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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
said Spar. Pricing inequities (90 percent of couples conceive for free), inconsistent insurance coverage for fertility treatments, and ambiguous legislation around property and privacy rights all create a unique market environment. Until... View Details
- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
iStock iStock As part of a special project, The New York Times asked several leading thinkers to weigh in on the nation’s most pressing problems. Specifically, the Times posed this query: “If you could do one thing right now to help fix... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Turning Troubled Schools into High-Achievers
demonstrating grade level proficiency in mathematics. And it really said to us, this is possible. We can take these schools, even if they are deeply underperforming today, and by making these changes and working with a great team, these students can have access to a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
possible for organizations and individuals to donate unused computer time for use in AIDS and cancer research, which requires huge amounts of data-processing capacity. What is the difference between the “no child left behind” approach to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
Interbrew and today the largest brewer in the world. He has served as chairman there since 2006. Peter Harf was born in 1946 in Cologne, Germany. He grew up an only child living right after the Second World... View Details
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
for, and I think it’s a fundamental right every child should have,” says the French-born Dias Griffin, who worked at Goldman Sachs before attending HBS. Her time at HBS was a high-powered experience she... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- Profile
Pranav Kothari
Curiosity has always propelled Pranav Kothari. As a child in India, he was intrigued by his family's wholesale textile business. "I was always interested in how things work, how they're made, how machines produce," Pranav says.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
Described by Julia Child as “the quintessential American cook,” James Beard died in 1985, leaving a long legacy of cookbooks written, chefs mentored, and many, many meals enjoyed. He also left a townhouse in New York City’s West Village,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
suddenly reassigned for six months to an earthquake-relief mission. At sixteen, she was named one of the two hundred most outstanding students in China. Later, at prestigious Beijing University, where she studied child psychology, she was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
High Adventure
right now I’m looking out the window at my nine-year-old daughter feeding a baby deer,” says Beilharz in a phone interview. “That’s a huge change from the affluent neighborhood in Austin where we once lived.” Indeed, life was, for many... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
families. By viewing this widespread activity through the lens and logic of markets — and daring to define it in terms of supply, demand, and property rights — Spar aims to bring realism and thoughtful public-policy debate to a subject... View Details
- 16 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters
a different name. As a child I told my mother that I wanted to be named Nicole—no one ever made fun of, or misunderstood, the name Nicole. I hurt for my mom when I said that to her. She chose a special, beautiful name for me, and I let... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
communities across the country to better serve some of our most vulnerable populations. READ MORE Luna: You joined Code for America in June of 2017 and you talked openly about how current events and the upcoming birth of your third child... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Just Do It — Ralph Sultan (MBA 1960) Hold Your Tongue — Dick MacKinnon (MBA 1962) Find Your Place — Rusty McClure (MBA 1975) Be Prepared — Peter Kiernan (MBA 1965) Know Your Market — Steve Frenkiel (MBA 2007) Ask the Right Questions —... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
early to commercialize it," says Anquetil. "The company was not a great success." He knew he was missing something: formal business training. "I had picked up some knowledge along the way, but I wanted the right knowledge," he says. "HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
soon as we saw an eleven- month-old spinning in an office chair in front of a computer, teething on the mouse, we realized that it wasn’t the right technology for the age range we wanted to target,” notes Abercrombie. The pair decided to... View Details
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
to craft a more effective message to, and to get lucrative insights from, the shopping public would be well advised to listen to what Underhill and Zaltman have to say. Following are some of their communication secrets. Examine the messages you're sending. Are they the... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
with my tail between my legs.” The right firm or the right employer would really recognize, view, and value that experience. RR: Tell me more about the two pregnancies during search. So, did you have one... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
on preventing them. She outlines five tactics that research has shown to be effective: encourage reciprocity. You can build trust and prompt other parties to disclose strategic information by sharing information yourself. Ask the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
felt drawn to the operator role and specifically wanted to work for a small, entrepreneurial company that aligned with his interests. Peters found that company in TB12 two months after graduation, and six weeks after his first child was... View Details