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- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
Gaucher disease. In the United States, the treatment costs a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year. But Genzyme will treat anyone in the world who has this disease, and there are two prices for the product they produce. One is the price that exists here or in... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
relationships associated with remote work made the middle manager’s role less necessary? Can much of what middle managers do be replaced by artificial intelligence? Can companies that compete based on cost afford to expand or even retain... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India
expanded services to include the supply and distribution of sustainable energy through solar lighting, thermal water heaters, and inverter systems, enabling the underserved sector to receive sustainable energy at affordable costs. SELCO... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
retrofit construction, and for driving urgent change during an era of unprecedented affordability and resiliency crises.” The five-year project, launched in 2020, has funding from the US Department of Energy, California Energy Commission,... 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
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022
It's been quite a year for HBS students, and as 2022 comes to a close we wanted to share some of the highlights from the MBA Voices Blog. ANSWERS TO YOUR TOP QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL AID AT HBS At HBS, we are committed to ensuring that an MBA is both View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
the costs down dramatically and improving access, so the poor could afford to bank. The problem is that this is not the way that the poor think of money. They hardly have any savings. Their main need is money-transfer." The Success... View Details
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
convenience, the quick in-and-out. And they’ve gone into underserved areas. They’re affordable and in low-population-density areas. They’re very successfully serving those. The pressure will be on the small Main Street merchants in these... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
afforded her a detailed view of the industry’s challenges and opportunities and helped to inspire the founding of the National Trust. The nonprofit launched its test case in May 2021, with the purchase of 24 newspapers and websites in... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)
essential to quality of life. Education breeds opportunity which, in turn, elevates life. So having parents and grandparents who were not afforded those opportunities meant that their lives took forms different from what mine ever will.... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
could not be more grateful for my experiences as an Infantry officer in the Army. I was afforded the opportunity to lead, train, and mentor incredible people who are the tip of the spear for American foreign policy and the spreading of... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
living more affordable for everyone. But can we have too much of it, especially when there is insufficient demand for the resulting output? Given the economic challenges facing the world's economies, does productivity improvement at a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements
Medicare to negotiate lower prices with drug companies and allow Americans to buy drugs at more affordable prices. The facts: Some of the information in the claim was true. The prices of brand-name drugs have more than doubled during that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
killing jobs at a time when the United States can ill afford to lose them. Few regulatory agencies have a more direct effect on businesses than the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the federal agency responsible for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
refreshing their product lines and extending their brand to more affordable items. Pressure to innovate is intense, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
our touchpoint for measuring progress in this crucial area. We’ve pursued action in a number of areas. Our focus in the MBA program is improving affordability and access. In August, we announced further investments in financial aid that... View Details
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
because I wanted to learn the business side of health care, and ultimately contribute to making high quality health care technology more affordable to underserved communities. What advice would you give to prospective MBA students... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
- Web
Harvard Business School
office and retail space in downtown Framingham. Two years later he oversaw a joint venture to develop a 56-unit affordable housing development in Dorchester. Richard America Jr. MBA 1965 Richard America has published on economic... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business
American Art in New York. The role is part of the HBS Leadership Fellows Program, a one-year fellowship that affords new HBS graduates both outsized access to senior leadership and opportunity for transformative impact within their... View Details