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Lorimer D. Milton
Under Milton’s leadership, Citizens Trust grew to become one of the top five black-owned financial service institutions in the United States by 1940. It was the first black-owned bank to become a member of the Federal Reserve and Federal... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 16 Sep 2024
- News
Life Preserver
“There’s a massive gap between how many people get to benefit from a lifesaving organ transplant and how many truly need one,” says Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009). He’s spent the last decade trying to change that. In the United States alone, scientists estimate between... View Details
- 23 Mar 2015
- News
Eric Sonnier: Making A Difference
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
States. For sovereign wealth funds eager to deploy capital, the experience of the last two decades of investing in the United States is a cautionary tale. While firms and countries can be tempted to think... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
sickle cell anemia.) A board member and former chair of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, Fisher says states are stepping up to fund stem-cell work, partly in response to their constituents who want... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
was born in Taiwan, and my mother and I came to the States when I was just about five,” explains the 46-year-old Wu. “When we first arrived, my family really struggled. Living through that process, we were assisted by organizations that... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
of exiting or continuing to build her business. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313149-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-139 Note on Pension Guarantee Funds The United States and the United... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid
The Medicaid program provides a much needed health insurance safety net for 52 million of our nation's poor and medically needy, but its price tag threatens the financial stability of the states, growing 9.5 percent in 2004 alone—far in excess of revenues. Fiscally... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
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Scott Wu
was born in Taiwan, and my mother and I came to the States when I was just about five,” explains the 46-year-old Wu. “When we first arrived, my family really struggled. Living through that process, we were assisted by organizations that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
helping public schools improve their curricula and their methods of working with disadvantaged children. Doerr is cofounder of the New Schools Venture Fund (NSVF), a venture philanthropy fund created by... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
In states with Republican-controlled legislatures, mass shootings lead to a significant increase in the number of laws that loosen gun restrictions. That’s one of several key findings in the study “The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ); undersecretary of state in Henry Kissinger’s State Department; founding dean of the Yale School of Management; chairman and CEO of the New York Stock... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
“There’s no better horse in the world you could possibly hitch your cart to.” That’s how Matthew Nordan summed up the state of clean, green energy at the School’s Building Green Businesses conference in early March. During the session... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
first time a wide range of top industry CEOs, government leaders, and customers of transportation services, was designed to help provide that purpose by assessing the state of the industry, identifying innovations both in technology and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
reveals wild fluctuations. As Judge Medina stated when reviewing the changing rankings of underwriters a half-century ago, “The only pattern is no pattern.” Thus, the reality of the market seems dramatically different from the typical... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
less than $30,000. Wearing her global hat, Erika congratulated Europeans for their EV adoption and lamented that fewer than 2% of vehicles sold in the United States are electric vehicles. She noted that Norway ranks number 1 in per capita... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
what you have done?" Williams asked. "No," admitted Tracy. "I'm going to change that," he said. In its first few years, the fund concentrated on raising money to support research, even hiring a research director to keep tabs on their... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- News
Risk and Rewards
Adebayo Ogunlesi (MBA 1979) is chairman and managing partner of Global Infrastructure Partners. In this interview he talks about the rewards of taking risks on unexpected opportunities. “People often ask me, ‘What is the best advice you ever received in your life?’ “As... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Books
institutions. These institutions represent powerful constraints on the ability of the government to fund reforms, of firms to write contracts, and of citizens to enforce their basic rights. Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of funding for the federal government. And as if that weren't... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner