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- 22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery
other and the world writ large.” FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path Addressing The Financial Security Gap A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs
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Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
foundation which starts way earlier than college scholarships can solve alone. It starts with improved public school systems that close the literacy gap between communities of color and their white counterparts,” she explains. “So, unless...
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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
Donaldson’s move to Yale in 1975 to help his alma mater launch a management school that would bridge the gap between the public and private sectors. “I had seen tremendous conflict between corporate America and Washington,” he observes....
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- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
at Schulze Global Investments in Ethiopia, the country’s first private equity fund. I specifically wanted to see, in a country with a banking system off-limits to foreign investment and where there are no local capital markets, if foreign private equity could plug the...
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- 16 Jul 2024
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Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
organization website and resource center. References [1] Over 40 countries have achieved malaria-free certification as of January 2024 (WHO) [2] Children under five years of age constituted 76% of 608,000 deaths from malaria in 2022 (UNICEF) [3] Closing the global...
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- 19 Mar 2021
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Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities
Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020) is among one of four HBS alumni named to this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 List. Melcolm is co-founder of the nonprofit Sports & Entertainment Equity Network (SEEN), which aims to "close the diversity, equity, and inclusion View Details
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HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
altitude. Imperfect Foods sold 40,000 of them. The company was founded with the goal of narrowing the yawning gap between supply and demand in the American food industry. The space is defined by two data points that, taken together, make...
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- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
“second HQ” in India to exemplify our core proposition. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54978 The Impact of Penalties for Wrong Answers on the Gender Gap in Test Scores By: Coffman, Katherine B.,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
with the country’s recent economic slowdown, China has more billionaires than the United States. Behind that fairly startling statistic are troubling related issues such as corruption among China’s elite and very wide variance in income, standard of living, and...
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Deborah Blagg
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
capabilities in its Australian workforce in now underutilized facilities near where its design capabilities were centered. Was this a short-term problem, or had the commercial market changed forever? The (A) case examines possibilities that company might pursue to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
healing remains underdeveloped. Athletes, from the casual joggers to elite ultramarathon runners and everyone in between, often rely on untested hypotheses and folk wisdom to develop training and recovery regimens, Wu Tsai explains. “There’s really a View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Educating the Whole Student
witnessed the seemingly intractable achievement gap between white students and students of color. She saw teachers and administrators struggling to provide the support that communities needed beyond the classroom. Liu went on to study...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
estimating that Germany could see a shortage of 3 million skilled workers by 2030; China, which accounts for about 20 percent of the world’s manufacturing production, will have a high-skilled labor gap of about 24 million by 2020,...
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Dan Morrell
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
overseas backlash against U.S. goods? A: Long before the Iraq conflict, the triumphal tone of America's global march set off a backlash. Brands such as McDonald's, Starbucks, and The Gap have become targets for protesters in many parts of...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
From Africa to HBS
industry, I needed some time to refocus on my career goals. In particular, I wanted to use the MBA to fill some of the gaps I had identified in my skill set. I wanted to pursue an MBA in the U.S. because I had never lived or worked in the...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Lesson Plans
going to help fill a gap for those people who find themselves without a job and want to learn a new skill or brush up on an old skill to make themselves more competitive. I hope it’ll help people get employed faster or even pivot to a new...
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Jen Mele
- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
30, 60 or 90 days repay the loan with cash from customer receipts, all in the same system. In the ongoing conversation of how we drive long-term economic growth and competitiveness, it’s important to focus on how we help more small businesses succeed. Closing the...
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by Karen Mills
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
expectation in just about every consumer category—until we get to banking. Charley Cummings (MBA 2011) sees a major gap here. “Banking is a space that lacks compelling brands, just generally speaking; but more specifically, it lacks...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
employee costs. Eventually we won’t have a separate discussion about whether we should factor in ESG. There’s also a massive amount of learning that can be done among asset owners. There’s a lot of intent, but people don’t know how to execute, implement, and measure...
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Jen McFarland Flint