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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
red stigma that workers—overwhelmingly women, who are considered more skilled at the delicate task—separate from the yellow “style.” The stigma are then dried. To market Traditional path: Historically, Afghan saffron has been exported to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
make the wrong moves. I have had my share of those. Over the past nine years at my company, we’ve developed a constructive, respectful, and strike-free relationship with our labor partners, which has helped the firm’s development. On the... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in empowering the fight for health... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
Company magazine as one of the top socially entrepreneurial organizations in America, Year Up was started with private funding and is supported by corporate partnerships. Its business model is based in part on market demand for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
improve challenging last-mile distribution on rough terrain. Even before doing any marketing for the Mobius II, Yong reports that they have a couple hundred preorders and are building a sales and service network across the country to... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
this activity: Egypt's population is approaching 110 million, the highest in the MENA region, with about half of its citizens between the ages of 15 and 45 and the range of mobile-phone penetration well over 90 percent. The market to meet... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
to revolutionize every part of every business. Guerrilla Marketing for a Bulletproof Career: How to Attract Ongoing Opportunities in Perpetually Gut-Wrenching Times, for Entrepreneurs, Employees, and Everyone in Between by Jay Conrad... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
immediate goal was to encourage MBA students to leverage their education to confront the most pressing challenges facing society. This spring, we helped teach our case study, West Virginia: Finding the Right Path Forward, in Professor Matt Weinzierl's course, Role of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
large internal market and easy access to raw materials and fuel. But America's real edge lay in its genius for mass production and not labor-intensive work, which could be done more cheaply overseas. Since imported glass was typically... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
Image by Lincoln Agnew Image by Lincoln Agnew The facts of the ever-widening tech labor shortage are increasingly difficult to ignore: As many as 9 million tech jobs sit vacant across the United States, Europe, and China, says Przemyslaw... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
huge global companies that are very well run and have been very financially successful. In the US beer business we have a little bit less than 2 percent market share. So, we have to keep the heart and passion of a small business.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
the right inputs to grow more and access the right markets to sell more. Co-ops are one way to do this (form a group to access credit for inputs and sell products in bulk), but they are notoriously messy and hard to sustain. There are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
"Taiwan today is an exciting place to be in business," said Benjamin P.L. Feng (MBA 1975), managing director of All Asia Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei. At HBS this fall to attend his 25th Reunion, Feng took time out to share his enthusiasm... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
schools, some of whom matriculated at HBS. Now the people we have helped are paying it back, mentoring other people; it’s like a chain reaction. Now we have way too many mentors onboard, so we need to market the program better—make it... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
During the 1960s and 1970s, U.S. textile, apparel, and shoe manufacturing migrated to Latin America and Asia. By 1990 many products formerly manufactured in the United States were being produced abroad. In addition, foreign automakers were taking View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and chief strategy officer of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
examining how firms compete in foreign markets and how government policies shape and constrain their options. She is also writing a book about information-based industries, such as media and entertainment, and their quest for global... View Details