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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

U.S. Census Bureau statistical survey of approximately 250,000 addresses seeking data on age, sex, race, family and relationships, disabilities, where residents work and how they get there, where residents live and how much they pay for essentials, income and... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: John Doerr

personal and career development. Join a well-managed, growing organization. Keep family and friends first. Find your own way of giving back. Pro bono work I have three interests — education, the environment, and health care — but so far... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

02 Aug 2018
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Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

Second phase of what we've done is an upgraded white paper with lots more pieces of legislation recommended, lots more things that agencies should be doing, and that's going very well. Another key piece of what we recommended the Department of View Details

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Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library

income and benefits, health insurance, education, and veteran status. See list of survey subjects . United States Census: Business and Economy Business and industry economic statistics by geography and by survey/frequency. United States... View Details

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to the public Harvard Innovation Labs The Harvard Innovation Labs provide a multitude of in-kind support for local entrepreneurship, health and life sciences, and offer a variety of partner programming and... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

different perspectives. But I’m also willing to take ownership. That’s not in contradiction to the first point. Leaders have to make decisions and provide vision and direction to motivate people to execute. Unlike the last crisis, which had roots in the financial... View Details

Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance

11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

Publications November 2014 Harvard Business Review Cooks Make Tastier Food When They Can See Their Customers By: Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—While existing theory suggests that increased contact between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2022
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

examined benchmarks on fiscal and monetary measures that were being implemented across the world. The team also consulted leading actors in the public and private sectors. “We received data from different ministries—tourism,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

09 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Solving the Complexities of the Biotechnology Industry

Azita Sharif (MBA 2000) is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DSI- Precision Medicine Biobanking & BINDS (Bio-Informatics Network for Discovery Science). Her goal is to positively impact human and public View Details

14 Jan 2021
News

Better Than Cash

Goals. Whether it’s improvements in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” The Better Than Cash Alliance advocates for this type of digital financial inclusion, provides guidance to... View Details

23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

Publications December 2014 Journal of Political Economy Transition to Clean Technology By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 19

312-002 McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

process. Charismatic pioneers of the healthy building movement who have paired up to combine the cutting-edge science of Harvard’s School of Public Health with the financial know-how of HBS, Joseph Allen and... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)

My parents were both public school teachers, but they also owned a repair shop called Satellite TV. After school and on Saturdays we’d all go over to the family business. That was my first insight into the hard work of entrepreneurship.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; leadership; Black; African American

01 Sep 2020
News

The Devil You Don’t Know

capacity, effective treatments, a vaccine. These investments are necessary to save lives, first and foremost. But the scale and speed of these investments in public health also have tremendous economic... View Details

03 Nov 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

who wrote, "... legislative and regulatory response treats the symptoms (means) rather than the disease (motivation). Transparency is only as successful as the least creative obscurantist." He recommends, among other things, prohibiting "by regulation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

can deliver the safest perceived service environment, in the face of ongoing public health threats from COVID-19 and from the next pandemic. Sustaining their business viability post-COVID will demand more... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Feb 2001
News

The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

professor Regina E. Herzlinger contended at a fall reunion presentation titled "The Four by Four Report: Effective Oversight of Nonprofit Organizations." An expert in health care and nonprofit management control, Herzlinger made the case... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

distribution of public goods to their intended recipients. Fans hope that it will do much more, skeptics worry that it might be overhyped. "Aadhaar was created to guarantee only identity, not benefits or entitlements, yet the UIDAI... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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