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- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
they going to stay there, and will that be a more permanent change in those local markets? I think that remains to be seen. One of the big issues is regulatory policies. Notwithstanding the desire to have more affordable housing, there... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Medicaid.) Some contend that the Public Option’s low-cost premiums are falsely achieved by shifting Medicare’s costs to private insurers, but Medicare’s massive scale—61.2 million enrollees—delivers... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
ongoing board capacities. Steeped in the knowledge of what does and does not work in the quest for safe, reliable, and affordable drinking water, Nicole has been working to overcome the repeated challenges that governmental agencies face... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
learned about the effects of one-to-one tutoring—that in a live environment with one great teacher and one student, you get amazing outcomes relative to group instruction. The challenge is that we can't afford one great teacher for each... View Details
- 12 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree
grain by offering generous need-based aid. What could have easily been cost prohibitive proved to be more affordable than I could have imagined due to the generosity of the school and its alumni. If you are interested but are concerned... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs
Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA/MPA 2007) founded a business that improves the health and hygiene of millions of women. But her goal is much bigger: empowering women by fostering entrepreneurship. Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) brings View Details
- Portrait Project
Nelly-Ange Kontchou
questions? Check. Gifts? Check. I smile to myself. I am quite literally walking in my purpose: to increase the accessibility and affordability of quality surgical care in Cameroon. The red soil got its way – I am home again. 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
- Profile
Andrew Pratt
the ninety percent of businesses who couldn’t have afforded it. One of things that’s been fascinating is watching the interest in this evolve. It’s the small real-estate agency that wants to show off property, or the golf course designer... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO
filmless camera with CD-ROM software that captures and edits images on personal computers, and the PDC-2000, an affordable digital camera for industrial and commercial photographers. DiCamillo takes a somewhat cautious approach, however,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
that to happen. MK: I don't think that we as a world probably can afford to wait to deploy DAC or other carbon removal technology. At this point I think we need to try anything, even if it's not necessarily the best technology. DM: I'm... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology
way to go as a team and as a business, but the access afforded to me as an alum of the Harvard Business School is unparalleled. I continue to be grateful for all the opportunities provided to me by Harvard, and I look forward to paying it... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
he nor his family could have afforded for him to go to the University of Connecticut and HBS without the GI Bill,” explains Bishop. “With his gift, he wanted to help keep HBS accessible for future Charlie Waites to attend and also wanted... View Details
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
Building Hope
more affordable and accessible. The opportunity for impact is massive, notes Zapolin. Depression affects more than 264 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, which considers depression to be a leading cause... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Morrell
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the prices vary... 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
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
throughout Massachusetts, creating some 4,200 affordable homes and more than 1,100 jobs. Colorful masks made by a community cultural center decorate the office walls, and there’s good news for a Monday morning: a coworker has brought in... View Details
- 10 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing
A hallmark of SELCO’s innovation process is a thorough understanding of the “problem statement” for each solution. From this foundation, they craft appropriate, affordable solutions powered by DRE to address the specific needs of these... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
families out of homeownership. “People love the idea, and I have always loved the idea,” says Laurie Gould (MBA 1996), a partner in Massachusetts-based VIVA Consulting who focuses on affordable housing. “We have these downtowns that are... View Details