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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Miller's Tale
The oldest flour company in the United States — and perhaps the only one whose sales are rising amid a decline in home baking — is King Arthur Flour, a firm that's been in operation since George Washington was President, as Smithsonian... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
Case Studies in International Entrepreneurship by Walter Kuemmerle (McGraw-Hill) This collection of 29 cases based on real situations compares opportunities, financing contexts, valuation approaches, and entrepreneurial styles in the United View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations
working with students, faculty, and administrators to establish procedures "for preventing these kinds of situations in the future and for addressing violations of our standards in a fair and prompt manner." He noted that the School has... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a more just and celebrated multicultural world
Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) produces chocolates with a mission. As founder of sweetriot, Endline works directly with Latin American cacao farmers to ensure a fair price for their labor. Founded in 2005, sweetriot’s product mix features dark... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
manufacturing hives and offering village-level demonstrations and training. A social enterprise that has won multiple international awards, Honey Care also provides a guaranteed market at fair trade prices for the honey produced by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
is not just the poor. In Massachusetts, state government discovered that a significant proportion of the uninsured had incomes of $90,000 a year or higher. Health insurance must become mandatory, to make sure that everyone pays their... 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
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Piloting new career horizons for women in aviation
speak at schools and career fairs and try to help women get into aviation," she says. "I see a lot of myself in the girls I meet." Eaton also serves on the board of the Eastern Region Helicopter Council and several aviation organizations,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
in the two banking systems can be traced to their distinct institutional and political histories. The authors argue that while Canada has preserved a Hamiltonian financial tradition, the United States has favored the populist Jacksonian... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
when single mom Roxanne Quimby met Burt Shavitz, a bearded beekeeper living in a renovated turkey coop in rural Maine. The pair teamed up to sell beeswax candles at craft fairs before branching out into a few personal care products,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
Professor Rebecca Henderson, Photo credit: Susan Young Rebecca Henderson is worried about the current state of capitalism in America. The noted economist says that increasing global crises and challenges to democracy are posing some of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It’s time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
She’s Got Your Back
from homeowner hell, and at a fair price? “These are not things we embrace,” says Angie Hicks (MBA 2000), cofounder and chief marketing officer of Angie’s List, an online service that collects verified consumer reviews of service... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
Kashmir Photo courtesy Sharjeel Kashmir It’s a beautiful morning in Jersey City as I stretch after my regular jog in Liberty State Park. I marvel that this is my neighborhood and my view. In front of me, the Hudson River lies at the feet... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
parents are all engaged in debating both sides of the issue. What would be the fairest solution? Or in Yokohama, Japan. In March 2003, a 22-year-old teaching English at a local junior high school is watching television with other staff members when news breaks that the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
indeed created a market for babies. Parents can choose the traits they want, clinics advertise for customers, and specialized providers are getting rich — it’s a $3 billion business in the United States alone. And that figure doesn’t... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
States needs to remain an attractive destination for foreign investment. Right now the US corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world. Do we have to make the same mistake with respect to capital gains? Third, using the notion of... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
scenario where one candidate wins the popular vote and is projected to take the electoral vote, but lawsuits in many states over mail-in ballots and congressional races mean the outcome is uncertain. Several problematic laws could then... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Jun 2011
- News
The Tycoons, HBS's First A Cappella Group
The Tycoons in 1950 Songs Sung by the 1957 Tycoons: Money We Love the Ladies All the Things You Are My Fair Lady Medley Lydia, the Tattooed Lady Imagination Ugly Chile Princess Papuli Honey Teasin' Medley Sunshine Girl (Quartet) Subway... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- News
Soak the Rich?
indefensible” and “tawdry.” Not so, contend the big-league investment firms. Their lobbying groups (https://www.investmentcouncil.org/) argue that it is fair to treat the capital gains investors earn the same as capital gains earned by... View Details