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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

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

require a combination of innovation on affordable sustainable solutions (such as cleaner cooking technologies) as well as government subsidies and regulations to make these technologies more accessible. Elephant Art Exhibit in EcoWorld View Details

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

working on a major advance in science or technology to (1) be properly financed; (2) go through the extremely difficult periods of study, invention, development, engineering, and production; or (3) afford to advertise and distribute its... View Details

March 2022
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Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)

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

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16 Dec 2021
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African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

during an MBA, and the opportunities afforded to you post-MBA related to fundraising and deploying capital, are imperative for scaling impact. When you think about affecting change on a national or global level, an MBA is one clear way to... View Details

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

putting free content out there, boy are they delivering on their mission, but when does that become financially untenable, given the cost of producing and disseminating digital content? On the other hand, if they charge people for digital content, they can View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

India [see article], treats indigent people from neighboring countries—Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma—who suffer from heart disease and can't afford surgery. Treatment for them is free. The hospital is able to provide it because surgical... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

started at the bottom—"My first assignment was to get a post office box so we could get literature describing the equipment we couldn't afford to buy"—and worked his way up to the rank of one of the master managers in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

and Web development expertise. When people are that involved in your company, we can't afford to let one fail," he said. What Cost Incubation? But, asked moderator Lerner, what about the cost of this closer involvement? Does it mean... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

Illustration by Mercedes McDonald. Orchard Gardens photo by Ed Quinn/Saba In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and local economies. Affordable... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

program in the 1960s to his role today as president and CEO of Pioneer Group, which creates affordable housing through the renovation and preservation of historic buildings in the American Midwest. Freeman grew up in a small Kansas town,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

homelessness. But the affordable housing problem is especially acute in urban areas, where entire tranches of the workforce—teachers, laborers, first responders, restaurant and transit workers, for example—are squeezed out of their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2023
News

Making Dreams Attainable

Illustration by David Vogin HBS believes that leadership talent is more evenly distributed than opportunity across society and the world, and takes the approach that preparing future leaders for today’s challenges depends on having a broad range of perspectives shared... View Details

Frank A. Munsey

Frank Munsey revolutionized the publishing industry by bringing financial rigor to the business. Munsey was a pioneer in connecting advertising prices to circulation volume making large-scale magazine production affordable and profitable.... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

19 Sep 2022

Behind the Scenes of Writing a Case Study

"How can start-ups in emerging markets compete against established global giants?" Join Professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Khalid Al Omran as they discuss Professor Casadesus-Masanell’s recent series of case studies on Maestro Pizza, a company that opened its first... View Details

Thomas B. Pickens

Starting his career with only a small drilling, exploration and production firm, Pickens developed a knack for acquiring oil-rich properties. His luck afforded him the wealth he used to begin his famous string of attempted hostile... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Alfred E. Mann

Mann was a prolific inventor who developed many lifesaving medical devices including the rechargeable pacemaker which formed the basis of the successful Pacesetter company. Mann continued to perfect the pacemaker and developed other biomedical devices. Though he sold... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Charles M. Schwab

Schwab’s other achievements include the establishment of a profit sharing plan for Bethlehem employees and the creation of a unique leadership hierarchy that afforded lower managers much independence and greater pay. View Details

Keywords: Metals

24 Apr 2014
News

Outside-the-box innovation for off-the-grid energy

model for delivering electricity to off-grid populations in the world. “There are 1.2 billion people who have no access to electricity,” Jaegle says. “Millions cannot afford grid power or rely on it; elementa uses proven technology in a... View Details

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Micah Macfarlane

Micah Macfarlane tries to make every career decision to make the greatest difference in the most lives. Before HBS, Micah worked in global health – expanding access to quality care and, especially, affordable medicines. "I worked to... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Manufacturing/Energy; Nonprofit/Government/Education

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