Millennium Development Goals - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

revenue. The shift from public to private priorities in space is especially significant because a widely shared goal among commercial space's leaders is the achievement of a large-scale, mainly self-sufficient, View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

level," notes Ebrahim. "It doesn't disappear into other government agencies. The reasoning is that you can't achieve results without an accountable, locally embedded authority directly championed by the country's executive leadership. In the case of Ghana, it's called... View Details

30 Aug 2011
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rather than the level of joy impact viewer retention most. The effect of joy is asymmetric, with higher gains for increases than losses for decreases. Based on these findings, the authors develop representative emotion trajectories to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

In addition, committees are formed to develop programs that respond to specific issues of concern to alumni. This year, the committees will be structured around the following topics. Online Services for Alumni In an effort to refine the... View Details

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

mistakes") while attempting to achieve the goals. Joe Violette advised that, in his experience, stretch goals "have only succeeded (when) they are developed by the project team" (vs.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2010
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2010 Leadership Fellows

Segneri, City of Boston Mayor’s Office; Tamara Heimur, Millennium Challenge Corporation; and Lindsey Henken, Hospital for Special Surgery. Not pictured: Jean-Claude Homawoo, Endeavor. —To learn more about this year’s Fellows, read the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Rakhi Mehra

summer internship with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, "to look at innovative, sustainable ways to reduce poverty and meet the United Nations Millennium Development View Details

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Jeff Nelson

says. “For years, our mission had been to give all segments of society access to housing. Now we wondered, is home ownership a realistic goal for everyone? Are we helping people or setting them up to fail?” In his two-year rotation... View Details

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Vivek Garg

"in setting goals among teams and establishing leadership." Analyzing care For his first internship, Vivek worked within Millennium Pharmaceuticals' new product marketing group. "We examined... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

From observers to active participants in the global economy

By investing in African countries, moving them beyond subsistence, Jonathan Bloom (MBA 1972) fuels some of the world’s potentially fastest-growing markets. As deputy vice president for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), he... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Robert Goodwin

Millennium Development Goals which range from halving extreme poverty to providing universal primary education, they provide sustainable benefits to a View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

was developed elsewhere, such as a digital form of DNA. The goal now is to redefine disease based on the underlying biological mechanisms, Lander said. By that token, diseases are going to surprise us.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

newly opened facility to accommodate its vaccine development work, and CEO Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000, AMP 170) welcomed input on the design from the government’s infectious disease experts. For two years, Moderna had been working closely... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid

worked for the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Is the MCC development model an effective one? The MCC, a US agency established in 2004, is viewed by many as a success, in part because it aims to... View Details

Keywords: foreign aid; Government

15 Apr 2014
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Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

accelerate the development of innovative solutions and help position Harvard University as the preeminent institution in health care and life sciences," said Dean Nohria. "With the generous support of the Bertarelli Foundation, we hope... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

and nutrition and readiness to learn in schools is also well established. Forthcoming revisions to the Millennium Development Goals are expected to again highlight the... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

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Alice Yang

program has allowed Alice to undertake two summer internships in pursuit of her goals: one in the public sector, at Millennium Challenge Corporation, a foreign aid agency; and one in the private sector, at McKinsey & Company. Her... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

A Mission in Motion

agency Millennium Challenge Corporation, where alumnus Jonathan Bloom (MBA 1972) has firsthand experience with largescale training and infrastructure efforts in Ghana ("Sizing Up Social Impact"). "A Healthy Profit" tells the story of... View Details

Keywords: summary

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "It will revolutionize how medicine is practiced," he states simply. "Right now the doctor listens to your heart with a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

23 Oct 2019
News

A Bid for the Future

When Stephen Moret (MBA 2001) first read of Amazon’s search for a second headquarters in the Wall Street Journal, he was certain the newspaper had made a typo. The online retailer couldn’t be talking about creating 50,000 jobs. Moret’s years in economic View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

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