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- 06 Jun 2013
- News
Exploring the American Dream: From Pakistan to HBS
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
I want to leave behind is to have more Tony Elumelus across Africa,” he says. “The way we’re going to create many Elumelus is not by just giving them food today so they can come back another day and ask for more food. It’s by investing in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
between 20 and 30 percent of the headcount is not optimized for utilization,” Berendt says. “About 200,000 people are sitting idle. We want to take this wealth of talent and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Rags to Riches
Husnu Ozyegin (MBA ’69) is the richest man in Turkey, and he’s enjoying his wealth by giving lots of it away. Since 2000, he’s doled out some $50 million, building 36 primary schools View Details
Keywords: Management
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Character Studies: The Class of 2001 Graduates
HBS commencements are traditionally a time to recognize the accomplishments of the School’s remarkable student body. Considering the wealth of talent, skills, and life experiences among those in the Class of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
economic development. Binagwaho explained that rolling back disease by fighting poverty — and vice versa — is at the core of public-health policy in Rwanda; sweeping government legislation specifically... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
as chairman of Millennium Promise (MP), he helps lead an organization with the vision of ending extreme poverty worldwide by 2025. Despite this shift, Walker sees more similarities than differences between his careers in the private View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources
knows quite a bit about the topic. "Capitalism has traditionally been about driving wealth and productivity through efficiencies in capital and labor," says Henderson, who... View Details
Keywords: Dalai Lama
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Up Your Time Affluence
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans’ research is driven by a fundamental question: What makes us happy? Is it having plenty of money? Or time? Research by Whillans... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
FAQ
in the sample budget below, students contribute an amount that HBS calculates by taking into account their prior years’ salary and spouse’s salary, if married, as well as their personal assets, including real estate, investments, View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Many Rivers to Cross
Colombian octogenarian Mariano Ospina-Hernandez (MBA 1951) is the resolute visionary behind an ambitious proposal to improve and expand the country’s transportation infrastructure. His foresight could open new possibilities for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
A McDonald’s employee takes part in a March protest calling for unionization and higher minimum wages for fast-food workers. (© David Eulitt/TNS/ZUMA Wire) In May, thousands of McDonald’s employees swarmed the company’s Oak Brook,... View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
HBS alumni and a faculty member were among the respondents. Kwame Owusu-Kesse (MBA/MPP 2012), CEO of Harvard Children’s Zone, writing with the organization’s founder, Geoffrey Canada, suggested that, “[i]f we are going to break the cycle... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
Kristof, most of which have focused on poverty in developing countries. But in the Pulitzer Prize-winning duo’s latest book, Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, they turn their lens on working class communities in the United... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
funding but also entrench best corporate governance practices while accelerating wealth creation and distribution, leading to better social cohesion," says Oteh. Previously, her distinguished international... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
— water provision to the urban poor, water education, and environmental protection — that reflect the social issues we can address as a water and wastewater service provider. These programs were carefully... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
year. Despite the wealth of people like Wu Yajun and Yin Mingshan, the average Chinese lives on less than $2,000. Why would the latter want, in effect, to lend money to the former, who is twenty-two times... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Business as a Force for Good in Society
Illustration by Dana Smith In a world facing myriad complex challenges, Harvard Business School is actively exploring how capitalism is working, what leadership role business can and should play in making it work better, View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
Owusu-Kesse’s pathway out of poverty began with scholarships to study at excellent elementary and secondary schools, which prepared him for admission to Harvard College, where he earned a degree in economics... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
cheese for the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) market. Based in the Philippines, the nascent company will bring Specialty Cheese’s manufacturing expertise to a market where there is increasing wealth View Details