Humanitarianism - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

redevelopment of this scale. In addition to the complementary interests of finance and urban design, the DRP project highlights the multiple humanitarian and environmental implications of large-scale urban transformation. While addressing... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

26 Oct 2020
News

A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

by producing regional and local events, conducting research, and creating media content that raises the visibility of Hispanic Americans across industries. Edelman, who previously led successful marketing efforts for humanitarian... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

you are saving lives. So it has to have a humanitarian angle to it." (Cipla manufactures generic versions of a number of commonly prescribed medicines and is the world's largest manufacturer of the antiretroviral drugs that fight HIV and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

and its efforts to establish Humanitarian Assistance for Neglected Diseases (HAND), a corporate social responsibility program focused on treatments for diseases that typically affect too small a population to warrant the attention of drug... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

senior researcher, and Daniel Curran, director of the Humanitarian Leadership Program at HBS. Participants drew up a long list of supply-chain characteristics that help determine the degree to which an HIV/AIDS treatment program can take... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

same time internally, our marketing and clinical trials folks had been working with Joe and they came to us and said, 'We've got a great opportunity here, but we do the commercial side of things and we need help figuring out how to launch an international View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

everyone was exhausted and intellectual capital was drained," said Levy, who previously ran the International Rescue Committee, which responds to the world's humanitarian crises. "I needed to avoid getting caught up in trivial... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

to cover most of the cost of the recovery plan. Japan often shows itself at its best in times of crisis, setting aside internal differences and responding with inspiring levels of efficiency and self-sacrifice. This crisis will be no different as far as its response to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

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Working Groups, Upcoming Event, and Resources | About

Israel on 10/7 and, in the weeks since, mounting civilian casualties and a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. To date, thousands of innocent lives have been tragically lost. The pain, grief, and fear from these events and a rise in... View Details

17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

Center for Sustainable Future; serves as program manager of Amrita Center for International Programs; and teaches entrepreneurship and business strategy. He also works with Embracing the World, a humanitarian organization focused on... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

29 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

construct a generic model of a refugee camp economy. Camp economies are influenced by host country policies, such as restrictions on refugees' movement and work, as well as by the physical and economic isolation of the site. Moreover, market outcomes interact with the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

Rescue & Recovery

he’s hosting a tour of the space—and assigning McKenna a key card. Ten months in as CEO of the humanitarian aid organization, it’s finally her first day in the office. One by one, a few other senior leaders assemble in the lobby for the 1... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

offers four humanitarian Rainbows of Hope, personal and ambitious projects that have yet to reach fruition: the Hope Scholarship, which provides funds to help eligible high school graduates attend college; Hope for Starving Children, to... View Details

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

his leadership in forging the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA), the development and ratification of a charter for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the resolution of territorial and humanitarian... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

economics, primarily in the understanding of foreign aid, is also one of the few economists who studies issues of humanitarian and emergency assistance. One of his papers, on a refugee camp economy, has been accepted by the Journal of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

disturbing acts of antisemitism globally in the months since. Some of you have been deeply affected by the war between Israel and Hamas and the humanitarian crisis and death toll in Gaza that has ensued. At a time when our campus could... View Details

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model

humanitarian goodness of this, the public relations benefits are wonderful. The world should applaud this, because it's a tangible action that might be reducing tension on the border," suggested Khanna. India Likes Entrepreneurs The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

05 May 2020
News

“Walking a Tightrope”

over the years and discovered that while we had covered poverty overseas, there actually was a humanitarian crisis going on in our own backyard in Yamhill and we didn't even know it. April: What brought that to your attention? Was there a... View Details

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

Case 615-003 Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: What Can We Learn from Commercial Supply Chains? Organizing speedy and efficient supply operations for unpredictable major natural disasters was a continuing challenge for the U.S.... View Details