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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Image by C.J. Burton As the aftereffects of the 2008 global economic crisis continue to be felt, nonprofit organizations are competing for fewer and fewer dollars. Donors, also feeling the squeeze of a sluggish economy, just don't have as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Case Study: Golden Ticket
$250,000 seed-funding round. Cofounder and consultant Jen Rottenberg (MBA 1996) estimates that the high-school athletics market alone is worth $2 billion in annual transactions. And the market hasn’t proved overly competitive: Other... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
revenue for economic assistance and conversion to cleaner energy. While the group hasn’t attached an exact figure to the amount of the tax, they estimate that it should start between $30 and $40 per ton, an... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
consumer behavior and replacing petroleum-based plastics altogether. At S’well, Kauss estimates that each bottle she sells can replace at least 167 single-use plastic ones per year—enough to put her Million Bottle Project, which aims to... View Details
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
there are no continent-wide studies of this, a report last year by Adcorp, a workforce management company, found that in South Africa there were an estimated 470,000 private-sector job openings remain unfilled because of a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
They also must create value when their inputs and outputs are valued at prevailing market prices: otherwise they cannot stay in business. "Realistic assessments of a country's or firm's sustainability need... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
One Student’s HBS Journey
said Wallace, who estimated that the value of fellowship support she has received since attending boarding school exceeds $400,000. “Maybe I’ll be lucky enough to give that amount in cash someday,” she... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a working paper, "Environmental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Capital: The Story of Long-Term Investment Excellence by Charles D. Ellis (MBA 1963) (Wiley) Ellis’s latest book takes an inside look at The Capital Group Companies, revealing the people, practices, and values that have brought this firm... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Selling Digital Privacy
from mistreatment. The solution is to create institutions that allow consumers to build and claim the value of their marketplace identities and that give producers the incentive to respect them. Privacy and identity then become opposing... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
high-water mark for the valuation of an individual artist’s catalog: more than $500 million, according to the New York Times. Estimates by Music Business Worldwide suggest that investors, including many of the biggest players in private... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
United States chose to remain to pursue their careers. But now the majority return home, lured by economic opportunity that didn’t exist even a decade ago, says Vivek Wadhwa, a senior research associate at Harvard Law School’s Labor and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
Amazon of Africa”; at the time of its IPO last April, it was valued at $1.3 billion. A year later, Kehinde and fellow Jumia executive Ercin Eksin went on to found Africa Courier Express (ACE), a logistics company meant to meet the growing... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
Value Shift by Lynn Sharp Paine The Support Economy by Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxim Value Shift by Lynn Sharp Paine (McGraw HIll) Were it not for the years HBS assistant professor Rakesh Khurana spent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Roadmap for Moms
to the workplace. As it turned out, many other HBS alumnae who left careers to raise children felt the same way. Now Rabin and another HBS graduate who relaunched her career, Carol Fishman Cohen (MBA ’85), have coauthored a guidebook for like-minded women (who they... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In Character: A Case Discussion Drama
Danijela Surgeon & Unofficial Family Mediator “Why are we not selling? I’m confused.” “This family would fall apart without me here.” From Baker Library | Bloomberg Center: The World Economic Forum estimates... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
including NFL and NHL teams. Use cases also include military and elder care markets. All told, Unger estimates peak revenues to reach about $375 million. Nix is still in the midst of product development, but it expects to set the market... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
miss school each year for this reason, estimates UNICEF. “Our goal is to turn what has been an obstacle into a business opportunity and vehicle for economic growth in Africa, Asia, and Central America,” says... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
What is the role of volunteerism and other charitable giving in the United States? About one in four adults volunteer every year. About one in two adults give more than $25 to charity every year. The estimated combined View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Faculty Books
value, and secure their commitment to implementing the solution. Building World Class Universities in Asia by Daniel Quinn Mills (CreateSpace) After discussing higher education’s potential contribution to Asia’s economic progress and the... View Details