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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place
last-place aversion by putting 99 percent of the population in “last place,” behind the wealthiest 1 percent. He sees potential to use this aversion to motivate people to be more proactive in their own medical care, to save for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
its wealth; what will save us now is technology and innovation,” added Wolfensohn, chairman of Wolfensohn & Company and former president of the World Bank. Creative Capitalist: In his conversation with HBS professor emeritus James Cash,... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
purely economic perspective—turning off the carbon-based energy production and building wind farms and solar farms can save people money,” he explains. But he saw that, in many of those places, the transition wasn’t happening. Often,... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
and clothing, with almost half draining their savings to pay the bills, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Medical debt tends to be a more pervasive problem among those earning less than $40,000 per year and among Black and... View Details
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Brooke Carter (MBA 2019)
projects/roles/opportunities did you pursue at HBS? While at HBS, I had the opportunity to pursue entrepreneurship and launch a startup. One of my classmates and I shared a passion for financial fluency and tax-advantaged saving... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
standards in the design and construction of new buildings increased construction costs by less than 1 percent while reducing energy costs by between 5 and 30 percent over the life of the building. Between 1990 and 2012 IBM reduced electricity consumption by 6.1 billion... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- Blog Post
Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week
Capital, drew applause for challenging the notion that digital apps, instead of skilled people, could solve climate problems. “We don’t need more digital solutions to save the world, we need more physical solutions. We need great... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
phone. AVA is an invitation-only shopping platform. The company addresses the gap between the growing market demand for fashion and the lack of availability of branded merchandise and e-commerce websites in the Philippines. CardSwap.ca is an exclusively Canadian... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability: Career Advice from HBS Career Coach Hillary Mann
and marketing to them. I had the opportunity to work with brands on exclusive show sponsorships, large tentpole events and the VH1 Save the Music Foundation to restore public school music programs. When my husband and I moved to Boston, I... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
were holding, which could save many lives, cost just ten cents per package. In introducing the panelists, who represented a variety of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Levy said that "NGOs are critical sources of information and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Monica Lee
raise four beautiful kids, rise to the top of my field, take care of my parents, be a community leader, save the world, so on, and (sigh) so on. I want to break free... and finally LIVE. I itch to take off the training wheels and RACE... View Details
- Portrait Project
Lorrayne Ward
align incentives across the public and private sectors by distributing medicine to rural areas via the existing network of drugstores. Profits for shopkeepers, more lives saved for society – a perfect plan, I had naively thought. But I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
Boston Globe (February 9, 2012). “Joe could have turned away and said he hates this disease, but he didn’t,” said C. Richard Mattingly, COO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. “He led us. He wasn’t working to save Joey’s life. He was... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
Hour by Hour
application to connect employers and former workers in good standing, and allow employers to automate and manage their interactions with former employees. HourWork’s model—pooling and then nurturing former talent for future permanent and temporary “on-demand”... View Details
- Profile
Orkun Kilic
Sometimes leadership is cultivated over a period of years; other times it arises in the moment. When an earthquake struck Istanbul in 1999, Orkun Kilic immediately seized the initiative and led a team that saved three people from the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report
expenses to a level of $11 million less than originally planned. Major savings came in maintaining lower staffing levels, trimming costs in Executive Education and HBS Publishing, and deferring a number of discretionary maintenance... View Details
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
Institute, which advises managers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, says that as organizations increasingly ask customers to play a more active role in transactions, saving money shouldn't be the sole guiding force.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Graham Evans
was humanly possible. Do I want to teach others as I learn? If my comments are anything to go by, this is not my vocation. By process of elimination it should be clear by now, that having thrown out banking, consulting, VC, Fortune 500 firms, and academia, the careers... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
perform, customers notice. Marketing roulette For example, those who use Amazon’s Subscribe & Save service to preschedule periodic deliveries at a discount, may believe they deserve preferential treatment from this customer-centric... View Details
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
same financial-only interest that Buffett has. He is investing to make money, not save the economy." Sameer Kamat cited several reasons—lack of "credibility" as an investor, a "business model" that avoids hard-to-understand business, and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett