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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
management capability and skills once reserved for institutions or wealthy individuals. They provide a strong incentive to save and invest and have been a great source of wealth accumulation for individuals. Mutual funds also represent an... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 02 Nov 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
material wealth, but we believe it also leads to a powerful contribution to familial wealth, country wealth, and ultimately, wealth for the continent,” says Royster, cofounder of Maarifa Education, a pan-African education holding company.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
pay the government up front for bailing them out. The old system didn’t work too well, and this one wouldn’t either. Wouldn’t the pool of reinsurance money paid by these private institutions shield the government from any losses? Not... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
microfinance institutions and banks in developing countries that make small loans to low-income women-and in some instances, men-so that they can build their own business and move beyond poverty. A customer in The Gambia, for example,... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
cheerleading team free of charge. “Not unlike a startup,” Swearengin says, “a new nonprofit uses a significant amount of duct tape to hold things together,” including, in the early days, stacking parents and children in an end zone to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Supporting Women in Leadership
"The intention of the fund is to look at women in leadership—in business and in civic life. Among other things, we want to help increase the number of cases featuring women protagonists. Currently, women hold 18–20 percent of senior... View Details
Keywords: W50
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
economics major at the University of California at Berkeley, McNamara discovered at HBS “a field of specialization he would make his own and use to change three institutions and, arguably, the United States,” writes journalist Deborah... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS
women-owned firms participate in only 9 percent of institutional equity deals, receiving just 2.3 percent of venture-capital dollars. Springboard is working to correct that gender disparity. HBS Dean Kim B. Clark, speaking at the opening... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
institutions that gave me a chance along the way." "When I was at the Business School, I think I measured success in terms of how much money I was going to make," reveals Benton. "Now it is more important to provide a good environment for... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
for business education. What must we do to ensure we remain an institution that educates leaders who make a difference in the world 10, 25, or even 50 years from now? This is a mission the world desperately needs us to fulfill. Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
global footprint, the community itself changed. Since Palepu joined the faculty in the early 1980s, the percentage of faculty born outside the United States has risen from 19 percent to 42 percent. And the percentage of students holding... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books How High Can You Soar? Eight Powers to Lift You to Your Full Potential by Jennifer Adams (OPM 51, 2018) Beyond Words Publishing What is holding you back from your biggest dreams? What steps can you... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
energy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell spoke with Kortenhorst about his career path and how the world can make renewables a reality. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Jules, tell me a little bit about what Rocky Mountain Institute does, and what your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
many investors are short-termers, and they aren't as good as long-termers at disciplining and guiding managers. Another issue is that big institutions, which hold the lion's share of stock, own shares in hundreds of companies, making it... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
small mom-and-pop operations, who often feel economic pressure themselves in rapidly gentrifying communities as taxes and other costs rise. Only 2 percent are owned by large institutional investors, and most of those homes are located in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
do business. Other recent efforts have focused on topics such as the forces shaping the world economy, the nature of the corporation in the 21st century, and emerging-market opportunities. In addition, Gupta notes, the McKinsey Global View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
undervaluing its currency. The Chinese government has pegged the yuan at 8.3 to the dollar since 1996, which undervalues it by 15 to 25 percent, according to Morris Goldstein of the Institute for International Economics in Washington,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
No Time Like the Present
Sangu Delle (MBA 2016) Sangu Delle always intended to support the educational institutions he attended, including Harvard College, HBS, and Harvard Law School, but he was planning to wait to give back until he’d achieved a certain level... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
potential to change how doctors diagnose and treat neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Alzheimer’s. Samzelius and his team at NeuraMetrix, based in the Bay Area, had been studying typing cadence, measuring how long subjects pause between two... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
College, is also committed to public service. Re- cently she put her career on hold for six months to help make a difference in the lives of hundreds of South African children. She left her job as managing director at Abt Associates,... View Details