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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
Horn of Africa.) “Kenya” adorns bags of single-origin beans shipped around the world, but that country’s residents drink less than 1 percent as much coffee per capita as world-leading Finland’s, according to statistics collected by the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Transformation." Nearly 25 faculty members have already committed to participate in Cleveland - not a bad statistic for this early in the game! In addition to shepherding along the conference organizers, the Global Alumni Conference... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 29 Jun 2019
- News
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
employment, to create wealth for themselves, and for their communities, and their families. When a woman makes $1, about 90% of their income is spent on health, education and nutrition. And that same statistic for a man is only about 35%.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Emerging Information
firms - ISI Emerging Markets integrates an impressive database of news, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, and macroeconomic statistics that appear on the Web in both English and the information's original language.... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
MBAs by the Numbers
fall eager to hone their leadership skills, gain practical knowledge, and meet fellow students from myriad backgrounds. Meanwhile, the Class of 2002 embarked on new careers. Despite the downturn in the economy, recent graduates landed on their feet. View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
And finally, how would the firm acquire status as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, an SEC designation that is considered a key “must-have” by many credit ratings customers? In the classroom, Becker says, students... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
him an early awareness of the stark economic discrepancies between residents living in luxury high-rises just a few hundred feet from those surviving in slums. “The statistical unlikelihood of my parents meeting, along with those visits... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Ascent of Money
their support and concerns. Your Taxi Is Waiting Will a new category of “very light jets” shake up the business of flying? Three HBS entrepreneurs hope so. A look at the ups and downs of building the air-taxi industry in a turbulent economy. Web Exclusives Alumni Book... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success
and September cohorts would fare differently in the job market after graduation, since the January cohort proceeded straight through the MBA Program without the traditional summer work experience. Placement statistics for the Class of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Robert Buzzell Remembered
wholesale distribution; strategic planning; and the application of mathematical and statistical methods to marketing issues. A member of the HBS faculty from 1961 to 1993 and chair of the Marketing faculty from 1972 to 1977, he taught... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
discussing their findings, Shleifer and Johnson combined business and economic statistics from these nations to illustrate the levels of investor protection achieved by the disparate models. Establishing appropriate legal support for... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
used traditional methods of inquiry - mathematical theory or statistical analysis, for instance - while others employed interviews, primary company materials, surveys, and close examination of the trading of individual securities. A... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
taught by Professor Ross Graham Walker and others, a company’s numbers had value far beyond mere record-keeping. Statistical data could instead be used proactively as a general management tool for analyzing an organization’s production... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
common than ever? —John Lacey (MBA 1981) YOUNG: Bulletproof security is not statistically possible, but we can minimize risk by developing layers of protection and proactive approaches that increase those layers. Adversarial machine... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Turning Point: One Step at a Time
met several hundred of my classmates and discovered something unexpected: The proportion that had run marathons or climbed Kilimanjaro was statistically improbable within a random sampling of people. These Herculean feats of endurance... View Details
Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
statistical data from five hundred business groups in India and spoke to dozens of managers in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Chile. The pair found that companies outside the United States perform better when they replicate the quality... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
Atabek, the news of the earthquake was quickly followed by news that his friend's son, a 33-year-old architect and graduate of Columbia University, had perished. "That was devastating," said Atabek, who then shared some statistics from... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
focus on the development of privacy-preserving algorithms, with a particular emphasis on ML systems. These algorithms help safeguard personal data while extracting valuable insights across domains like statistical genetics, personalized... View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
unbelievable statistics here. 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Half of Americans save less than $100 a week. 40% of Americans have been in situations in the past couple of months where they literally don't know how they're... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Living Social
average entrepreneur is becoming much more civically engaged and socially minded. They are creating businesses that are deeply invested in the community and are thinking responsibly about how they are making a profit. What role do HBS graduates play in the field of... View Details