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27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

sugaring, says Turner. “I was afraid it might change the taste, but Mike and some other scientists worked on it with me, and when we tasted the first batch, it was incredible.” For the Turners, “doing it right” also involves low-impact harvesting procedures. “We never... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

corn at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business, where he has been on the faculty for 15 years. He will tell you that corn’s symbiotic relationship with humans stretches back 10,000 years, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

in his recent book, some are less fungible than others. Germany was cited by Peter Sebregondi as a country that has pursued an enlightened strategy toward manufacturing, through its continued support of an... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

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Research & Applications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Research & Applications Research & Applications National Competitiveness Strategies for Cross-National Regions Competitiveness... View Details

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

existence since 1694 and are currently in use in a host of countries around the world. They blend elements of lotteries and savings programs. In particular, these products... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Jan 2013
News

André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

wanted to go back to Brazil because at that time the country was really booming," he says. He was soon put in charge of developing the bank's leasing company. During his 10-year career at Unibanco, he... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

November 2023
Case

The Commons Project in Rwanda—Building Digital Infrastructure for the Global Public Good

By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Tom Quinn

In September 2022, The Commons Project Foundation (TCP) CEO Zhenya Lindgardt and her team met on a Zoom call to discuss building tools to help Rwandans manage their health data. They believed that helping Africa build digital infrastructure would improve much-needed... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Capital; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Adaptation; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology Industry; Rwanda; United States

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01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009) has lived and worked in View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

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Madison McIlwain

(LCA) professor wrote the original cases on Enron before the company had been convicted of fraud. As he looked back at the work he did, he reflected on the power of combining... View Details

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

funds had their origin in speculating in international currency markets. Currencies have trends, crises, and turnabouts, all of which makes them ideal for speculation. But rarely does one invest directly in... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

01 Jan 2013
News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

While her native country was not a friendly environment for a budding female entrepreneur, she made the best of the situation in order to meet her goal of saving enough money... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

capital firm Polaris Partners, and former executive at Pfizer, Schulman has worked in some 90 countries around the world. "The key to creating collaborative teams within diverse environments, is to find strategies that increase the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Research Summary

Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management

The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

the country was producing only 10 percent of the world's watches. Yet Switzerland has reemerged as the global leader of watch exports (by export value), due to a newfound... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

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Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health - Health Care

The course provides an understanding of how business can play a significant role in improving the quality of life of low- income individuals and households especially in... View Details

19 Apr 2023
News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

head of operations). "NotCo is now selling in Burger King in several countries because of this intro. And they're starting to test in Starbucks," she says. "So there are a lot... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Summer Associate at Izuba Energy Izuba Energy is a leading developer of renewable energy in Fragile States in Africa. Izuba’s projects are often first-in-class and allow industrial partners to produce in African View Details

25 May 2023
News

Brazil’s Nubank Turns 10

is Guilherme Lago (MBA 2005). Nubank launched in 2013 in São Paulo, Brazil, a country whose banking system has been known for its high fees and low-tech approach. Now half of all adults in Brazil use Nubank,... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

What books are HBS faculty members reading this summer—and are certain publications especially meaningful to them? Turns out, faculty are interested in a variety of topics, everything from exploring spirituality and confronting climate... View Details

21 Nov 2022
Blog Post

HBS Student Club Spotlight: Sustainability Club

climate but also for those who want to learn about how this almost existential topic affects all of our lives and careers going forward. We hope to achieve this by creating spaces for continued conversations after heated case discussions... View Details

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