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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
with New Hampshire Audubon to work on global conservation issues in Costa Rica. What are the keys to success in working on environmental issues in a developing country? Costa Rica is known for its environmental ethic, but even there you have to be especially sensitive... View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Words and Pictures
lives and encourages project participants to think of their reflections as a guidepost, not a prescription. “To put it in HBS terms, it is a balance sheet—i.e., a specific view of a snapshot in time; not an income statement, i.e. a view... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
Joseph Stiglitz offering remedies for income inequality. Drawing on a historical study of the ebbs and flows of the US economy, he proposes ways to grow the economy faster, which will benefit everyone on the View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
During COVID-19 and Beyond. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have had an impact on 94 percent of the world’s student population; for low and lower-middle income countries, the impact has been up to 99 percent. As a result,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Invisible Edge: Taking Your Strategy to the Next Level Using Intellectual Property by Mark Blaxill (MBA ’84) and Ralph Eckardt (Portfolio) With the right intellectual property (IP) and the right strategies, companies can command premium prices, increase market share,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
corporate profits earned in countries with effective corporate tax rates, on average, of 20 percent or higher. These countries include England, France, and Japan. (This exemption would be subject to two exceptions: passive income like... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
visibility and visitorship. This light, open, and completely handicapped-accessible facility attracts tourists from around the world, and its signature fish-eye spiral staircase is a work of art itself. The Outcome of Income As leisure... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
to hustle on the street for a couple of dollars a day. “The minimum income here is about $45 a month. When they graduate, and find work, they are making $90,” Rewane says, adding that WAVE Academy is poised to pilot a new soft-skills... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
Mexico, the incomes of farmers in the area are up by 55 percent, and we plan to expand the program to five other countries over the next couple of years. It's a win-win situation. Describe your own coffee-drinking habits. I started out... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
technology trends covered will feel dated simply because things are moving so fast. The evolution and accrual of market value (and income disparity) is playing out as they predict. —Bill Tai (MBA 1987) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Wide Angle
coordinated, wide-ranging, government-led response, which sadly is not what we’re seeing right now. But as the timing of this extends, we're going to have to rely on structural remedies—things like income support, continued payments to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
There’s no need to give these firms a share of the revenue because there are many ways to reach the end customer. —Sergio Rattner (MBA 2001) I believe the solution is to pursue the hybrid option. My reasoning is that D2C is working and generating View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
ever occurred in American history. One result was a partial disempower-ment of individual artisans. Overall, their incomes tended to rise while their sense of autonomy shrank. Other segments of American society also saw themselves as... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
additional income over time.” Building a company that would allow businesses to retain that training investment, and allow workers to build more wealth, seemed like a problem worth solving. The coronavirus pandemic has made the company’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
incomes are under enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money,” Baron says. “They all knew they had something to learn by sharing.” After pooling their data, Baron saw that some farmers were paying more than... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
promising distance learning initiative that will enrich the prematriculation process for incoming students. In Executive Education, the Program for Global Leadership now includes distance learning modules on global financial markets and... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) “Everyone deserves a fair start regardless of their zip code,” says Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997). Reforming that start is what motivates her. “The effects of income disparity start early in our society, and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
developed,” says Vin Vera (TGMP9, 2002), the incoming president of the HBS Club of Charlotte, and the event’s organizer. “I think there’s also a sentimental aspect for alumni to come back and listen and remember their time as students.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
focus from advising to investing in start-ups just as the UK and Europe embarked on major economic reforms. In addition, the U.S. venture capital industry got a huge boost when a 1978 clarification in the Employee Retirement Income... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
ownership. “We spent much of the day being fascinated by what we were seeing — then it came down to preparing something concrete,” says Camille. “Because we didn’t know anything about the market beforehand, we spent a lot of time figuring out the different classes of... View Details