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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
children. The pay gap between men and women continues to hold across the board, yet over half of U.S. households are completely or significantly depen-dent on women’s wages. That leads to a larger societal implication: Women suffer, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
quickly, to more than 200 employees. And GiveDirectly continues to push the envelope, recently announcing a universal basic income pilot in East Africa with the goal of providing regular cash payments to poor households over more than 10... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
the richest one-third. In other words, without the much-maligned Wal-Mart, the rural poor, in particular, would pay several percentage points more for the food and nonfood merchandise that — after housing — is their second-largest View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
politely agrees to the selfie, but she’s clearly not in her element, leaving one to wonder how a shy, 22-year-old established an eponymous company and then built it into a household name. The answer lies in the grit and determination that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
protectionism could prevent nations from achieving the gains - in household income, availability of goods and services, and other quality-of-life metrics - of cross-border openness. Ghemawat describes how private businesses, policymakers,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
company’s materials are designed to be as user-friendly as possible. A parent might help a child with pattern recognition by having them tap out rhythms with household utensils, or teach them to count by having them play hopscotch with... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Status Update
“Running a household with two busy kids activates the chief of staff in me. I know it sounds funny, but I find time every week for a one-on-one with each of my sons to work through a list of questions to help me map out the week ahead.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
want to invest!” Social Enterprise Track Business: EGG-Tech, a for-profit enterprise that will provide a battery charging and swapping subscription service to households in Tanzania, where 35 million people live without electricity. Team:... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
less of our product. And we do that through innovative billing strategies that allow them to repay investments in their own household that make it more efficient on their utility bill. “The AMP program for me was a real life-changing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Feedback
for a while, but I was blown away. Just what I need: another must-read magazine in my life. God only knows where I ever found time to hold a job. —Perry Miles (MBA 1972) via alumni.hbs.edu Frozen Assets Re: French revolution Great initiative. We live in France where... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Swap ’Em If You Got ’Em
Hall (right): An online market for military personnel. Blake Hall (MBA ’10) grew up in a military family, became an Army Ranger, and was a platoon leader in Iraq for fifteen months. A conversation with a fellow veteran about the difficulty of buying and selling View Details
- 31 Jul 2016
- News
You Rang?
Beck, who then founded Hello Alfred, an affordable personal butler service, in September 2014. “We accidentally made Alfred for ourselves, to solve our problem,” Sapone told The Guardian for an article that follows one “Alfred” through a day of pillow plumping, plant... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Classic Lines
Contemplating old furniture and oddities from the attic sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry — hardly the stuff of prime-time entertainment. Yet Antiques Roadshow, in which people present their household treasures for inspection... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Flying High
According to the Boston Globe (December 12, 2002), Ellyn McColgan (MBA ’83) “is not a household name in mutual funds. But that’s about to change.” Recently appointed president of Fidelity Brokerage Co., McColgan oversees $700 billion of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Say “Green Cheese”
market that’s worth billions, CEO Jeff Housenbold (MBA ’96) of Shutterfly is battling giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Kodak as he seeks to carve out a high-quality, high-end niche. A 20-page, 12” x 12” book sells for about $54. “We’d like to be a View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
giving advice and not being in the position to actually execute it." Today, as president and CEO of CNBC, the financial news network viewed in almost 200 million households worldwide, the Detroit native's job is all about execution. Her... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating connections among consumers
providers, ranging from contractors to dentists to mechanics. More than 2 million households nationwide belong to Angie’s List. The company offers a call-in center for person-to-person help with research and hiring needs. Angie’s List... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Consultant on the Go
2004), Charan has a client list that includes many household names — DuPont, Ford, Universal Studios, and GE, to name a few — and ten books to his credit, including the top-selling Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
the first location, McCann leaves the baking to her staff while she manages a growing enterprise. “I love people, and franchising is basically about relationships with people,” she explains. McCann is well on her way to achieving her long-term goal of making House of... View Details