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- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
interactive database tracking 16 categories of policies announced in each country, from rate cuts and lending to quantitative easing, the large-scale asset purchases and balance sheet expansion by central banks. The database also includes whether a country implemented... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
solutions beneficial for the ’Base of the Pyramid’ the two-thirds of the world’s population who live on less than two dollars a day,” he says. “The experience had opened my eyes to the power of applying business skills to socially... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 11 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
What is the JD/MBA Program at HBS?
years of work experience, whereas the HLS population skews a bit younger. Further, the HBS experience is inherently a social, team-oriented process. From discussion groups to FIELD, HBS students are constantly working with others. HLS, on... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
developing country, with an emerging economy. Diagne needed his team to mitigate risks, protect the public’s health, and educate the population without losing ground on key initiatives that would continue to bolster Senegal’s economy,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
bankruptcy laws) to creditors, and by spreading risk throughout the population (via deposit insurance and even the use of government-issued money). He discusses how the rise of big business provoked reforms that, by the early 20th... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
two-year-old Hereford heifers to populate the farm my father had purchased just after World War II. We drove; the “girls” took the train. Dad had built a western-style, open-front pole barn in anticipation, and our somewhat skeptical... View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
and electric vehicles, and ride sharing. They also spoke in favor of smart agriculture and plant-heavy diets. Beef consumption is especially challenging, they said, as demand for protein to feed the world’s rapidly growing population will... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
population is increasing faster than any other nation in history, while its birthrate is shrinking. That double whammy is reducing both the workforce to care for the elderly and the tax base to support its universal health insurance... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
light of India's growing population and demand for dairy. How could he maintain the firm's cooperative structure, address the nutritional needs of all Indians, make use of emerging technology, and navigate the country's dairy policies in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
The tallest animal to roam the land, giraffes cast long shadows on the dry savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa where they live. But their lands are vanishing, with estimates suggesting that 90 percent of their habitat has already been lost; giraffe View Details
- 29 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives
on women’s health in Mexico? In Mexico, 50% of health care spending is out of pocket, and the government system is underfunded and at overcapacity. Only 8% of the population can afford insurance. There are many tech-enabled startups... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
everyone is trying to reach the same goal, but contributing in different ways, or if you’re trying to make a transaction with another company, inevitably the process works,” says Callahan. That approach plays out every day that Sail to Prevail takes its diverse View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- Web
Training Course in Personnel Administration: 1937 - 1944 | Baker Library
evening seminars, and discussion groups. Other houses nearby provided additional dormitories as the student population grew. This tight-knit community fostered many opportunities for lively social and intellectual exchanges among the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
interests, above our partisan interests—political conflict has often proved highly productive, and a great deal has been achieved. Today, we need to look hard at ourselves and our own political parties and make sure a strong and resilient democracy remains our first... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
fees to service and administrative charges and investment and withdrawal penalties. Chapman is not alone in his struggle to make sense of a murky system, though his career probably gave him a leg up on the average pensioner—a growing View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
percent of the population serves.” So the Children of Fallen Patriots began to show the public how to support military families and the children who are left behind when parents are killed in combat, in training, or by suicide after war... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
renting than any time in the last five decades, and Davis knew there was a market opportunity here. Yet Davis moved in the opposite direction of many real estate investors. He didn’t target big states with large suburban populations and... View Details
- 21 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish
As Ban Ki-moon begins his tenure as secretary-general of the United Nations, the world's poor continue to cry out for help and hope. One-sixth of the world's population lives in "deep poverty"—generally defined as surviving on... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
States, because we’ve brought all of the tools we’ve built to connect with underserved communities around the globe to populations right here, in our own backyard,” notes Risher. Thus far, Worldreader has reached 19 million readers in 48... View Details