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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
ideas was one of the most useful things I learned." Ideas with Promise Johnston identifies these as new growth areas—and they're about more than just health care: The "quantified senior"—wearable self-tracking and monitoring devices for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
two programs in particular: The “one cow per poor family” program intended to get every poor family in Rwanda a cow—thereby increasing the amount of milk, protein, and fertilizer available to the average family, which sounded good on paper. But this was in the most... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
vertical from health care to fintech, edtech, marketing, security, and automotive, and Lerner sees plenty of room to grow. “It’s really the entire B2B market,” he observes. The Question: Lerner and Holder were already working from Boston... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
Hubert, SVP at Viacom and head of Scratch, the company’s “creative SWAT team.” That means change on a global scale: Millennials, currently one-third of the global population and more than 85 million strong in the United States, are... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
extensively about Native Americans and is one of the "good guys," Keen says. In the past, academics would sometimes claim to be more of an expert on indigenous populations than the people themselves. Keen says Walker was before his time... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
community leaders and Celtics players: equity in education, economic opportunity and empowerment, equity in health care, criminal and law enforcement, breaking down barriers and building bridges between communities, and voting and civic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety and diversity seemingly matched only by the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
since you're always asking, I just met two cofounders, and we're going to start the Starbucks of health clinics in Egypt.' " Enan was interested; in Egypt, about 5 percent of the population has private View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
science and health services from Harvard’s School of Public Health, even she couldn’t successfully navigate the health care system for her mom. It set her on a path of discovery that led to not only a better... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
unemployment that peaked at 28 percent, while more than 44 percent of the population slipped below the poverty line. And violent protests.So many years of protest, much of it fueled by anti-austerity anger and the inherent tensions from... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
recruiter from Chapman Partnership called. The homeless-services nonprofit was looking for a CEO. Chapman Partnership has provided shelter and other resources to the unhoused population of Miami-Dade County, Florida, since 1995. The... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
of the inner city (lack of health care and substandard housing, for example) are important, they do not get at all the root causes. "To build healthy and sustainable inner-city communities, it is necessary to create healthy economies in... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
dedication to a sense of what is just and fair that explains why she now finds herself in the trenches of local politics, fighting to shift a culture of patronage and mismanagement that has been decades in the making. Located in Lackawanna County, Scranton, with a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
that Ant Financial, the fintech arm of the Alibaba Group, has approximately 1.5 billion users across its various platforms—a number that exceeds the combined populations of North America and Western Europe. (With a valuation of $60... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
probiotic beverage products throughout different regions of the world. The book includes in-depth knowledge of local authors on indigenous and commercially produced probiotic beverages and related products. Examining current advancements in probiotic beverages and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Book Smart
demand was super clear.” Within months, Worldreader’s app launched, offering access to thousands of books from around the world, allowing students not only to read for pleasure but also to explore categories like human health and career... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
experimentation rule the day. Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business by John A. Quelch (Oxford Univ. Press) The public health footprint associated with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
(MBA 1963) Xulon Press Have you ever wondered how a nation feeding a starving population during the Great Depression could, 20 years later, be approaching the greatest growth period in history? This book could be the story of you, your... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
from opioids), Shumway also cites domestic abuse and criminal records that prevent reintegration into society as primary factors that contribute to homelessness. “A disproportionate number of the homeless are also veterans with mental View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Still, women entrepreneurs—11 percent of the US working population in 2013, according to a report by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor—receive significantly less venture capital money than their male counterparts. HBS Assistant Professor... View Details
Keywords: April White