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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
quarterly earnings reports, reflecting the complexity of corporate restructurings and other long-term growth strategies. There are important implications of these differences for public company boards, even though they operate with a... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
post-secondary education, yet only 51 percent of the state’s population has any post-secondary credential. Community colleges are essential in addressing this disparity. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, an educator at Northern Virginia... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
London, Tokyo, Hong Kong); megacities and population magnets (e.g., São Paulo, Lagos, Mumbai, Jakarta); and “up-and-comers,” cities of 150,000 to 10 million people, aspiring to international stature (e.g., Cape Town, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur).... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
mandate.” He reveals that with the fiber installed in the eighteen months since Netcom was launched, shareholder value has multiplied sixfold to $2.5 billion. “China’s Internet population will grow to several hundred million in the next... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
groups such as Boko Haram, which at least promise something to eat. Kola Masha Managing Director, Doreo Partners Masha's Babban Gona system turns subsistence farmers into commercial growers using a franchise model that provides everything from seeds to loans.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
is very significant damage,” observes Cohen, who is the author of IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change. “It’s also a sign of a broken system,” he says. “Capitalism has created huge benefits to populations across the globe... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
developing country, with an emerging economy. Diagne needed his team to mitigate risks, protect the public’s health, and educate the population without losing ground on key initiatives that would continue to bolster Senegal’s economy,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
by minute. Take the matter of the city's schools, for example. "The initial reaction was to close them, but what's really best?" asks Lhota. "What do parents do if school is closed? Do we really want a million kids - the school population... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
their skills, and move them up the skill and pay ladders,” says Eckert, with robots replacing only the bottom rungs. “You’re not finding 21-year-olds coming out of school and wanting to go into manufacturing. In China, there is actually a declining View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 16 Dec 2010
- News
The Emergent Arab World
frequently “turn against their own people” and a business community that too often “can’t stand on its own two feet.” Going forward, Obeid said, the focus should be on the 65 percent of the MENA population that is under 30 years of age,... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
first seat on a public board at Altimeter Growth Corporation, a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Since launching in September 2020, the Board Challenge’s singular mission has been to increase the representation of Black... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
Fortune magazine's "Fifty Most Powerful Women in American Business." Why has Lucent performed so well since its divestiture from AT&T? We have been growing globally faster than our markets. Our ability to focus on the hottest growth... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
requires some handholding and has historically been populated with would-be national players that lack both specialized knowledge and the ability to respond quickly, this hands-on, engineering-heavy style has been a key differentiator for... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968
the largest countries by population in the world. "Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe will be responsible for a growing share of our business," he asserts. "To drive top-line growth,... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
making something from nothing had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today's startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
China, saw how social e-commerce operated there, and identified an opportunity to bring a similar model to Latin America. “In Latin America, only 6 percent of the population buys online, and as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic,... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
growth and with the top tiers in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) as a viable and essential market. Indeed, it is only... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
everyone is trying to reach the same goal, but contributing in different ways, or if you’re trying to make a transaction with another company, inevitably the process works,” says Callahan. That approach plays out every day that Sail to Prevail takes its diverse View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
(a representative sample of the School’s green business leaders) are doing just that. — The HBS Green Business Alumni Association welcomes new members and volunteers. A Growth Business Sykué Bioenergia Power Couple: Ana Maria Diniz and... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
jobs, and justice. All of our focus areas are looking at vulnerable populations and helping people find a path out of poverty. And the initiative that you saw was GetCalFresh, which is one of our big food initiatives in California, to... View Details