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- 01 Apr 2002
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Pamela Thomas Graham
inclusive, merit-based society," she recalls. As a Harvard undergraduate, Thomas- Graham majored in economics and briefly considered entering the Ph.D. program, but realized she was most intrigued by law and business issues. The joint... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
spent the better part of the last two years planning and preparing for the early April event. Held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center and the adjacent Grand Hyatt Hotel, the meeting included two days of intense discussion and debate on China, Hong Kong,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2007
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Private Equity under Investigation
the taking of calculated risks based on limited information. Washington must understand that the many benefits private equity provides by facilitating economic growth are unlikely to be sustained if the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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The End of Cows?
could be used to make roughly 175 million quarter-pound burgers, which currently require 440,000 cows. There would be massive economic effects, with millions of old jobs dependent on beef production replaced by thousands of new, high-tech... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
individual citizens are protected. Tracing governmental involvement in risk management to the early 19th century, Moss shows how government institutions have served to promote capitalism and economic growth... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
take action to speed up economic growth and improve the standard of living by providing a stable and effective legal environment for business operations; equal opportunities for the public and private... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
an Earth-shattering cataclysm changes the world forever, foretold by a prophecy from the beginning of time. Dante in China by John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press In John Barr’s poems, the ancient masters encounter the modern world. Dante... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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Innovation: Frozen Assets
and Derek Jeter at the launch of the Luvo food truck this summer in New York City. (Courtesy of Luvo) Growth for the three-year-old Luvo, though, requires overcoming a few cultural hurdles. While frozen-food sales spiked at the outset of... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
attended British boarding schools before graduating from Yale as an economics major in 2001. After leaving the Ivy League, she accepted a position with consulting giant McKinsey in its San Francisco office, having turned down an offer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
during an economic downturn. My colleague, HBS associate professor Tom Nicholas, has found that while the pace of patent applications slowed during the Great Depression, some contrarians pressed ahead with innovation, including DuPont... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
facing new and terrifying challenges, is torn apart more than ever, increasingly unstable and adrift. Creating Mindful Leaders: How to Power Down, Power Up, and Power Forward by Joe Burton (PMD 75, 2000) Wiley Mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and resilience are the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
granted. But 100 years ago, they were fresh recruits in the inexorable march of industrial capitalism. In a grand experiment to turn management into a legitimate profession, universities invented the modern business school. Questions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
underground economic activities work to put cyber currencies in context, the book discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the increased role of cyber currencies in today's underground economy. It also includes an appendix of illuminating... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
just one story. It's the kind of work that should go on throughout the country." Addressing questions about the future of technology, Doerr stated that the Internet is not only the key to social change but also to economic View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
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Enron’s Legacy
class-action suit against the corporation) had adopted the salient structural characteristics and processes of experienced private-equity boards, I believe that many of the red flags signaling Enron’s economic woes and ethical drift would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Stevenson Named Director of External Relations
"Technological change is enabling and driving globalization," he says. "In order to meet the challenges of rapid growth and change, companies are forming alliances, building a sense of community, and recognizing their role as both View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
concrete producers, but this is a conservative industry that does not have a history of changing quickly. Making the economics even better can help to change that. IRA's combination of investment tax credits, grant programs, material... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
bulk rental contract and the unit economics work, then you likely have PMF, and it probably makes sense to purchase the inventory required to service these bulk rental contracts. —Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009) Got a case? To take part in a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
While the economics of the music industry have always been a little convoluted, there’s at least one simple reason contributing to all the attention from private equity, according to Sherrese Clarke Soares (MBA 2004): interest rates. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
challenge ahead is to create a system that maintains and shares stable prosperity and economic growth equitably and globally. “Today,” he said, “we are being reminded of Keynes’s famous insight, that the... View Details