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- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
established an insurance plan that insures many rural poor in two large, populous states in India for the equivalent of ten cents a day: "The numbers of people are so large, that for ten cents a day the people who become ill are... View Details
- 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
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves
nonprofit conducts field research, oversees data collection and processing, and presents clients with key findings, program implications, and implementation recommendations and tools. “The data we generate helps managers make the best decisions, improve their work, and... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
operating system for dealing with elective (largely surgical) patients. By opening an emergency room, however, the institution is now called upon to care for complex and highly variable medical patients. Asks if the previous operating system is appropriate for this new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Kurt Piemonte
Are there any trends you are seeing in Asia? I recently returned from a visit to Hong Kong where finance has traditionally been the primary industry. While that is generally still the case, I am seeing a growing number of start-ups, often in the fin-tech space, as more... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Apr 2013
- News
Tapped In
company's work with the resin that he discovered an opportunity for a unique social enterprise project. Called Green and Tapped Indian Community and launched in 2010, the program works with indigenous Mexican populations to plant new pine... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
entrepreneurs to become franchisees. Keshavjee is also involved in a large affordable housing project in Thika, on the outskirts of Nairobi. He is bullish on Kenya, noting the country has "a youthful, well-educated population and is now... View Details
- Profile
Kira Epler
with a population of about 1,500 people. After completing her engineering degree, Kira worked in Dow Chemical's Capital Projects Group. "I noticed that engineering was important," Kira says, "but that all the interesting... View Details
- Profile
Frances Dixon
independent research project on water technologies. “I’m interested in private sector solutions. There are a couple of Boston startups that are investigating new technologies for filtering water or desalinating water with less energy. I want to find ways technology can... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass
It doesn’t take long before entire populations are removed, and that’s what has happened. Why don’t people seem as impassioned about protecting endangered fish as they do about, say, saving trees? People talk about the world becoming a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
W50 Next Steps
than 6,400 alumni, Professor Robin Ely is readying a follow-up survey. Her goal is to better understand the complexities of our alumni population and delve deeper into the challenges and opportunities women face and the choices they make. View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
Populations By: Gray, Kurt, David G. Rand, Eyal Ert, Kevin Lewis, Steve Hershman, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Psychological explanations of group genesis often require population heterogeneity in identity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
single-family houses—the largest strictly single-family housing market in the country,” Rhea explains. Lafayette Park, the Detroit neighborhood where he grew up in the 1970s, is one of the few exceptions. Populated with high rises and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
mandate.” He reveals that with the fiber installed in the eighteen months since Netcom was launched, shareholder value has multiplied sixfold to $2.5 billion. “China’s Internet population will grow to several hundred million in the next... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Turning Point: Eternal Returns
Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details
- 23 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why Plume? To Make a Difference in the World
represents over 50% of the trans population and we’re growing rapidly. Plume is available to anybody 18 years or older who desires medical hormone therapy to live more in line with their gender identity. I am beyond thrilled that every... View Details
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Arjun Goyal
a scientific eye for identifying precise populations in which therapies are effective, with a commercial appetite for successful drugs that need more time and money to prove their potential.” As part of a four-person clinical development... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
A Whole New Game
According to research compiled by the Federal Reserve, cities, not suburbs, are now the leading generators of US economic growth. From 2010 to 2016, urban populations grew faster than those in the suburbs, reversing a nearly 70-year-old... View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
fixture from one sheet of metal and his peers respect his craftsmanship, then he has nothing to be ashamed of; quite the contrary. Moreover, a gradual shift towards computer-aided design made these craftsmen less relevant to the design and manufacture of new engines. A... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
constructively replicate and extend these findings with a supplemental analysis of a second sample, the full population of new nonprofit organizations founded during a two-year period in the United States (n = 31,160). By highlighting how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne