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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
that the affordable housing buzz started in India, along with the Indian president's call for a "slum-free India." Apprehensive about both government and real-estate developers, my husband, an architect from Italy, and I moved to Delhi... View Details
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
be found." This was tried by Henry Ford, Nanninga continued, "who reasoned that by paying higher wages there would be more people on the streets who could afford his products." Others would place less reliance on a free... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the primary agency for dealing with affordable housing in this country, is about $35 billion. Realtors say the sky will fall if we end the mortgage interest deduction—that it would adversely... View Details
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
Finance, scaling an impact investment in Anchorage, Alaska to become the state's largest permanent supportive housing program, and designing and launching an impact fund-of-funds to mobilize passive charitable capital. With an interest in designing a fund to develop... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
greenhouses appeared to be less than three quarters full. When asked, Baan explained that he grows only enough to meet demand from his clients and no more. With high margins and a maximum production cycle of six weeks, Baan can afford... View Details
- Profile
Mi Zhou
lower savings rates and stimulate consumption? How do we make housing, reliable health care, and quality education more affordable to everyone?” Update: After graduating from HBS in 2011, Mi moved to Hong Kong. She first worked as an... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
productivity requires a large middle class that can afford to consume what is being produced. Solve the economic inequality problem, and we will solve the slow growth problem as well as a lot of other societal problems.” Gamaliel Pascual... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
firms and energy companies, whereas it's not that important for financial institutions. Affordability is important for healthcare companies, but less so for tech companies. If you understand which 20 percent is important, you have a real... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
a concern of several respondents. Santhanam Krishnan said, for example, that "assuming even the valuation is possible, it is a moot question as to how many buyers of such companies (unable to afford to defend their IP) would be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
they sail into retirement...." Haresh Vaishnu concurred in saying, "It will take the ... passing of the leadership role to (the) next generation .... When the underlying workforce that management is supposed to manage is changing it cannot View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Blog
Evolving Executive Education: Five Lessons from the Senior Associate Dean
business leaders face on a daily basis. That's why today's leaders cannot afford to stop learning. I am a swimmer, so I think about it this way: I can always improve my technique. I can do some of this on my own, but I also need to let... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
impactful for the city.” MAKING DREAMS ATTAINABLE MBA Affordability An Investment in Tomorrow’s Leaders Socioeconomic Inclusion Fostering a Supportive Community Forward Fellowship Family Matters View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
Sony sold them to teenagers, a group that couldn't afford the nice-sounding, floor-standing radios their parents enjoyed. For them, a transistor would do just fine. Once the initial crummy product has kick-started a market, follow-on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review
college student, Katie Kelsall in MBA Financial Aid, understands firsthand what it’s like to have to figure out how to pay for school. Education is an investment, and Katie is here to tell you that it IS possible to afford an HBS MBA.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
affordable prices, a unique offering in the otherwise crowded wedding industry. But custom design creates ongoing operational challenges. As it grows, should Anomalie leverage its supply-chain advantages to create a line of off-the-rack... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
is not distributed evenly; the median dollar of wealth is held by a rich person, who can afford better financial advice than the median consumer gets. I think that people are becoming increasingly aware of how important it is to consider... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Neurosmith. In many ways, Abercrombie was at the right place at the right time. The price of computer chips was plummeting, making it possible to deliver a lot of learning at an affordable price. After researching how children learn,... View Details
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Jeff Nelson
Network in Boston over the summer. Looking ahead to graduation and beyond, Jeff says he is “interested in affordable housing and education. In the wake of the recent crisis, there’s a need for basic changes in how loans are made. I want... 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
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
where Barton had grown up. Somehow he'd expected, without thinking it through, a warm homecoming. A rookie mistake, he thought. I can't afford many of those. He knew the SMA PR staff would also consider this a pretty basic mistake, and... View Details