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- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
organization, both in terms of our global footprint-- now 50% of our work is outside the United States-- and in terms of our size. All was a clear-eyed focus on accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy future. Morrell: And I want to View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
involving fifteen federal agencies. In the private sector, Treadwell is chairman and CEO of Venture Ad Astra, which invests in and develops new geospatial and imaging technologies. “From 2007 to 2009, we are marking the International... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
these problems on their own; the private sector would need to step up as well. Kauss paid attention. “I actually talked to the professor after the presentation and told him how inspired I was,” she recalls. So inspired, in fact, that two... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the global economy is increasingly digital, billions of cash-based buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
elective, The Management of New Enterprises. This in turn spawned other such course offerings throughout the 1960s and ’70s in the MBA and Executive Education programs. Many students indeed were going on to become entrepreneurs as alumni.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
specializes in speech recognition software. "That's proven true for our company time and time again. We decided to raise money from a prominent computer maker because of the credibility and opportunities such an association would provide, rather than View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
finance, when more attention should be paid to getting out in the field to find out what’s really going on and why. If teaching becomes largely quantitative and the computer is the dominant resource, case writing and field research become... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
“punishment posting” or perhaps a move that signaled her desire for a slower-paced lifestyle after a fifteen-year career in various areas of ICICI Bank. “There were no visible indicators that signaled the potential for private equity in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
private life. These honorees, like their predecessors, are often in the limelight by virtue of their notable accomplishments and high-level positions in the private and public sectors. Curious about the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
at the bottom of the pyramid so it makes good business sense — not a sense of do-gooding — to go after it.” Today, market forces, private-sector know-how, and grassroots initiatives such as microfinance are all being looked to as tools to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
those students whose perspectives could take a case discussion to the next level. Andreas was fascinated with management theories and brought a great deal of enthusiasm to the classroom." After completing the AMP, Andresen faced the decision of whether to return to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Countries’ disease-surveillance capacity can be strengthened with support from partners and technical agencies, to go along with their own investment. Compensation for farmers could encourage early reporting of outbreaks. Without timely... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
relationship with France. Yet at the same time, we lack a vision of where to go as a small territory. We have the highest standard of living in the Caribbean, but we miss a collective sense of pride in common achievement. Clearly,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
another farewell, bound for every corner of the globe, they mark the completion of a degree and the beginning of a new relationship with one another and the School. (“It’s sad that we can’t all go to work for the same company,” one... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
persistence in offering SARA’s hard data—and solutions—to craft effective legislation. Langford is a frequent presence at Georgia’s state capitol, working to influence policy addressing the opioid epidemic. “We’re going to be running... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
vision of sustainability. Holding on to stringent notions is not going to lead to practical, workable solutions." Yet Vietor points out that more and more companies are spontaneously coming up with sustainable development strategies that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
we’ve completely gutted the right of workers to organize in the private sector, to be heard in the workplace, which is a fundamental human right. That needs to be restored. Not just because it’s a fundamental human right, but because it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
social change and very conscious that I was going to use my HBS training in different ways than most of my classmates,” America explains. “In class, I appreciated the pro-labor side in cases that had a union-management component. I was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
sometimes tragic personal life. “Light and chipper in public,” McCraw writes, the charming and generous Schumpeter “lived an altogether different life in private — a continuing, desperate internal struggle with melancholy.” Excerpts from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Image by C.J. Burton As the aftereffects of the 2008 global economic crisis continue to be felt, nonprofit organizations are competing for fewer and fewer dollars. Donors, also feeling the squeeze of a sluggish economy, just don't have as much to View Details