World Wildlife Fund - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

States, according to data from the World Health Organization. By 2017, the per capita expenditure in Haiti had dropped to $13. No surprise, then, that many of Partner in Health’s clinics had no accounting systems in place and no resources... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

innovative ideas?'" Firms don’t need to necessarily fund their own research, but they should think about hiring some employees well-versed in their field’s scientific landscape to help source, read, and understand the scientific... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Harvard Business School

of Boston who served in World War II, Herb Lyken became a professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and taught for 15 years. He was also a founder and board member of the Unity Bank and Trust in... View Details

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

opposition to Florida legislation viewed as antithetical to the LGBTQ community, the state ended some of Disney’s taxing and property authorities over its Disney World Florida theme park. Suddenly, Disney is confronted with two opposing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

advise/prevent you against doing something completely stupid." Another experienced VC suggests that some founders may simply not know what their funding options really are: "The reason people usually go to [family and friends]... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

planning and operations roles at Blue Apron, Peloton, and Burrow. Ash is also an investment partner at The MBA Fund, an early-stage fund that backs student and alumni founders from Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania. I... View Details

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

competitive advantage while doing the right thing, rather than an imposition or a burden. According to Maersk leadership, the two keys to their decarbonization strategy are: Strong relationships with customers to get them on board with paying a premium to help View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

first of 15 Jr. NBA programs focused on youth development; in 2017, it opened NBA Academy Africa, one of four NBA Academy programs around the world that features elite training for high school-age prospects, in Senegal. Yet fulfilling the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

a high-quality urban institution, to serving on the Virginia Council of Higher Education, to funding the Batten Center for Entrepreneurship at UVA's Darden School of Business. Batten's biggest challenge these days, he says, is to... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

into the project. The company went on to be the world’s top chip manufacturer and among the 10 most valuable companies in the world in 2021, approaching $800 billion in market value. A mere 0.2 percent of TSMC at that valuation would be... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

reported funds flow were attributed to accounting violations, he added. Third, Enron's debt was underestimated by one half: $10 billion reported versus $22 billion actual debt. However, these factors, he continued, were... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

beers. Shufelt, a former hedge fund trader, had decided that all the boozy weeknight work dinners were incompatible with his life and fitness goals. He quit drinking and found sobriety to be a brilliant “life hack,” but he also missed the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

commissioning a study and engaging with its results to inform strategic decision making. Trade, Logistics, and Geopolitics: New Realities for Supply Chains Professor Willy Shih No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info From the 1980s until around 2009,... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Low 40 1940 s 19 Military spending explodes Graduated income tax, Victory Tax adopted to fund war effort Rationing Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Military spending shifts to nuclear deterrents Small Business Administration created... View Details

08 Jul 2014
News

Seeking "big solutions" to increase the value of nature for business and society

Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) is leading the World Wildlife Fund to "connect the dots" between business and societal goals to increase our perception of the value of the natural... View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

parts of the world in dealing with the financial damage that the pandemic has wrought. One other takeaway from the 2008-2009 crisis, just as relevant today as then: Hedge funds and private equity investors... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

industrial company committed to both the natural world and the growth of the Brazilian communities where it operated. Lorentzen served as chairman of Aracruz until 2004; under his leadership, the company built a world-class research... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2008
News

You Only Thought You Were Republican

smart guys, whose opinions on the state of the world are noteworthy — but mainly because I am hoping to get each of them, and all those in front of us in Aldrich 112, to give me $28,500 for the Democratic National Committee, by whom I... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

15 years old, and his extended family quickly swooped in to seize his assets—a common move known locally as a land grab. Dlodlo’s mother, who was left to raise five children single-handed, fought off her in-laws as long as she could. Eventually, however, she had to... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

truck drivers, so there is a shortage all over the world of Class A truck drivers,” says Lu, adding that the US driver workforce also experiences over 100 percent turnover every year. According to Lu, there is a shortage of 80,000 truck... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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