Millennium Development Goals - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

as the Career and Professional Development are always available to students to help them with their career goals, the recruiting team supports companies with recruiting strategies and any questions they have to ensure synergy between HBS... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Africa Looks Ahead

OKONJO-IWEALA: Providing basic infrastructure is the way to transform people's lives. At a UN meeting in Liberia to discuss a framework for development after the UN's millennium View Details

Keywords: United Nations; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

of six flagships established in 2003, and its goal was to help the nation capture more of the added value of its resources by developing and commercializing downstream technologies in the processing and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 30

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 Mar 2013
News

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

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 Oct 1999
News

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

Profile

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

01 Jun 2010
News

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

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

Profile

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

Profile

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

15 Apr 2014
News

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

01 Dec 2009
News

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

24 Sep 2020
News

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

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

01 Mar 2023
News

Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

and development manager for the United States—and sole US employee—of a Canadian pastry company. The job exposed him to many facets of the food and tourism industries, but it also kept him on the road 200 nights a year, and Bagala yearned... View Details

Keywords: April White

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

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

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

don't survive clinical trials, resulting in the pharmaceutical industry footing enormous bills for failure. Genomics will be a productivity driver, pushing perhaps a 100 percent increase in drug development, said Alan Crane, Senior Vice President for Corporate View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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