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- 01 Sep 2011
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Making a Difference in the World
The City Solution: Facts and Figures p. 32 “half the world’s people ” U.N. Habitat report (“Cities and Climate Change – Global Report on Human Settlements”) March 2011 p. 33 “2 percent land mass most of its emissions.” UN Habitat Report March 2011 “ largest annual rise... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
article, “Restoring American Competitiveness,” which lays out their views in detail. Despite their dire analysis, Pisano and Shih remain cautiously optimistic that the United States can regain its competitive footing. When it comes to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
United States and Brazil could do a lot more together. There’s a lot of potential for partnership. Books you’re reading? Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell; The Snowball, about Warren Buffett. What’s the first Web site you look at in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
professionals to eliminate IT waste and reduce capital expenses. The additional material covers IT governance and strategy, outsourcing, offshoring, data-center management, IT problem management, disaster recovery, systems security, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors
15–17 in Shanghai. The forum presents a terrific opportunity for alumni to hear from Fortune 500 global business leaders, government officials, HBS faculty, and prominent U.S. and Chinese leaders. Outside the conference, attendees have a... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
Harsh Bhargava (MBA 1977) was visiting his hometown of Jaipur, India, in 1999 when tragedy struck. In the midst of an unemployment crisis during the Kargil War, the government advertised for 120 open positions in the nearby town of... View Details
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- 02 Apr 2020
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Patriots Plane Delivers a Million Masks from China
worsened on March 18, when an order of 3 million masks that the state had negotiated to buy were impounded by the federal government in the Port of New York and New Jersey, Baker said in an interview with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
companies. With developments such as the recent Supreme Court decision allowing companies to spend more freely on political campaigns, the importance of corporate governance is likely to grow. Many boards are effective, and even on flawed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
What’s Next for You?
At a fall reunion session titled “Downshifting Your Career or Just Changing Direction?” panelist Michael Jeans shared a startling World Health Organization prediction: In the United States today, those who are healthy when they reach age... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Revamping the corporate tax code could improve America’s competitiveness and living standards
The US corporate tax code is impeding the nation’s ability to compete in the worldwide economy, according to Mihir A. Desai (MBA 1993, PhD 1998), the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance. Desai has found that current US policies divert capital toward other... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Home Sweet Home
TERWILLIGER: Workforce-housing shortages can hurt urban economies. Photo Courtesy Habitat for Humanity In June, Ron Terwilliger (MBA ’70) was named Housing Person of the Year by the nonpartisan National Housing Conference. With almost forty years in the housing... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
moderate-income consumers, D2D develops and supports innovative new products and policies that make it easier for people to save. Among its many initiatives, D2D offers individuals and organizations (private employers, the military, community colleges, nonprofits,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
philanthropy or government funding," Hourdequin explains. "What the public is getting back is the assurance that the property won't be converted to some other use, the assurance that the forest will be managed sustainably in perpetuity,... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
poverty, inequality, access, and opportunity are deeply economic and political, and often persist even when the right laws are in place because of market or government failure." The chance to study with Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jim Austin,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
capital markets and firms’ social, environmental, and governance performance. Lakshmi Ramarajan, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit, also had ties to HBS before joining the faculty. After earning her doctorate in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron’s board (which was... View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- News
Sam Adams Could Turn Benedict Arnold Because of Taxes
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
governments to use those resources to help people escape poverty. In the private sector, Rangan sees a positive trend among multinational corporations within industries to set and adhere to minimum standards for labor, the environment,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
University Elections
elections will be announced on Commencement Day, June 7. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard’s two governing boards, the other being the President and Fellows, which is more commonly known as the Corporation.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
ethanol plant in an increasingly competitive, complex environment. “For the first time in history, the food and energy markets are converging,” says Reinhardt. “It’s hard to imagine two areas of greater importance, or with greater View Details