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- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
is coordinating with Gilead Sciences, maker of Remdesivir, to distribute and manufacture the antiviral drug treatment for use in 127 countries, including Egypt. It was recently approved for emergency use by the United States, India,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
Above: illustration by Brian Stauffer In 2008, Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) attended a presentation on climate change and the global water crisis at her five-year HBS reunion. Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag, who directs the University’s Center... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
used to be that you looked at the fraction of foreign students to get a sense of how global the class is. Today, students may say “I have an American passport,” but they’ve worked in four or five different firms and countries. Dean Nohria... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
traffic congestion, which is public enemy number one on passenger car fuel efficiency. The second thing we could do is address our agricultural food distribution system. If we went back to localized farming, it’s amazing how we could... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
recall of 450,000 tires missing a key safety feature that a U.S. importer had purchased from a Chinese manufacturer and distributed to retail outlets. “I don’t think there is a strong culture of adherence to regulations in China right... View Details
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Equal Partner
working in the fashion and retail industry—as the director of Global Strategy at Donna Karan (a division of LVMH), the general manager of Shop Your Way and the founder of Mintbox, a flash sale and loyalty startup—she helped to organize... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for us is how to establish our brand in each local market. Good brands are globally... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global scale. “Over time, my interest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
specific tumor cells. We can target these receptors with radioactive material to detect tumor cells with a very high accuracy and also see the distribution of tumors in the body. We then target the same receptors with another radioactive... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
BlackBerry's fortunes, though, as the company continued to post disappointing earnings. Heins stepped down on November 4, a few weeks after the company announced it would be laying off 40 percent of its global workforce. So where did... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
business, government, and the global economy. It saps the strength of people and institutions, especially in developing countries. Everyone’s against corruption, or so they claim. But virtually all countries are involved in facilitating... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
vans because back in the 1960s and ’70s—and still now—there was no way to reach the consumer who shopped at mom-and-pop stores. Today their distribution networks are formidable barriers to entry for most competitors in their segments.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
approach for the masses. Investment management startup Alpha Architect, cofounded by COO Patrick Cleary (MBA 2010), is considering the launch of an affordable, active robo-advisor that would seek to outperform a passive, globally... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
Organizational Behavior Unit, Assistant Professor Tsedal Neeley researches global collaboration with special emphasis on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup challenges of working across national boundaries. While a principal... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
the quest for a coronavirus vaccine, science is only part of the story. This pandemic will not end with the development of a safe, effective inoculation. That inoculation also needs to be approved, manufactured, and distributed globally.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
then relatively obscure field of microfinance. As the head of ACCION International, a global microfinance organization, Chu helped develop microfinance into a global weapon against poverty while establishing... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
our borders – and this is critical given the distributed nature of the climate crisis. CarbonBuilt is in the business of decarbonizing concrete production, which is responsible for about 10 percent of global... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
users control of other computers remotely is priced as low as $20. And business is booming. A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found that global security incidents rose 38 percent in 2015—the biggest jump in the survey’s 12-year history.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
(MBA 2002), President, CBJ Energy; and Jackson Lehr (MBA 2007), Director, Distributed Energy Ventures, National Grid. “Climate change is such a controversial topic,” says Kiernan. “So this event was a big deal, especially with Professor... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
magazines than Time cofounder Henry R. Luce. In 2004 alone, she introduced four new publications, including a revitalized version of Life magazine, which is now distributed on weekends in leading U.S. newspapers. In 1991, she was named... View Details