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27 Apr 2022
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Following the Flow of Aid

Courtesy Mercy Corps Courtesy Mercy Corps In April, Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) paid a visit to Poland to see firsthand the plight of Ukrainian people fleeing their country. The humanitarian aid organization that... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

12 Dec 2010
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Would-be Haitian contractors miss out on aid

November–December 1991
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The Case of AIDS

By: R. S. Tedlow and M. Marram

Keywords: Health Pandemics

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04 Mar 2011
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Local consultants aided Khadafy

01 Jan 2024
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Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS

At HBS, we are committed to ensuring that an MBA is both affordable and accessible to students from all backgrounds. First off, don’t worry, you do not need to apply for financial aid until after you have applied and been admitted to the... View Details

July 2002 (Revised December 2002)
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Phase Two: The Pharmaceutical Industry Responds to AIDS

By: Debora L. Spar

Describes how major pharmaceutical firms changed their strategy and pricing policies in the years 2000 to 2002 to respond to the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa. View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Health Pandemics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Africa

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

Admissions & Financial Aid MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences The program seeks a diverse group of outstanding students who have an undergraduate degree in life sciences and/or significant workplace experience in biotechnology or life... View Details

16 Jan 2018
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How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

While the financial aid process begins after you’ve been accepted at HBS, there is a lot you can do in the months (and even years) beforehand to put yourself in the best position to access funding. HBS will help you meet your full... View Details

20 Feb 2019
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How Financial Aid Makes All the Difference

01 Sep 2005
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Gifts Create Frist Financial Aid Fund

TOMMY, JULIE, AND BILLY FRIST: New fund supports fellowships and innovation in financial aid. Photo Courtesy Frist family Financial aid at HBS has received a $10 million boost, thanks to a $9 million gift from the Thomas F. Frist Jr.... View Details

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

October 1993 (Revised July 1994)
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A Brush with AIDS (B)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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International Financial Aid Webinar (Admits)

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

Admissions & Financial Aid MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID Admissions Students interested in the MBA/MPP or MBA/MPA-ID joint degree programs apply to Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) separately and are selected... View Details

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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA

Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid Every student admitted to Harvard Business School demonstrates a unique ability to become a leader who will make a difference in the world. While admission is based on merit, financial View Details

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AIDS in Africa: Life, Death and Property Rights

By: Debora L. Spar

In the final years of the twentieth century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--the plague of AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought... View Details

October 1993 (Revised July 1994)
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A Brush with AIDS (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem

A product manager at a health products company is responsible for marketing sharps containers, which hospitals use to store used needles in order to protect medical workers from being pricked with AIDS-contaminated needles. After hospitals report repeated instances of... View Details

Keywords: Health; Cost vs Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Safety; Values and Beliefs; Profit; Goals and Objectives; Compensation and Benefits; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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3.2 Financial Aid | MBA

3.2 Financial Aid MBA Financial Aid is managed by the Robert K. Kraft Family Financial Aid Office, Spangler Center 2nd floor, 617-495-6640, finaid@hbs.edu . Students do not... View Details

20 Dec 2023
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Financial Aid Overview for Domestic Students

2007
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How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

By: Eric D. Werker, Faisal Z. Ahmed and Charles Cohen

We use oil price fluctuations to construct a new instrument to test the impact of transfers from wealthy OPEC nations to their poorer Muslim allies. The instrument identifies plausibly exogenous variation in foreign aid. We investigate how aid is spent by tracking its... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Asia

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December 2011 (Revised June 2012)
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Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid

By: Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats

Samasource sought to use work, not aid, for economic development. The company secured contracts for digital services from large companies in the United States and Europe, divided the work up into small pieces (called microwork) and then sent it to delivery centers in... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise

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