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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
population is approaching 110 million, the highest in the MENA region, with about half of its citizens between the ages of 15 and 45 and the range of mobile-phone penetration well over 90 percent. The market to meet a host of consumer... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
Owners’ Loan Corporation deemed vast swaths of Baltimore populated by people of color to be “hazardous” and shaded them red on its official maps. Banks refused to offer mortgages and other financial services to residents of these... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
explains. "They did not realize that less than 20 percent of the population in Vietnam live in the cities; the other 80 percent live in the countryside and are among the poorest people in the world." For Hoa, one of the most rewarding... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
more of an expert on indigenous populations than the people themselves. Keen says Walker was before his time in using his research to partner with, and help, the tribes he studied. “I said, ‘Corn? What are you talking about, Deward?’ And... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
short video following Davis at work in Philadelphia Philadelphia—like so many other major cities—has experienced a dramatic increase in housing values. The 19146 ZIP code, about a mile and a half from City Hall, experienced a 404 percent increase in View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
civil disobedience. This really matters—as Erica Chenworth’s research has shown, no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5 percent of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating. How... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
entrepreneurs, successful CEOs of other food service companies. If you look around the restaurant industry, you will find it populated with Dunkin’ executives who left us better than they found us, and went on to bigger and better careers... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
as a platform to not only improve the health and wellness of one of the world’s youngest and fastest growing populations but also to create a whole new industry around the business of sports,” says Tatum. Creating an industry from... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 22 Mar 2011
- News
Maximum Cities
discussion that brought together leading thinkers from industry, government, and academia by noting that those cities have all essentially tripled in population during his lifetime. That phenomenon echoes a global trend: The Earth's View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Making Democracy Work
A democratically elected government is essential to free-market capitalism—a strong democracy provides the foundation necessary for capitalism to benefit all, rather than only a few. Today, democracy is in decline around the world, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Research Brief: The Best Medicine
population that lacks representation, according to the coauthors’ findings. The study suggests a downward cycle, with widespread implications for racial disparity in health outcomes. “If you are underrepresented and lack confidence that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Future of Cities
Having trouble finding parking? Consider this: In forty years, there will be 3 billion more citizens on Spaceship Earth, mostly in the developing world’s cities, as the planet’s population hits 9 billion in 2050. To consider how cities... View Details
- 11 Jan 2021
- News
Strengthening Democracy
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy While many in this election year are focused on issues that divide the United States and the damage this discord may be doing to democracy, historian David Moss offers a perspective rooted in American democracy’s resilient past.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Faculty Books for December 2016
improved living conditions worldwide and provide guidelines for measuring a company’s population health footprint. Examples, statistics, and visuals showcase emerging corporate involvement in public health and underscore the business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
HBS, your professional status, your relative age, where you are in your personal life, and your aspirations generally. Looking at our alumni population using this framework will inform some early decisions on new programs to pilot, such... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
about 10 percent. The general happiness of the population suffers, too, even among people who do not personally experience job loss or reduction in income. For behavioral economists and politicians, among others, these findings raise the... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
“It seems to me that we are now economically and socially divided and burdened in ways that are broadly analogous to 1937. During such times, conflicts (both internal and external) increase, populism emerges, democracies are threatened... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
Scott Royster (MBA 1992) cofounded Maarifa Education to help provide high-quality schooling for Africans. “In Africa, roughly 5 percent of the population has completed university. We want to be part of the catalyst of taking that to 20,... View Details
- 07 Jan 2020
- News
Models of Success
For Rebecca Feickert (MBA 2018), who grew up in the town of Goodrich, North Dakota, population 126, basketball was a stepping stone to success in the wider world. The skills she had honed playing against the boys in her hometown earned... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBSAA of Israel Sponsors Middle East Outreach
population of just six million, Israel now has more stocks listed on the Nasdaq than any other country except the United States and Canada. And as the peace process continues, business opportunities in the Middle East are expanding." To... View Details