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22 Feb 2022
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Savings and Loam

finding brands in every aisle that align with their values. An entire generation of these consumers expects their purchasing power to be deployed as a force for good, whether that means supporting humane working conditions or social or... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

15 Oct 2024
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Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86

Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details

01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

sale of development rights, through the grant of a conservation easement, generates an early, partial return to Lyme Timber's investors while creating a permanent restriction against development. "Typically, it's public View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

20 Aug 2014
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With No Time to Lose

down his pursuit of a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly known as ALS). As founder and former CEO of Prize4Life, the nonprofit he launched in 2006 with the help of his HBS classmates and professors, Kremer has shone a light on this so-called orphan... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1998
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Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development

At its 45th Reunion, the MBA Class of 1949 made a generous gift to the School for the purpose of creating a Dean's discretionary fund. Recently, Dean Kim B. Clark announced the name and intention of the fund, established in honor of... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over

For marketers, how big is the World Cup? Its power can't be overstated. Some 3 billion people will watch the tournament, and marketers will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to engage their attention. FIFA, the governing body of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2008
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India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

natural and human resources, poverty nonetheless prevails — some 350 million Indians live on less than one dollar a day. “The government of India faces the challenge of leveraging huge natural and human resources to ensure rapid economic... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

13 Nov 2020
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Insatiably Curious

innovation sectors of the economy,” she says of the new position. Working as COO “synthesizes my past experiences,” she adds, citing her early career as an investor at General Atlantic; her recent work as a limited partner at Fremont... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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The Race Against Resistance

ensuring], for example, fewer days in the hospital.” Triola echoes this argument. “Without any economic data to justify the use of premium-priced treatments over cheaper generics, how are you going to make the case that a hospital system should spend View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Mar 2019
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The Blue-Green Revolution

removed from fossil crude. As a result, algae could pull fossil-fuel generated CO2 out of the atmosphere and transform it into nearly carbon-neutral diesel or jet fuel with minimal environmental impact—a handy trick when demand for... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustration by Eric Nyquist

17 Aug 2011
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Breath of Life

regenerative medicine devices could potentially grow to hundreds of millions of dollars annually.” In the immediate future, Green said, “We expect further procedures to take place using this technique, with the first US surgeries... View Details

Keywords: stem cell research; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2014
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Roads to Recovery

"We see infrastructure as a $60 trillion opportunity." —Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982), CEO, General Electric "Transportation offers the single best opportunity to make cities livable and affordable." —Scott Griffith, former CEO, Zipcar... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

that experience,” he adds. A devoted father of three, over the years Klarman has made family a top priority, taking time to coach his daughters’ soccer teams and attend his son’s piano recitals. Together with his wife, Beth, he has also given View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Crash Pad

When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

01 Dec 1999
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The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

generates more than $1 billion annually in ad revenues. That puts the Internet ahead of two long-established media sectors, network radio and billboards. In a new working paper titled "Restructuring in the U.S. Advertising Media Industry"... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Mar 2005
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A Primer on Patents

center.” Instead of subsidizing this agency, Congress wanted the PTO to generate significant revenues for the government. As a result, starting salaries for examiners fell far behind the private sector, and it became difficult to recruit... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

Illustration by Mengxin Li After years of speculation, 2020 was meant to be a big year for the implementation of 5G, the fifth generation of standards for broadband cellular networks. And somewhere between a pandemic and a mountain of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2006
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Drive-In Nation

a dealer’s back lot, it will nonetheless embody a defining moment in a global race for supremacy. Manufactured by Toyota, this is the car that will propel the Japanese company ahead of General Motors as the world’s largest automaker, a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit

corporate wellness market by partnering with health plans and employers, and has expanded into more general health and wellness areas, with apps for people who want to eat better, for instance, or be more fit. After discovering that their... View Details