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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
instance, direct investment by Chinese firms in the Mexican manufacturing sector grew from $31.6 million in 2017 to $151.5 million in 2022—mostly in the computer and auto parts industries. “China is indirectly maintaining the relationship... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
struggled to determine if they were getting good deals,” Baron says. “They had to take their dealer’s word for it.” Years later, after spells at Google and HBS, Baron is now using modern tools—from cloud computing to machine-learning—to force transparency on an... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
documents the details of business involvement in the nonprofit sector and analyzes how volunteerism helps forge links between good deeds and good business. "How do nonprofits figure into the lives of business leaders? And how do business... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
A Sustainable Success Story
a private equity firm focused on the North American energy sector with $15 billion in funds. “We’d walk in the woods and think how amazing it was that this kind of geography still exists in New York.” So amazing, in fact, that they... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
to launch than the sector in which he would be working. “We wanted to start a company that helps people and benefits society,” he recalls. The energy sector, which was at the beginning of what Riley calls the “renewable power revolution,”... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
Another crucial step would be to ensure that public accounting firms once again become bona fide watchdogs. Too often, lucrative consulting contracts have caused accounting firms to relax their auditing standards to placate management. Self-regulation in the private... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
labor market—but stays the same for those in more stable job categories. Examining the performance of 3,025 founders and their 1,747 startups in the biotechnology and medical-device sectors during previous economic downturns, Roche and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
array of sectors before recruiting begins. Over an eight-week period in September and October, students learned about more than twelve different industries by attending an informational overview session; an alumni panel to share advice... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Combating Climate Change
the $10.2 trillion the world will invest in new power generation through 2040.” —Rick Needham (MBA 2002), Partner, Energy Sector Lead, The Rise Fund Photo courtesy of Bridget Nyland Photo courtesy of Bridget Nyland “I’m interested in the... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Raising the bar to provide quality education
With some other people in the financial sector we started a charity called ARK—Absolute Return for Kids—and one of the things we did was start a network of academy schools, which were government schools that were intended to serve... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
nation's top businesswomen. Held at Burden Auditorium, the theme of the 1999 conference was "Women Enriching Business." To that end, the WSA gathered together a host of prominent women from the public and private sectors to participate... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
I’ve learned to lead from behind rather than from the front.” Ehrenberg’s decision to enter the private sector was driven largely by the realization that she could help more people by mastering the business and management of health care,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
Langer joined Kuhn Loeb & Co. shortly before its merger with Lehman Brothers. Wall Street, she says, prepared her well for what she does today. "It's important for nonprofits to assume more business-like behavior," she notes. "While the View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit
four years after the current president leaves office will be among the most consequential we’re going to live through. The decisions we make, or don’t make, will be of enormous importance to American history for the course of the 21st century.” It’s no wonder that the... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
conflicts of interest in key sectors of corporate America. Sure, the vast majority of companies and their people are upstanding folk who want to play by the rules. But after a string of disasters from Enron to Wall Street, one must ask at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech
The globalization of manufacturing and the increased dependence on digital technology is transforming the sector and changing its competitive advantage profile. This is a long-term trend, but we are seeing its effects more clearly with... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
communication and interaction among HBS graduates involved in all sectors of the health-care industry. "HBS Health provides a natural vehicle for alumni to share information and nuances about what's going on," she noted. "It's important... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
for research. Businesses and governments are reassessing Asia-Pacific policies and strategies. People are searching for new intellectual frameworks and ideas. At the same time, in sectors where growth and performance are highly uncertain... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
philanthropy moderated by HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas. More than 100 people attended the event, which highlighted the increasing synergy between the private sector and the philanthropic sector. Last November, the club inaugurated its... View Details