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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
example, there are roughly 1 million jobs connected to the beef industry—from companies that grow crops for animal feed to slaughterhouses. And the USDA reports that meat producers created more than $66 billion in added value to the US economy in 2008. All of that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Charlie Williams (MBA 1939, DCS 1952)
aboard the cruiser USS Topeka in 1945 when the ship received President Truman’s announcement of the dropping of the atom bomb. As the ship’s announcer, I read Truman’s words over the PA system to the entire crew. When I finished, there... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
them — were needed to stem internal bleeding caused by even mild stress on his joints. His blood-filled knees and ankles left Massie unable to walk and brought on “interminable nights when pain banished sleep,” he later wrote. His parents battled an unresponsive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
of pharmaceuticals and medical devices work in a more coordinated way? —Rebecca Leung (MBA 1996) HASSAN: Smaller, highly advanced countries with long-term industrial strategies, such as Singapore, have a relatively well-coordinated system... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
30-year low, stagnating middle-class wages, and a political system seemingly incapable of agreement. "So what happened—and what are we going to do about it?" asked Porter. These questions were the impetus behind HBS's US Competitiveness... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
good results a factor in this scandal? The focus on the short term has been a chronic plague on our financial system for years. It's partly tied to the cadre of security analysts on Wall Street who are influential in shaping the attitudes... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 23 Jan 2020
- News
Bringing Education Back Home
preK-12 to bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. In 2019, the system had 1,250 students, with 370 students at the university level. Since its inception, the university has graduated 408 alumni; 292 completed a bachelor’s degree and 116... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
shocks in the system like the one we saw earlier this year.” How has the pandemic impacted the people you serve and how are you and the organization helping address these challenges? “We are serving more people than ever before, which... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
as a Baker Scholar, in his spare time Rogers honed a system for trading over-the-counter stocks and left HBS with his bills paid and $50,000 in the bank. Eager to return to the Bay Area where he grew up, Rogers accepted a job offer from... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
lieutenant on the sub who managed teams of mechanical systems experts—men usually more experienced than she. “I tried to go in with a sense of humility but also with a level of confidence,” she explains. Strobel later served as an Office... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- News
Voting for Optimism in Baltimore
that the police can do their jobs and everyone can have a safer place to live and work. The most important thing is stimulating an economic renaissance in Baltimore, and that means jobs for the systemically unemployed and opportunities... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
measures to prevent some unintended consequences. A large fraction of corporations’ excess cash — as much as two-thirds, according to some estimates — is held outside the United States to avoid the “repatriation taxes” that occur under the U.S. View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
mortgages are now held by institutions with little connection to local communities? It obscured the risk that is inherent in lending and in owning. We have developed such a sophisticated housing-finance system that we were able to layer... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
hope that we do recognize how important they are. The system is still working. And it's thanks to the working class.” “Who's actually putting those groceries on the shelves still and who's driving the truck to get that food that gets put... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
system of choosing directors to “the old Soviet-style elections” in which shareholders’ real choice is to vote for anointed nominees, abstain, or sell the stock. Of all the nominees put forward by boards, 99.7 percent win election. Also,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
city council for funding to meet their community’s needs. Over time, all these experiences have helped quiet the voices in my head and convince me I am “good enough” the way I am. Gregory K. Tanaka is the author and editor of Systemic... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
Since its founding in 1908, HBS has viewed business as a powerful means for improving society. More than a century later, says Dean Srikant Datar, “the role we can play in tackling systemic challenges has become more important, whether in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
No Time Like the Present
Africa Health Holdings which works to improve the health care system in West and East Africa and has 38 facilities, 52 community outreach programs, and serves more than 500,000 patients; chairman of Golden Palm Investments, an impact... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
going to the annual dinner." In addition, says Grossman, there's growing pressure from the government and other funders for "outcome-based" funding -- an approach based on nonprofits achieving certain goals. "It comes down to people questioning the View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
from Nebraska and former US Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services] and Don Berwick [former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and current Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate] said that our health care View Details