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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
No sector of our economy is more in need of innovation than health care, yet its many regulations handcuff entrepreneurs. A consumer-driven health-care system will unlock these shackles to bring about a much-needed entrepreneurial... View Details
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
materials and physical space. As we traversed Denmark in the first of our two-week immersive field course (which would later take us to the Netherlands), we were lucky to meet several organizations that are turning to circular economy... View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
India's economy is enjoying robust growth with an expanding middle class. But the country, which has 22 official languages, also has its share of huge challenges: widespread poverty with 75 million homeless people, insufficient access to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
identifying the Joneses like you. Immigration. The prevalence of immigrants among America's successful entrepreneurs is well documented. But the same curiosity and openness to new things also characterizes consumer demand in the American... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
talented young people and encourage them to apply to HBS. Under the leadership of HBS senior associate dean Thomas Piper, the East-West opening expanded in the early 1990s. Vlachoutsicos, in collaboration with HBS professor Francis... View Details
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
sharper national identities. The interwar disintegration of the international economy also led to the national subsidiaries of multinationals taking on strong local identities. Over the past two decades, as the pace of globalization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
Kristin S. Rhyne, MBA '99, would have loved to have the problems of reconciling employee priorities and juggling financial plans. Late last May, a year after incorporating Polished, she was still struggling to open its first unit. The... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
your own 'storefront' on the Internet." READ MORE Cynthia A. Fisher - Viacord, Inc. Shikhar Ghosh - Open Market Joyce I. Greenberg - Take Good Care Monique Maddy - African Communications Group Steven C. Walske - Parametric Technology... View Details
- Profile
Doha Tantawy
When her father opened a radiology center in Cairo, Doha Tantawy "found a real inspiration to do something different and get out of my comfort zone. I wanted the know-how of building something from scratch." Her initial... View Details
- 18 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale
hope during the opening session, emphasizing that: “While 2023 was the hottest year on record, we have also seen incredible innovations and collaborations in this space. Today, we are here to explore the role of tech, policy, and capital... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Sean (left) and Kenny Salas Photo courtesy of Camino Financial Twin brothers Kenny and Sean Salas (both MBA 2015) grew up with firsthand knowledge of what it takes to be an entrepreneur: Their mother View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
photo by Getty Images photo by Getty Images When Samuel Ejeh decides to open a new location for his Lagos-based supermarket chain Grocery Bazaar, he likes to move quickly. But expansion is capital-intensive, constraining his cash flow,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
openness to technology adoption (e.g., M-KOPA)? I believe that the private sector will generate the majority of capital for our future growth, but how can it work together with the public sector to ensure that growth generates... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
the twenty-first century as the epoch-making era of playing fields becoming more level and opening markets, reducing government control, and spreading lifestyles and products of different cultures from all over the world. In this context,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
opening a hospital. “I didn’t want to get into real estate,” he says. “I wanted to get into a service business.” Perhaps even more appealingly, dentistry did not depend on referrals from other doctors, which turned Indian medicine into “a... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- Profile
Rocio Parra
amazed," says Rocio, "by the variety of perspectives here. Just today, we had a case about debt restructuring in Argentina — and we got an insider's view from a Venezuelan student who had bought Argentine bonds. This is the kind of thing that's always View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair laid out the deeper challenges the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
1991 and served in various managerial capacities before being named president in 2000 and CEO in 2005. Despite the chain’s strong showing in a down economy (with three new stores scheduled to open in March... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
education program has modest effects, increasing demand for bank accounts only for those with low levels of education or financial literacy. In contrast, small subsidies greatly increase demand. A follow-up survey confirms these findings, demonstrating that the newly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne