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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
the early 2000s, yet she took a circuitous route to entrepreneurship. As a child in Malaysia, Chong dreamed of being a lawyer, but her family did not have the money to finance her legal education. Instead, she decided to pursue hotel-catering management, a more View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
was software that could mine huge databases and organize information that was both usable and affordable for small businesses. But when it didn’t take off with its target customers, Slayton and his team were quick to adapt. Sensing a new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
it only in these extreme cases. A largely unregulated system leaves open lots of different ways to acquire children but the drawback, you say, is that it benefits only those who can afford it. In my book, I lay out various models of... View Details
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Estevan Santiago
then, and it continues to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Never a dull moment in the Santiago household! Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? My parents! Every opportunity I’ve been afforded is... View Details
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Aaron Chadbourne
another interest: entrepreneurial approaches to social and public policy issues. For his second summer internship, Aaron received a social enterprise fellowship from HBS and worked with the Housing Partnership Network in Boston, a national network of View Details
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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA
tell you that it IS possible to afford an HBS MBA. With generous support from our alumni, we are able to offer need-based financial aid that considerably reduces the price of our program." Play My MBAid Story: Christine Keung, (MBA 2020)... View Details
- 24 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named
solve clotting, infection, and clogging issues. Alumnus: Andrew Jones, MBA 1997 Region: Mid-Atlantic US Pawame: Making solar energy affordable in Africa through a microfinance approach using mobile payments. Alumnus: Alexandre Skander... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
affordable education for all. As he once said of North Carolina's citizens, "In a sense, we are a large family. We will try to direct the proper proportion of our strengths and assets to each member of the family." A Charlotte native,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
You make out like a bandit because you have the intellectual property, and your contractors have so much competition they cannot afford to charge you more. Markets are great. But wait a minute. All this assumes your manufacturing partners... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
JetBlue, and Ryanair all grew during recessions, as did Charles Schwab, Home Depot, and Trader Joe’s. A second customer hook is affordable indulgence. As consumers pare back, they also need ways to entertain themselves and indulge in... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 16 Oct 2013
- News
Progress Through Preservation
he says. The obesity epidemic? People need places to exercise, especially low-income folks who can't afford a membership to the local fitness club, says Rogers. So the Trust works to create parks and playgrounds in the nation's cities.... View Details
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 23 Jan 2008
- Op-Ed
A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?
could finally afford to buy their domiciles. The definition of home shifted. A home became an anchor, a stake in the community. Veterans from World War II seized upon the FHA and VA mortgages to sink roots into the middle class; one... View Details
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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment
has embraced our solutions to reduce water wastage in a city that is facing severe water shortages.” Juan Pablo Del Valle HBS MBA 2001 Chairman of the Board, Orbia Claire Broido Johnson HBS MBA 2002, CEO, CBJ Energy “I’m developing new financing solutions that make it... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
government operates. These insights led Motte-Munoz and his co-founder, Happy Feraren, to focus initially on the little, routine corruption that comes along with accessing basic government services, since that has the most direct impact on the largest number of people,... View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups
the organization through an independent project. This allows the student to get course credit for the work they complete during the school year, and the startup retains HBS talent beyond the summer. Misconceptions Startups cannot afford... View Details
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Joe Stenger
would often reflect on my childhood, and I realized how fortunate I was, not only to have had a dream but also the belief that I could obtain it. Few Afghans are afforded such assurances. Circumstances are especially dire for widows who... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Education: SE Summer Fellow Amara Warren (MBA 2023) Amara Warren 08 Aug 2022 The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore... In Search of Affordability in Miami: SE Summer Fellow Bode... View Details
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Domestic Students | MBA
banking institutions. Harvard University is committed to the highest standard of ethics and conduct, in all areas, including financial aid. Please review the Harvard University Student Loan Code of Conduct (pdf) . Trying to figure out how you’re going to View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Leemore S., Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone, and Christopher Ody Abstract—Anecdotal reports and systematic research highlight the prevalence of narrow-network plans on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces. At the same... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne