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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
War II, tracing the decentralizing effects of the draft, rationing, and Ferdinand Eberstadt's Controlled Materials Plan. Also included are overview chapters on the impact of women and African Americans on business, as well as considerations of three vital View Details
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Foreign direct investment: statistics
Where can I get information on foreign direct investment? Economist Intelligence Unit Country Data On the right side of the screen under Reports, click on DataTool In Step 1, choose All CountryData from the drop-down. Choose... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Raising the bar to provide quality education
With some other people in the financial sector we started a charity called ARK—Absolute Return for Kids—and one of the things we did was start a network of academy schools, which were government schools that were intended to serve... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Surveying Students’ Summer Plans
Summer offers the benefit of long, warm days—and for students, the very real opportunity to consider a potential sector or role for post-HBS plans, sometimes with the support of the HBS Summer Fellows Program. (Last year, 256 students... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
national security and a civilian tech sector that is the main engine of the economy. Another plus is Israel’s cluster of great universities, large companies, start-ups, and “connective tissue” such as top-notch engineering talent and... View Details
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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship
successful efforts to use GIS technology to identify and solve the problem of lack of access to healthy, fresh nutritious food. Competitors & Industry Profiles Information on specific competitors or an... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Going Forward
accomplished. Our work, however, is not done. I envision a future where we—the alumni, students, faculty members, and staff of Harvard Business School—work in concert to address society’s most difficult problems, innovate to redefine what is possible, and cross View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
transactions of all kinds and with the size of firms growing, the reliability of technology becomes increasingly important. "The increased use of technology offers huge economies of scale," notes Warren McFarlan, coauthor of the fifth edition of Corporate View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
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REITs (real estate investment trusts)
Where do I find information on real estate investment trusts (REITs)? General Background: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts: Produces the global and domestic indices for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
top. A lot of the rhetoric about the need for an “intelligence czar” points in this direction. But we’ve seen in the private sector that, in highly turbulent environments, overly centralized organizations get overwhelmed by the View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
function. One important element will be time-based pricing that stimulates demand when renewables are producing abundant electricity. Additionally, electrification of whole new sectors such as transportation (through electric vehicles) or... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
the organization as it has forged educational partnerships with numerous businesses and become the country's leading nonprofit resource for breast cancer information and education. NABCO is now a powerful force in patient advocacy,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
has one of the most dynamic K–12 education sectors in the country. The Los Angeles Unified School District has more charter schools than any other chartering agency, and [according to a 2014 report by Stanford’s Center for Research on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
James Ellman shows how to invest wisely as climate change impacts multiple sectors across the stock market. The costs of global warming and its mitigation will have a major impact on equity market performance over the next two decades. As... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The path to philanthropic entrepreneurship
Internet, information services, and education. “What I learned from HBS is that you can be a philanthropic entrepreneur as well. I love that part.” Coutu spends two or three days a week in the philanthropic world giving back and creating... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs
teachers. We provide professional development to 55,000 teachers across the country. “I’ve been doing that for about two and a half years, after a long career in the private sector as a management consultant. “I would say I have a good... View Details
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Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
Where can I find information to help me with my course work? Information on education and social entrepreneurship Research Task Suggested Resources Education Newsletters and Article Databases Chronicle of... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
College, the authors argue that rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help make college decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to make. They don't give students and families the View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
what it’s like to be them, I hope it becomes possible for us to better support them.” Inspirational Philanthropy in America A History by Olivier Zunz “This book describes the incredibly important role that philanthropy and the nonprofit View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
While many countries are facing mounting economic, social, and political challenges, Karen Wilson (MBA 1991) says that “there’s a lot of potential in leveraging private sector approaches to address these challenges in new ways. The... View Details