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- 26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?
interest in the health of the soil. “If you restore soil and agriculture and don’t use chemical fertilizers to grow crops, and you change your tilling practices, if you did this with one in five farms around the world, you would capture... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)
normalcy and finish my degree. My professors knew I had a health condition, but that was all. During case discussions, I thought everyone was talking about me, not the CEO. I only told two friends. The shame and stigma keeps you from... View Details
- 17 Mar 2020
- News
A Bid for the Future
development in Louisiana, a prime vantage point at the intersection of the public and private sectors that allowed him to “envision a future state and bring it to life.” In his new role at VEDP, he was in the midst of developing a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) After three decades working with executives in scores of private and public companies, Wellspring Capital Management CEO William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) is convinced that “the most successful business... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
University. As a junior, he was elected student-body president, a role that included serving on a state government reform commission tasked with understanding how public policy decisions had limited Louisiana’s potential. When he applied... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship
who was working as a senior project manager at Amazon, had become obsessed with understanding why the paper-heavy US immigration process remained so difficult and expensive. “Immigration is one of those overlooked areas where technology... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
that today’s nurse shortage could reach 1.2 million vacancies in the same time frame. Alexi Nazem (MBA 2011) has seen the impact of these shortages firsthand. “Health care is a very broken system,” says the doctor and cofounder of Nomad Health, an online marketplace... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Turning Point: On the Line
Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Day 116 was bizarrely poetic. Or poetically bizarre. And not just because I was an HBS grad participating in his second strike. To that point in last year’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
society, and it plays a critical role in addressing complex, entrenched challenges like health care, education, and the environment. Our faculty can help here; working together, the ideas they develop have the potential to influence... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
need to live in a huge house and have two of everything,” he states with a poignant smile. “I turned back to Christianity and started to look for ways to put my energy back into society.” Following an interest in public policy, Watson... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
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US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’
Harvard Business School today released "Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided," a comprehensive analysis of the state of US competitiveness in 2016, based on five years of the US Competitiveness Project's multi-faculty research. The US Competitiveness View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
Mark Tercek Mark Tercek likes a challenge. As CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), he has led the global nonprofit to fearlessly take on conservation projects that no one else would. "We are trying to tackle those global challenges that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
an awkward moment, but the learning was tremendous. Beyond that, at the outset, there was some mutual antagonism and posturing; the scientists assuming MBAs only care about the bottom line, and the MBAs thinking projects would move along... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
were looking for ideas with potential to revolutionize the field quickly. “We tell our scientists, ‘Dare to be great. Bring us the projects that you can’t get funded elsewhere.’ We don’t want safe, incremental science. We’re not looking... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 26 Nov 2013
- News
Care.com, a Site for Caregivers, Aims at Wall Street
- 15 Oct 2024
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Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
after the initial cleanup operations are finished. Once they’re on the ground, the mission includes repairing homes, rebuilding schools, health clinics, community centers, and whatever else is needed. It’s a job that taps into his entire... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
from fellow health care leaders,” says Jon Puz (MBA 2008), who started the VRT program. “What started as a pilot project involving around two dozen alumni attendees, is now entering its eighth year with... View Details
- 02 Apr 2020
- News
Patriots Plane Delivers a Million Masks from China
Courtesy New England Patriots In his daily press conferences in March, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker had been growing increasingly frustrated by the state’s shortage of N95 respiratory masks that help protect health care workers... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
with local public and private schools, enabling students to volunteer at All Souls on a regular basis. Young school children set tables and make centerpieces while older ones prepare food and wait on guests. "Students come away from the... View Details