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Stephanie Atiase
Stephanie would like to be a entrepreneur—building a business that serves customers with a great product and society socially. “I believe happiness is a state of mind,” Stephanie says. “When you’re invested in being at HBS – in the cases,... View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Stress Test
connecting different pools of information. They had to create a new network, from the truck manufacturers to the freezer manufacturers to the pharmacies. What was the state of the US logistics sector as vaccine distribution began in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
of each affected the actions of others, culminating in the “mass hysteria” (another chapter title) leading to the crash. Buy, Lie, and Sell High provides specific suggestions for reforms to the regulation process in the United View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
Summer has always been a time to take a breath and slow down. Now that the United States is entering a post-pandemic phase, we have yet another reason to take things a bit slower and stop obsessing about... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
chance of a Greek or Italian default today or the risks in the mortgage market in the United States viewed from the perspective of 2006." A Peek To The Future What fate befalls policyholders should... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
public advisories, and it is regarded as more of a policeman than a partner by national governments. Its many dedicated scientists produce useful reports on the global state of public health, but the WHO's bureaucracy impedes the decisive... View Details
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Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
Services (GIS). SimplyAnalytics generates tables and maps for the United States including population, age, race, income, employment, and education. Our subscription... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
Labs. “A crisis like this illuminates the importance of innovation.” One example is Umbulizer, which offers a reliable, portable ventilator at 10 percent of the cost of a $40,000 hospital-grade machine. The device recently gained emergency FDA authorization for use in... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
mental health. His research findings suggest that "while people in the United States have more choice than any group of people ever has before, and thus, presumably, more freedom and autonomy, we don't... View Details
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John Clayton
growth to developing areas.” Not just the “how,” but the “why” Why HBS? John doesn’t hesitate to list the reasons. “First, it’s the global perspective,” he says. “HBS is committed to teaching 30-40% of cases on firms outside the United... View Details
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Shabrina Jiva
desire for an MBA. The United States held special appeal. "I grew up in Europe and worked in Asia, but admire so many things about American education: the emphasis on presentation, communication skills,... View Details
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Fatou Bintou Sagnang
In Dakar, Fatou Bintou Sagnang, MBA 2015, liked to look to the heavens with her father, who hoped his children would be able to fulfill ambitions in aerospace that were beyond his reach. Fatou, who came to the United View Details
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Field Course: Investing for Impact
details. SimplyAnalytics - enables creation of maps and tables for the United States that incorporate data such as population, age, race, income, employment, and education. See also, resources for Black... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
agendas. Further, they add that it is more appropriate that the U.S. government take whatever action is appropriate, including passing legislation requiring compliance. Questions posed by this dilemma go far beyond the basic arguments View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
wound ointment for thousands of years. The United States Patent and Trademark Office revoked the patent in 1997. The case illustrates the issue of "bio-piracy," wherein patentees charge rents for... View Details
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
(Houston), and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), are among the top-rated institutions in the United States in their fields. While specialization is not a prerequisite for excellence, as... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Debora L. Spar
in that enforcement. We see a similar demand with regard to the Russian programmer who was just arrested in the United States for distributing a technology that allowed readers to break through the software... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
and can afford good healthcare, you lack that foundation. If you don't have a governmental system that works effectively and delivers good public services, that's a drag on productivity. The United States... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
individuals' charitable giving in the United States. Further, unlike corporate boards where directors are appointed and leave, school attended is a network that doesn't change over a person's life (after graduation). In addition, a... View Details