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- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
quickly on the initial steps of the COVID-19 vaccine. The type of research he envisions would require government investment, he says, but not much. “You’re talking $10, $20 million dollars per vaccine preclinical,” he points out. “It’s not a lot of money on the View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
whoever. Which then allows them to begin to build apps for those platforms, like Android. And it's been excellent, I think we've had ... I think the number is now something around 40,000 people go through that program. We're going to have to figure how to View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
demand for E Ink technology was growing rapidly, and the company had begun to scale up its production. “We were an R&D company trying to be a manufacturing company,” he remarks. One of the company’s largest accounts reneged on a confirmed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
credit at an affordable rate, they are often forced to scale back operations and lay off employees. This is why it’s important to understand when and if the banks are lending and why, she says. “We need to make the proper measurement of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
where we try to ease the pain of the death of at least one, possibly two, of these companies. That’s wise because it would be a tremendous shock to confidence if unemployment was to suddenly leap up by a million or more. But the long-term future of Detroit must be a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
growth preventing it from achieving critical mass. Ironically, it was the financial crisis of 2008 that gave the city’s fintech scene the jolt it needed to reach the next level. Suddenly, the big banks had much less money to throw at internal R&D, and as they View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
ruling radical left-wing SYRIZA party. During the campaign, Mitsotakis pledged to bulldoze the barriers that have long made Greece a difficult place to do business and set spinning a virtuous cycle of foreign and domestic investment, job creation, and growth of a View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
In Bolivia, ACCION linked the microfinance field to capital markets through the founding of BancoSol, a microfinance institution that became the nation’s most profitable bank. “Poverty can only be truly addressed if you meet four conditions,” Chu explains. “You must... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
people have burnout and struggle, insomnia, headaches, back pain, some form of leader B might be at play. Secondly, I've seen folks really stall out in their careers where—whether the organization has grown or your role has grown—I've seen leaders cap out and not be... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
Wingspanbank was created completely outside the Bank One structure. From a consumer's point of view, there is no visible relationship between the two banks. While there is some pooling of technology and personnel, economies of scale are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
fast,” hyper-growth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. Help wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. Cascading... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
carbon dioxide sequestering for power generation fits all objectives, except it is not doable on the scale needed. Stobaugh’s book supports the inclusion of “externalities” in energy pricing, the implication being that, if included, this... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
environmental quality and economic competitiveness.” Photo courtesy John Macomber Cleaner energy sources (such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric) can of course reduce the carbon emissions of cities, as will laws, incentives, and less demand. But in the near term,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
comment is spoken in an offhand way, but that ability to understand how a business will scale has been a key factor in some of DFJ’s enormous multiple returns. Today, DFJ spans affiliate networks in more than 30 cities around the world... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
promise held out by its foray into private equity, Grubman notes, "We're leveraging on Providence Equity's investment scale to invest in businesses we understand and where we can add value. For example, we have looked at investments in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
conditions that firms face; and the increased scale of activities fostered by global participation. The text examines how these phenomena create tensions and tradeoffs for executives concerning which product to offer around the world,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
dynamism. China's economy, he reported, has been growing at a rate of over 10 percent a year in this decade, on a scale the world has never known. China's chaos stems from the lack of preparation before reforms began - including a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
2018, I left my corporate job and decided to explore opportunities with a social impact-driven food organization, particularly one focused on food access and hunger relief. What made the Greater Boston Food Bank stand out among the options I considered was its View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
work has been around for decades,” Neeley says. “The early research began nearly 50 years ago.” In other words, quite a lot was already known when we headed for our couches, basements, bedrooms, and kitchen tables—but the sheer scale and... View Details