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- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
Business Changing workforce demographics and business conditions, as well as evolving social attitudes, have led many companies to a greater awareness of how diversity and community issues are intertwined with successful business... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
women and families. Indeed, it appears that women will shape the future. As Dodi noted, “Many recent studies confirm that gender diversity in business boosts productivity and profitability. And the female demographic is expected to grow... View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
economists, organizational scientists, and demographers show that socially diverse groups––those with a diversity of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation––are more innovative than homogeneous groups,” Coleman says. “By... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
The United States is about to witness a tectonic demographic shift. By 2034, as the baby boomers age en masse, the number of people over 65 will be greater than the number of children for the first time, according to the US Census Bureau.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
overbake nor underbake — both fatal to the bakery business. But when she opened her second bakery in 1999, she suddenly realized how hard the business could be. The new House of Bread was in Santa Cruz, three hours away. “It had better View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Growing Latino Buying Power
David Perez (MBA 1996), cofounder and managing partner of the private equity firm Avance Investment Management, recently spoke to CNBC’s Squawk Box as part of the show’s focus on Latino businesses for Hispanic Heritage Month. Perez notes that his firm saw opportunity... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Leonard Greenhalgh and James H. Lowry (PMD 25, 1973) (Stanford University Press) After summarizing demographic changes in America and showing why it’s in the national interest to foster the survi-val, prosperity, and growth of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Swap ’Em If You Got ’Em
and other personal effects amid the peripatetic military lifestyle gave Hall and some HBS classmates the idea for an online marketplace exclusively for military personnel, the New York Post reported (November 15, 2010). “The goal is to raise the quality of life for the... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
VR? “Now is the time! VR has hit an incredible inflection point in the last year or so, and there are more jobs and opportunities in the space than ever. We are particularly in need of people from diverse backgrounds, both demographically... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
were now ill-prepared for a very different demographic reality. Although I was no longer the object of discrimination, I couldn't shake off the knowledge of what it's like to be harassed and terrorized because you are different. Indeed,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
demographics to target your neighborhood priorities in the bigger cities. —Sara Fox (MBA 1990) Someone with deep pockets (Groupon?) is going to enter this space. It is a great idea, so go for the maximum impact. Try to do one large city... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
publicly funded. (Bloomberg/Getty Images) Japan’s demographic time bomb is a bittersweet result of its robust recovery after World War II. Within two generations, the country catapulted from a state of ruin to the second-strongest economy... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
related story]. To support this work, we have created new processes and systems that will enable us to track protagonist demographics for all of our new cases. The plan also includes developing courses exploring racial equity issues... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Working on the Local Level
money in New York, but going home where I care about the communities that are going to see the impact of the work that I'm doing. The state of Maine is facing some real, serious challenges. We have a demographics challenge; we have the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
this mission, Wellthy should also change the basis of competition with its pricing model. Fortunately for Wellthy, C-suite decision makers are of the right demographic to personally appreciate the problem Wellthy solves. Pricing per... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The World Is Her Canvas
COLUMBUS: With photos and paintings, celebrating the daily lives of women around the globe. Photo Courtesy Jamie Columbus Traveling with her camera and documenting the daily lives of tribal women around the world has been a passion for the last two decades for painter... View Details
- 23 Jun 2021
- News
AT&T’s Anne Chow: Creating a Safe Workplace
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
Freedom. Democracy. For five days, as Chai Ling lay in the suffocating darkness of a nailed-shut crate, these words sustained her more than her meager ration of bread and water ever could. Hidden in the hold of a leaky boat, waiting to make a run to the safety of Hong... View Details