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- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
cultivators, especially on public lands. This reduced the costs of tenure insecurity. Political constraints prevented the government from subsidizing land reforms to a greater degree. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
meeting the needs facing the threats of rising sea levels and record floods; converting energy systems to truly replaceable sources; reducing fresh water consumption or creating large desalination operations; saving top soils; reducing meat consumption; making View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
from opioids), Shumway also cites domestic abuse and criminal records that prevent reintegration into society as primary factors that contribute to homelessness. “A disproportionate number of the homeless are also veterans with mental... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Web
IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
Management : Optimizing fertilizer application minimizes nitrous oxide emissions and improves soil health. 4. Rice Straw Management : Alternatives like incorporating straw into soil or using it for bioenergy production prevent emissions... View Details
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
teachers and staff and are consistently challenged to fill vacancies. This project focused specifically on working with the Human Capital Staffing team and analyzing their hiring process to identify pain points that are preventing them... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
the savings to pay for prevention and treatment, and often rely on their own physical labor for their livelihoods. As a result, long-term illnesses strip families of income and assets. At the same time, the public View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
series of ecosystems, they urge, with "keystone" companies such as Microsoft and Wal-Mart providing for the health of all who do business with them. What are the best strategies for companies living in these ecosystems? This... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
toothpaste was clinically proven to reduce and prevent cavities more effectively than toothpaste with the same level of fluoride alone. All major industry players, including Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, and Colgate itself, had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Teaming: An Approach to the Growing Complexities in Health Care: AOA Critical Issues By: Nwaz, H., A. Edmondson, T.H. Tzeng, J.K. Saleh, K.J. Bozic, and K.J. Saleh Abstract—Confronted with rising costs and patients who often have multiple... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
differed from all other bubble products in that the interior of each bubble was coated with saran, which reduced air loss and prevented compression, resulting in greater protection. This saran “barrier coating” had been a key sales point... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
it doesn’t last too long, because it changes the whole idea of hospitality. Right, I was just thinking about masks, and how they prevent us from reading each other’s expressions easily. Yet one of the best things about staying in a hotel... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
more than 20 years, the devastation in meatpacking is just one example of how lax regulation can make a grave situation deadly. The lack of safety guidance from the US Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) nearly a year... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
health care. But the truth is that many of these efforts, despite best intentions, have not solved the issues they target, says Harvard Business School professor Jane Wei-Skillern. "Traditional approaches are still falling short,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA
blocking a pathway or building entry). Wear masks or other face coverings to conceal their identity, other than for health reasons. Erect a tent or platform, attach signage to the exterior of HBS structures, or in other ways alter a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
commercially viable enterprise that’s publicly listed. Jones: In contrast to the US health care system. Khanna: Yes, and there are plenty of other instances where that’s happened. One of the things that stands out from these interviews is... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
discover and implement the breakthroughs required for realization of the vision; 3) the creation of a system that ensures both the timely identification of breakdowns (and the dissemination of information about them) that, if unresolved, would View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Lee Hood and Nathan Price. Lee is a giant of biology. He's the guy that came up with the algorithm to decode the human genome, and he has had numerous other discoveries and his longtime associate Nathan Price have written a book about a new way to do View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
thought were well behind us as well as some brand-new ones we may never have imagined: laws that limit women’s right to access reproductive health care and brazen attacks on principals of equity, equality, and social justice,” Ely said... View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
moving to a 35-hour work week. But productivity doesn't seem to have suffered. And France's economy is second in health in Europe only to Germany, although some would argue that at the moment that is faint praise. In the US, the work... View Details