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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
opportunities they never thought they could.” Sheila Kyarisiima (MBA/MPA 2017) Affording MBA Students the Luxury of Choice When Liang Wu (MBA 2018) talks about being interested in entrepreneurship, he draws parallels to his experience as... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
affords them greater control over service quality and customer experience, in return for which they accept the added costs of being employers. Hornet's nest The decision by some marketplaces-for-services to treat their workers as... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
afford them. In the traditional category, Alec Machiels (MBA '01), and his MIT and Harvard teammates Paul Ashby, David Darst, Jason Hong, Scot Sternson, Martin Szummer, and Angie You created the winning plan for Potentia Pharmaceuticals,... View Details
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Buy big, sell small
least 75 percent of India’s consumer goods sales despite the significant inefficiencies of an outdated business model. “Kiranas are limited-inventory, 2,000- to 5,000-square-foot shops that don’t always get on-time deliveries or access to View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
afford to, as it was too expensive, and the technology was getting too complicated and specialized. A company that specializes in making tools, on the other hand, can spread those costs over multiple customers. The latest generation... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
some of the costs and labor of low-orbit efforts so it could once again afford to dream big. Enter Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin. “We often think of business as motivated by quarterly earnings and short-term thinking,” Weinzierl says. “And... View Details
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
Summing Up Can Managers Afford to Ignore Predictions in Planning? There is a healthy skepticism when it comes to the reliability of predictions as a basis for planning. Donald Kortalon, commenting on this month's column, cites a number of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
content. In 2022, Amazon introduced Amazon Clinic, a virtual health care service using AI to provide affordable treatment for common conditions. In October 2023, 10,000 clinicians and staff at the Permanente Medical Group started using AI... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
Our class has lived and worked in a prolonged period of unprecedented economic growth, resulting in great wealth for our nation and opportunities for individual prosperity. Our gift affords us a modest, yet critical role in providing... View Details
- Profile
Leo Markel
U.S. granted us refugee status and we moved from the Soviet Union in 1991. Without this move and my family's toils, my prospects would have been very different. Recognizing that there are billions of people who can scarcely afford to... View Details
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
graphicola Price is important to consumers not just because it determines whether they can afford to purchase that purse or patio set. The cost of an item sets the buyer's expectations as to how the product or service will perform and... View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
the key decisions facing the next president’s administration, from Dodd-Frank reform to the anticipated overhaul of the Affordable Care Act. If you ask small business owners what they need to grow and thrive, they will talk about lower... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 06 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS
this scrawny kid from our neighborhood could go to a place like Yale and it meant so much to them. I went really because I thought I couldn’t afford not to go. Once there, Yale really opened my eyes in so many ways. One, to the potential... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
is too vast for any single business: Solving climate change means we must switch to mostly carbon-free energy sources by 2050 or find a way to affordably capture carbon dioxide emissions, both monumental tasks. “Green business as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- Web
Africa - Global Activities 2021
recipients were chosen (see below) and three previous recipients had their funding extended. Moni Alli (MBA 2021) , founder of Front Edge, a lending platform in Lagos, Nigeria, that provides access to affordable working capital solutions.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
revise rules that make it possible today for rogue legislators to hold up bills that an overwhelming majority of citizens want. Term limits are Braun’s number one recommendation for constructive systemic change. Leading by example, he set a two-term cap on his own... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969
6,000 students. "We will give a first-class education to students whose families cannot afford to pay," he says. Özyeğin has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to help Turkey thrive, but he believes that it is not financial... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
the problem that they face is this: If you want to buy a refrigerator, you want to buy a cooking stove, you want to buy a sofa... most of these people cannot afford to pay immediately in cash. And yet if they pay on credit, the interest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
charity, to improving the well-being of communities in the developing world. SHE’s first spin-off venture addresses the widespread phenomenon of girls and women missing school or work when they are menstruating because they lack access to View Details