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- 01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
agencies focused on development projects and private-sector growth in emerging economies often seen as too risky for most investors. But this new assignment was something else entirely. “I have a phenomenal job and I’m living in a safe... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
science and health services from Harvard’s School of Public Health, even she couldn’t successfully navigate the health care system for her mom. It set her on a path of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
president of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation (CPS), a firm he cofounded with several MIT professors in 1984. A former Boston Consulting Group project manager, he was instrumental in founding the firm's manufacturing strategy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
Ventures True Wealth Ventures also focuses specifically on the sustainable consumer and consumer health sectors, areas in which, Rupp estimates, women make 80 to 85 percent of the purchasing decisions. Considering all those factors, she... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
restaurants. “There are whole startups focused on that, and it’s a very difficult problem to solve,” Sambvani says. 3. Go wider. They could expand into entirely new markets, such as financial services, travel, or health care. This... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
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Step Change
across the e-commerce, health care, transportation, edtech, and fintech sectors. Ayman Ismail, assistant professor of entrepreneurship and founding director of the American University in Cairo's (AUC) Venture Lab, pegs the earliest... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
designed to descend a maximum of 1,000 meters. Could the company build a vehicle capable of diving more than 10 times deeper, Vescovo asked. “That’s something I had wanted to do for many years,” says Lahey. “But without someone who’s going to finance a View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
Florida, in 1998. That experience was an excellent proving ground for the level of detail and oversight involved in building the new Busch Stadium. In an era that has seen a number of sports facilities built with public funds, nearly 90... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
the inception of the Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. And, really, the interest is global. What do you think is behind this rise in scholarly attention? Two... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
do with so many of my clients is sit down with this special tool that I call Eight C. Each of the different Cs is just a different category or type of health and support that you might be able to get as a working parent, that would be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
newfound commitment to employee training resulted in E Ink University, with courses offered in Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, and project management. “We absolutely expect that others will figure out ways to create a competitive product,”... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
fundamental issues.” —Àlvaro Rodríguez-Arregui (MBA 1995) After founding a microfinance investment fund called the Dignity Fund in 2005 with Elizabeth Collet Funk (MBA 1996), she started Elevar in 2008, widening the investment scope to include housing, education, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
and staying engaged in some way are intrinsic to sustaining both confidence and opportunities. Serving on meaningful nonprofit boards that deal with serious business issues is one good route. Part-time projects and consulting is another.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
of our brands—Sonic and Arby’s in particular—are doing well, and doing so in more compressed timeframes, because breakfast and late-night dining are no longer part of peoples’ routines. THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music
documenting quality grassroots music from all around the world, has greatly enhanced its operational efficiency, a key to its competitive health as a small but highly regarded independent label. Knutson, who still keeps in touch with his... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Feb 1997
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Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Businesses in Agribusiness, New Opportunities in the Health Care Industry, and Managing in the Marketspace. "This cooperation among various units has greatly enhanced EM's ability to deal with the cross-disciplinary research required to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
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One-on-One with Grover Norquist
government. Those four measures are completely doable over a 25-year period. Excluding the military, the three major expenditures of the government are education; health care; and retirement security, meaning Social Security and federal,... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
India’s Pathways to Success: Winning in the Next Decade By Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005) and Ejaz Ghani Rupa Publications India Where does India stand today economically, socially and politically, 75 years after independence? Where... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Profits and Purpose
tackle. But the students said, “Whoa, how can we talk about the big problems of our time without thinking about inequality?” The students also pushed me to move beyond shared value. Of course, building the business models that create both View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2017
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History’s Lessons
the whole world of nature,” she once said. Years later, Carson—a quiet, reserved woman who trained as a scientist—would find her voice as a writer, publishing essays and books about nature’s delicate interrelationship with humankind. For two years, she battled a range... View Details