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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
Wyoming, and then traveling to Alaska to work his way up through the hierarchy. The schedule — a 12-hour shift for 28 straight days — quickly weeded out wimps. “When I started, my name was rabbit choker,” he says. “They told me, ‘You kids from South Dakota are so poor... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
also made note of ways the School is making the MBA Program more accessible and affordable to the most qualified students without regard for their financial status. This includes the decision last summer to provide scholarships to cover... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
company with a business model selling affordable housing to first-time home buyers among the country’s poor, and outperforming the Tokyo Nikkei index. Chu coauthored the case, “Katitas: Home Ownership for the Majority of Japan,” and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
programs include the Boston Public Market, the city’s first indoor, year-round market dedicated entirely to fresh, locally produced food, and Daily Table, a Dorchester market founded by former Trader Joe’s president Doug Rauch that brings healthy, View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
in the capital markets was all but unheard of; Wall Street remained an exclusive investment preserve (some would say playground) for America's financial elite. But by making the ownership of securities easy and affordable for people of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
machine. The grace period afforded people the time to make significant investments like that. The second strand of our work is developing new ways to identify which borrowers have high-growth opportunities. Microfinance often operates in... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
afford them. In the traditional category, Alec Machiels (MBA '01), and his MIT and Harvard teammates Paul Ashby, David Darst, Jason Hong, Scot Sternson, Martin Szummer, and Angie You created the winning plan for Potentia Pharmaceuticals,... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
rounds. “Many physicians don’t have opportunities for interdisciplinary interaction,” Amadio says, “but we can’t afford not to be interdisciplinary. Innovation should be part of the mission of every physician. We have been at the medical... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
special public protections and oversight. Because it’s scarce, it has an economic value, but that value must be affordable to the communities we serve.” Based in New Jersey, American Water is part of the British multinational RWE Thames... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
governments on the cost savings her program can provide. She says Reset is working to scale up toward a cost structure that is more affordable than prison {which in some states can cost more than $100,000 per year per inmate), with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
revise rules that make it possible today for rogue legislators to hold up bills that an overwhelming majority of citizens want. Term limits are Braun’s number one recommendation for constructive systemic change. Leading by example, he set a two-term cap on his own... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
6,000 students. "We will give a first-class education to students whose families cannot afford to pay," he says. Özyeğin has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to help Turkey thrive, but he believes that it is not financial... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
the problem that they face is this: If you want to buy a refrigerator, you want to buy a cooking stove, you want to buy a sofa... most of these people cannot afford to pay immediately in cash. And yet if they pay on credit, the interest... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
continues to build in teaching lessons here and there, so I’m improving, but I’ve still got some ground to make up.” What do you find most challenging about the work? What do you find most rewarding? MGA: “The most rewarding part of PowerUP is giving other kids the... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
personalized medicine development, we’re going to be done in two to three years, with a single proof-of-concept patient. That two to three years is critical. By that time, my brother will be either 25 or 26. What we need to do is move quickly to get this done. We can’t... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
done it. And also China, over the years, have become a much wealthier destination, so it's no longer a very affordable destination. I mean it is still affordable, but it's not cheap anymore. So the inbound interest to China has gone flat... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
firms no longer are required to partner with a Chinese firm to gain market access. The country’s communist leaders clearly must balance WTO requirements for market reform against the need to maintain domestic economic and political stability. They can’t View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
$200-million, ten-year commitment to sponsor the Brazilian team, the world's soccer leader. Bronx Cheers If a principal challenge for pro sports is managing the high level of player salaries while keeping the onfield product affordable... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
can’t yet afford to pay market rates. For some qualifying students, the Rock Loan Forgiveness Program helps reduce their debt burden after graduation. FAST FACTS 45 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, Rock Executive Fellows, and Venture Capital... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
technology giants, Intel and SAP. Pandesic was designed to create a more affordable version of SAP’s enterprise resource planning software, targeted at small and midsize companies. It was founded in 1997 with high hopes—and $100 million... View Details