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- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
through financial panics, forecasting offered the idea that economic activity was not simply random, but followed discernable patterns that could be predicted. In a country whose population was moving from agriculture to industry,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
work will influence technology, and the greater population will be exercising an increasing amount of control," she said. Decker cited statistics suggesting that in 2007, 12 percent of newlyweds met online. In addition, of the users... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice
population I am targeting, and I hope to find the resources and funding in the near future that enable me to continue on this journey of helping hundreds (or even thousands!) of students down the road. Kate Handley: This summer has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
1,000 customers eat at the 525-seat restaurant in one hour, washing down slices of homemade pie or a maple-iced donut with cups of the store’s famous five-cent coffee. In a town with a population of 800 people, Wall Drug bolsters its... View Details
- 25 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset
country to inform COVID-19 policy next steps. To name a few current examples, local groups at Mass General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals are coupling our county-level policy dataset with COVID infection and population datasets to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
year. Despite the wealth of people like Wu Yajun and Yin Mingshan, the average Chinese lives on less than $2,000. Why would the latter want, in effect, to lend money to the former, who is twenty-two times richer? The answer is that, until recently, the best way for... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
population is under 25, and youth unemployment stands at 28 percent. “The human capital is there,” she says. “And they are thinking outside of the box.” In many ways, BulkWhiz, which has now grown to more than 50 employees and could... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
mobs rose up against migrants from other parts of Africa in March 2023, a few weeks after President Kais Saied delivered an inflammatory speech blaming the Black foreign-born population for bringing crime to the country and changing its... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
uncovered by Cohen’s team apply to the coronavirus vaccines? The short answer: Yes, and the more rushed the approval process, the more likely patients will experience side effects from these drugs, Cohen says. We asked Cohen to discuss how consumers—particularly... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
there is rapid and massive urbanization everywhere as people leave farms for cities in search of opportunity. Half of the world is urban today, and the urban population will double in the next three decades. Second, this migration is... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
attainment outcomes (measured primarily by students' completion rates at various grade levels). Deals with outcome trends within the general U.S. school-aged population and covers educational outcomes in various subpopulations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
established an insurance plan that insures many rural poor in two large, populous states in India for the equivalent of ten cents a day: "The numbers of people are so large, that for ten cents a day the people who become ill are... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
operating system for dealing with elective (largely surgical) patients. By opening an emergency room, however, the institution is now called upon to care for complex and highly variable medical patients. Asks if the previous operating system is appropriate for this new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
itself in recent years among institutional investors, partly because of the collapse of the stock market in 2001 and partly because of the high returns for over a decade relative to stocks and bonds. Because of graying populations in the... View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
technology platform around naturally occurring beneficial bacteria found on all plants. After a career in private equity and venture capital, Steve became an entrepreneur in 2012, helping to feed a growing population in a sustainable way.... View Details
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Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library
only) that are lead or founded by Indigenous individuals. Explore non-profit organizations via GuideStar Pro that list Indigenous Peoples as populations that they serve. Use Leadership Connect to locate business leaders with a job focus... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
CHIDAMBARAM: In Mumbai after his HBS visit, with Tata Industries’ Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975 ) at left and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (MBA ’70). SAJ JAD HUSSAIN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Just twenty years from now, India’s population of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
population is willing to pay $92 billion a year to protect, or not lose, the national parks and the service’s key programs such as education and historical preservation. Further studies by Bilmes and student researchers focus on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
can bring everything to a halt.” Djelic adds to the pressure by placing himself very much in the public eye. “Communicating is a big part of my job,” he explains. “In this small country, we have 350 television stations serving a View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
Hunter (MBA 1981) via LinkedIn IN RESPONSE: David, I would go a step further. Yes, there is a lot that can be done to improve care delivery; your idea is a good one, though even that is just a Band-Aid on the bigger problem. When the larger ecosystem results in... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance