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13 Jun 2018
News

TEDx Talk

Keywords: transportation; urban development; work-life balance; real estate; housing; Real Estate

31 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978

protect against pests and diseases, enhance grain and fruit quality, and improve plant nutrition. Some of the microbes under development may soon be used to reduce fertilizer usage and to substantially reduce methane gas escapage. Rick Whitaker (Section A) joined us... View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

preparation with the unique perspective that comes from on-the-ground observations and interactions. The students spent two weeks in China, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka in January. Led by Meg Rithmire, the F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Taking Care of Business

an early advisor. “We are still made in America,” Newnam says. “That’s more important to me than any cash-out situation.” Launched with the goal of catalyzing change in Sri Lanka’s capital markets, York Street Partners, an NVC winner in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2014
News

Spring Training for Startups

The Winners Most Innovative, Greatest Impact (via online voting) York Street Partners Transforming financial markets to support Sri Lanka's development Best Investment (via HBS Alumni Angels) Busbud Busbud makes it easy to search,... View Details

Aban Pestonjee

Keywords: Diversified

01 Mar 2025
News

Editor's Letter

The things we choose to save, and display, say something about us. Along with the usual photos of loved ones (husband, daughter, horse), my desk in Teele Hall includes a ceramic bluebird, a train ticket from Sri Lanka, and a vintage Budweiser can discovered during a... View Details

Merrill J. Fernando

Keywords: Tea

Abbas Akbarally

Keywords: Tea; Diversified

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

one hand, this is not rocket science, and yet you see hundreds of applications not doing well.” Lal’s research delved into five successful mobile money deployments: Telesom ZAAD in Somaliland, Dialog eZ Cash in Sri Lanka, Econet EcoCash... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

01 Jun 2008
News

“Where can we find such a person?”

through management positions in strategy, marketing, and other areas he has held with firms such as Life Science Insights, SRI Consulting, Viant, and IBM. Asked the difference between managing a science-based firm and a nonscience firm,... View Details

Keywords: stem cell; Management

December 2007
Article

Consumers' Price Sensitivities Across Complementary Categories

By: Sri Devi Duvvuri, Asim Ansari and Sunil Gupta

Keywords: Price; Customers

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19 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Investing in Breakthrough Technologies to Lead the Energy Transition

professional backgrounds - former bankers, consultants, engineers - as well as from a diverse set of countries such as the US, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Argentina. Since energy challenges are global issues, I believe that... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology

09 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree

renewable energy technologies in off-grid communities. I traveled to a number of remote villages in Peru, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Mali and Madagascar, visiting projects and trying to understand what worked and what didn’t. I... View Details

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Emerging from the Pandemic: Insights from South Asia and ASEAN

program in Boston. One recent success story of which we are particularly proud is Kasturi Wilson, who attended SELPI three years ago and was recently promoted to serve as the first female CEO of a conglomerate in Sri Lanka. We try to... View Details

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Historical Research - India

the modules of the World Newspaper Archive, providing more than 400,000 fully searchable pages of newspapers published in South Asia dating from the 19th century. Content includes titles published in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in... View Details

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Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s

By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj

This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details

Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya

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24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

rights (IPR) and technology transfer? Fritz Foley: Before going to graduate school, I spent a year living in Sri Lanka. I was affiliated with the Institute of Policy Studies, an economic think tank, where I conducted research on... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

15 Dec 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

two steps to the side, and jumps over a large pothole. Congress took a giant step forward by establishing a framework for monitoring and addressing systemically risky institutions (SRI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is authorized to seize an View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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