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- 18 May 2015
- News
Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges
with the HBS US Competitiveness Project, Kanter convened a national summit at HBS that drew leaders from government, business, labor, technology, and community coalitions. Together, they worked on overcoming barriers that have prevented... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
through social impact bonds. “Social impact bonds enable a social organization to raise capital for preventive action, to establish a track record of social performance and to be paid for that social performance at a rate that enables it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Unsung Hero
where, with her banking and diplomatic skills, she became a policy advisor to the State Department’s Counterterrorism Finance and Designation Unit. She trains foreign government officials and bankers on procedures for preventing money... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
to studying athletes of different ages, genders, and ethnicities to better understand the potential of the healthy human body and to improve knowledge of injury prevention and rehabilitation. The goal is to give people of all abilities... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
our students disconnected from the mainstream economy; it prevents our businesses from growing.” —Gerald Chertavian (MBA ’92), founder and CEO of Year Up, a nonprofit providing urban young adults with technical and professional skills... View Details
Keywords: quotations
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
Chicago community, Edelman finds it natural to give back to society. A Civil War buff, he is an active board member of the New-York Historical Society. His interest in fitness and fighting obesity attracted him to the board of the Centers for Disease Control and View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing roadblocks to innovation in health care
convenes health care management educators to develop and implement new curricula for health care management education. She also recommends policy changes, such as standards for health care IT and transparency to consumers on the price and value of treatment and View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Homeward Bound
On a bright mid-August morning, a hard-hat crew aided by a massive crane replaced the centuries-old Russian bell atop Baker Library with a newly cast HBS Centennial Bell. The old bell, considered a Russian national treasure, was returned to Moscow’s Danilov Monastery,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
These Walls Can Talk
when energy use is lowest; companies will begin to use data to predict and prevent home maintenance issues. Soon: New homes will be wired for connectivity just as they are wired for electricity. “Think about a world where, instead of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
data, the project also convenes researchers, policymakers, and financial executives to exchange ideas with BFFS faculty. The goal is to empower the project’s research to have broad real-world impact, sharing knowledge that could help View Details
- 12 Dec 2015
- News
Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy
there’s no way I’m letting somebody who’s African-American stay in my place.’ I think more of what’s happening is a subtle, unconscious bias.” The solution: Debias Yourself, a browser plug-in the research team created for Airbnb hosts. It hides an Airbnb guest’s name... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Reducing special-interest influence over government regulation
lead to problems of its own. David A. Moss, the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, has helped lead a team of scholars from across the country to examine how to mitigate or prevent regulatory capture by looking at the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
prevent the extreme downturn we saw in the Depression, and to get the economy moving forward again. Unfortunately, I think there’s a real danger now of people looking back to those major economic events, assuming we’re facing more or less... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
behavioral health professionals in situations where their expertise would make a critical difference in resolving crisis situations, or even preventing them in the first place,” explains 2020–2021 HBS Leadership Fellow Sarika Mendu (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
about Kripalu's search for an executive director, she jumped at the opportunity - and not a moment too soon. "The search process was almost over," she says. Despite her eleventh-hour bid for the job and a blizzard that nearly prevented... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Class of 2004 Gives Fellowship
graduate of Princeton, Shariff is committed to international development. Prior to HBS, she worked with CARE International in Rwanda, primarily on HIV prevention and microfinance targeted at households run by children. “Because of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
project supports collaborations to understand, predict, and prevent financial instability. In May, nearly 600 alumni from New York and Boston participated in The Boardroom, a daylong, capstone exercise in the RC. Students assumed the role... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
practical guidance. The conditions they have always faced—intense competition, scarce resources, and unforgiving markets—are true now for everyone. Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence and How to Limit It edited by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011)
meds: ScopeDex. Scopolamine prevents sickness and Dexedrine maintains alertness. “I’ve never thrown up in an airplane while flying. I need to knock on some wood right now.” Tips for sleeping in space: Close the window shade and put in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
previous financial crisis. “Thankfully, things turned out dramatically different from what we expected,” adds Greenwood. Here, he discusses the scientific, business, and government response that prevented the predictions from becoming a... View Details
Keywords: April White