP Morgan; and Wynee Sade (MBA 2000). “It was one after another after another,” says Greg. “I bet 15 to 20... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
ages 11 and 17, Doerr puts family as his top priority. Growing up in a tight-knit middle-class family in St. Louis, John Doerr was influenced by his entrepreneurial father. “My parents worked hard to give all five of their children... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
compensation committee wants to admit that its CEO is below the median. In fact, most want to place their CEO in the upper quartile. As a result, CEOs are like the children of Lake Wobegon — all are above average. Another upward pressure... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
in order to maintain equity in our society, so most of my volunteer activities have been in the area of education. Hope for your kids What more can you want for your children than that they find people to love and work that they are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Changing Lives One Computer at a Time
innovation. Although the program usually consists of one teacher and the students, the involvement of adult facilitators has proven to be a powerful added benefit for both the children and the HBS volunteers. Dell will share the HBSAAA... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
cord and placenta. Next, the company made history by providing the first cord-blood stem cell transplant in treating sickle cell anemia. Today, more than 30,000 children have been transplanted with cord blood from units, privately from... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
Sonne explained that children are attracted to dandelions, intrigued by them, but as people get older they begin to see them as weeds. “A weed is really a plant in an unwanted place. If you take that plant to a wanted place you’ll find... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
comprising the vast majority of microfinance entrepreneurs worldwide, children are a chief beneficiary of the power of microfinance. Michael Chu, a private-equity specialist at KKR before joining ACCION International, was instrumental in... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
greatest joys is watching the next generation of youngsters at the Wild Center learn about one of the country’s great natural places and maybe starting on a path to helping solve one of the world’s big problems. “I love watching the children,” he says. “Particularly... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
sense here that, if there is a problem, you don’t just complain and wait for government to step in,” he continues. “It’s on your conscience to solve it. That’s something we want our children to embrace. One of our daughters is in college... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
is almost 100 percent effective in protecting children’s teeth against decay, only about one-third of kids get it. By contrast, in the minority of dental plans that provide comprehensive care for a yearly fixed fee, nearly all children... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
Cummins, he helped establish India's first college of engineering for women, and at Microsoft, he helped create a computer literacy program that has trained 35 million children and nearly a million teachers in India to use computers. He's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
the future leaders of the high-tech revolution. In 27 years at HBS, he taught in all its major programs, was chair of the MBA Program, and was senior associate dean for HBS Publishing. As he began to see the children of former students in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In Character: A Case Discussion Drama
UK-based multinational, is interested in acquiring the company. Petja is hopeful that his children will instead continue to operate the family business independently. But there are barriers to that happy scenario. Katrina, the visionary... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. "I'm in this work because I've got the heart for it," he says. Now five years into his time at Second Harvest, he continues to find inspiration in managing a $120 million organization with... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
percent of the children are vaccinated against the virus. And the price of the vaccine is negligible, says Schrader—around 5 or 10 cents. "It's not cost that limits it," he says, but rather infrastructure: Vaccines rely on a complex and... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
and opened just eight years ago, ASMS is a private school driven by the mission to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8. “At the end of 5th grade, American students are... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
machine learning model, which enabled the organization to locate between 50 and 200 percent more out-of-school children for no additional cost. “That’s the sort of success case that gets us really excited, where we can unlock so much... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov