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- 20 Mar 2018
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
Daphne Leger (MBA 2012), director of continuous improvement for Mexico-based social enterprise salauno, uses her business savvy to bring affordable eye care to those who most need it. “I firmly believe that business has a key role to play... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- News
Shaping Singapore
didn’t take long, however, for Cheong to understand the challenges and opportunities afforded by urban planning’s broader scope, particularly in a land-constrained city-state like Singapore. “In architecture, you are only looking at a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Cindy Thanh Tran
working, chicken farming, selling trashed papers... Still, she could not afford extra food for me to stay healthy while studying intensively whenever I was preparing for a regional competition or a nation-wide contest. So, she went for... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- News
A Righteous Path
who would not otherwise be able to afford an advocate. But that’s not enough, says Leimsider. In his time as executive director, Leimsider has helped Safe Passage clarify its strategic goals. “We have a very specific understanding of what... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
C.D. Spangler Jr., MBA 1956
that HBS has had on your life, the unique opportunities it has afforded you in your work, and the extraordinary people you have had the good fortune to meet." Not surprisingly, Spangler's high ideals are matched by a deep personal... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Leticia Tavares On Marriott's Management Acceleration Program
working for a company with 30 brands and properties in more than 100 countries. Being part of a company with such a global footprint has also afforded me the opportunity to work with a diverse set of colleagues. I truly enjoy learning... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
globe,” notes Sanchay Gupta (MD/MBA 2022), who cofounded Umbulizer in 2017 and serves as chief medical officer. Before the pandemic developed, Umbulizer’s affordable device was already in use in hospitals and mobile medicine settings in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
essential technologies, such as bicycle-powered machines, affordable solar lanterns, and smokeless cook stoves, designed for the rural poor at the bottom of the economic pyramid. View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
afford to pay their mortgages but walk away from the property instead. (Boston Globe, December 22, 2009) “How predictable was it five years ago that probably well over 90 percent of pictures are taken off smartphones?” — Jim Balsillie... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Bridging the Gap
Anas Aljumaily (MBA 2017) Elian Pres-Gurwits (MBA 2018) Cofounders, Gently Concept: Focused on urban markets, Gently is a last-mile delivery service that uses predictive analytics, electric trucks, and “nano-fulfillment” centers to provide sustainable, View Details
- Portrait Project
Tara Hagan
day. As the second-oldest child adopted into a multiracial family of nine in small-town Oklahoma, I almost didn’t go to college. We couldn’t afford it. Besides, I didn’t know anyone who had finished college. My parents pushed me to... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
in new and emerging businesses, even if our returns were subject to the same rates as our earned income? Alas, I can find no way to justify my good-fortune tax rate. I reluctantly conclude that the few of us who can afford to make... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- News
JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity
more tangible, meaningful way.” The release notes that the firm’s commitment will focus on promoting and expanding affordable housing and homeownership for underserved communities; growing Black- and Latinx-owned businesses; improving... View Details
- Portrait Project
Constanca Oliveira e Sousa
I didn’t have much, but I had a sewing kit and some sheets. Josilane was a girl that lived in the slums in Montes Claros, Brazil. She wanted to marry but couldn't afford a dress. I was a missionary in this foreign country, living in an... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sue Yang
untold opportunity in a new country. It was the 1990s, and my parents had just emigrated from Shanghai, with me in tow. Shanghai had afforded them rare passage from poverty and illiteracy to higher education, and rarer still, to America.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home Sweet Home
60,000 families worldwide, according to the Hilton Head Island Packet (June 6, 2009). Terwilliger is also an advocate for, and generous supporter of, affordable housing in the United States. He is concerned that housing in too many cities... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Gibson Hits a High Note
Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO, credits the company’s turnaround in part to aging baby boomers who can afford to plunk down $1,000 or more for remakes of classic designs played by the world’s top professional musicians, including B.B. King... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Yurt Man
company, HOMErgent, see as ideal for disaster relief and globally sustainable affordable housing. “For less than $2,000, we can provide better housing than what most people in the world already have,” Zwern told the Los Angeles Times... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
week's US Supreme Court ruling. It's time to end three-and-a-half years of political wrangling and make the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) work. The law's shortcomings are well known. It provides health care access to 30 million... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
'03 David Merle, MBA '03 Superdome building integrated photovoltaics India HBS Club of India Vikram Sharma, MBA '06 Crossover Energy sustainable energy services Latin America HBS Club of Brazil Thomaz Srougi, GMP 6 2009 Dr. Consulta View Details
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