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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
who can’t do it are at a real disadvantage, especially if they’re poor. We have to decide whether that’s an inequity that we as a society should accept. You’ve written about the business of stem cells, which is also emotion-driven to a... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
undisclosed sum in 1994 (at the time, Double-A teams were going for $3.5 to $4 million; last year, two new Double-A franchises were awarded for $4.5 million each). The Lookouts' revenues, divided roughly in thirds, stem from concessions... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Staying Afloat
midsize container ships, for which there was steady demand. The Szczecin shipyard saga became the subject of a 1995 Harvard Business Review article touting it as a model of post-communism management. But yard officials aren't resting on their laurels as they face... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
A Case For Fellowships
the point. Members of the class come from 68 countries, 13 percent of the class are the first in their families to graduate from college, 34 percent come from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) backgrounds, 20... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations
case raises the question of how to address historic injustices. Ratajczak steered the conversation away from past harms to the Black community to current issues that stem from them. He wondered how payments could address modern inequities... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
“A National System of Income Supplementation”
Richard America’s analysis of the crippling legacy of racial discrimination in the United States was underscored by a study released last summer. In the wake of a spate of riots in urban America in the 1960s, a federal government commission concluded in 1967 that the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
recent decades, the number of women in tech jobs remains far lower. And the figures for women in leadership roles still hover around a far-from-equal 25 percent. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in STEM education and... View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
cities in America.” Choudhury also notes that the country must address issues in its immigration system, which has already caused the country lose talent to Canada. “The new administration should stop this outflux of talent,” says Choudhury. “Start by exempting... View Details
- 28 Dec 2016
- News
In Memoriam: Bill Bowes (MBA 1952)
the Harvard Stem Cell Institute as well as service on the advisory committee for the Harvard Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics. Bowes was named an HBS Alumni Achievement Award winner in 2009, and his gift to the School in 2012... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Leveraging the power of yes
Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve learned is how expressive and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Faculty Books
reveal the mechanisms of advancement and speculate on what this means for the future of leadership selection and development. Science Business by Gary P. Pisano (HBS Press) Why has the biotechnology industry failed to perform to expectations? According to Professor... View Details
- 27 May 2021
- News
History’s Future
country’s oil-based economy. AlMadani, an entrepreneur who cofounded National Talents Co. to improve STEM education in Saudi Arabia, joined the effort in 2016, shortly after Saudi Vision 2030 was announced. He served as CEO of the General... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
money to good use: Dichter would simply open his wallet. At the time, Dichter was director of business development at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree in economics from Bowdoin College, Chertavian worked at Chemical Bank in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Feedback
top 10 percent of all schools in NYC. The key to building a pipeline of women pursuing STEM careers is to start early. Through high-quality education and early exposure to science...we can transform the next generation of female and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
Harvard’s initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, and innovative computing. The colloquium featured a number of case studies about academic labs as well as private-sector firms that are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Furthers Entrepreneurial Dreams
internship at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute during the summer before his senior year prompted Okeke to consider how he could broaden his impact in health care through business. He applied to, and was accepted into, HBS’s 2+2 Program,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
of students accepting jobs in each industry, as did their 607 classmates who entered in September. The similarities stem from a combination of many factors, from the admissions process (which admits all students from a single applicant... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
spending that cash, the economy could benefit from a significant stimulus that, unlike stimulus measures relating to government spending, would stem from decentralized actors responding to private information and incentives. Consider the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders
Further, Serafeim shows that because investors have such a keen interest in tracking ESG performance, up to 60 percent of a company’s value may stem from nonfinancial data. Classroom discussions often energize associate professors and... View Details