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Los Angeles Times and Univision Noticias , contributing to award-winning projects. A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Ana holds master’s degrees from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and the School of International and View Details

29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

to create an alliance for clean cookstoves, a significant environmental and public health issue in developing countries. This case examines the change process within the State Department and across the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit

Harvard's School of Public Health since 1976 and has spent much of her professional career applying corporate and industrial models to the health-care field. Her research activity at HBS focuses on the... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

04 Mar 2008
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HBS Blogs

MBA 1979I Marv Slovacek, Czech Prague Mission Experience, 2007-2010, http://www.theslovaceks.blogspot.com/ (the Slovaceks' experiences while presiding over the Czech Prague LDS mission; archived since June 2007) MBA 1980I Sheryle Bolton,... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out

HBS alumni often describe the MBA Program as a transformational experience. That observation especially rings true for students such as Meredith Weenick, Neera Nundy, Abdu Mukhtar, and Jonathan Hodgson who participate in the Nonprofit and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

important historic landmarks and public resources such as hospitals. Heat tends to concentrate in dense urban centers, increasing health risks. A worldwide investment of $3.2 trillion in energy conservation... View Details

20 Mar 2020
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How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

businesses often have less than 20 days’ worth. While forecasts vary, many public health experts don’t expect the coronavirus outbreak to subside for at least eight weeks, assuming that social distancing and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

11 Jul 2025
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Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

Utah Alumni Explore Future of Great Salt Lake The HBS Club of Utah recently got an insider’s look at the economic and ecological health of the Great Salt Lake (GSL) with a presentation by Utah’s first GSL commissioner, Brian Steed, at the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting

an impact on the world. Then they witnessed a series of heartbreaking events, watching alongside the rest of the world as Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade were targeted in public places for... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind

to some. “He asked tough questions, even hardware-related stuff,” DU alum Surbhi Sarna told Bloomberg Business last year. “...He was giving us design ideas.” Draper invested in Sarna’s nVision Medical, a medical device company for women’s View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

such as corporate governance, the relationship between values and leadership, corporate accountability and the challenges of financial disclosure, executive compensation, and the role of intermediaries in capital markets. Through our work, we can help shape not only... View Details

02 Jun 2011
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Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

current tax rates or government benefit programs in retirement and health care—a big "if". Stating that net debt (financial liabilities minus financial assets) levels of 200 percent of gross domestic product are unsustainable,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

opportunities and risks will they create for business leaders? What ethical choices will they force business leaders to confront? In November 2022, the introduction of ChatGPT brought the potential and power of Generative AI into public... View Details

26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?

interest in the health of the soil. “If you restore soil and agriculture and don’t use chemical fertilizers to grow crops, and you change your tilling practices, if you did this with one in five farms around the world, you would capture... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Organic farming; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

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By: Brian L. Trelstad

The focus of my research is on the systems of social innovation. How small groups of individuals come up with new products and services targeting important problems; how they finance these initial efforts, and convert prototypes into viable organizational strategies;... View Details

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Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

meaningful work in health care. After graduating from HBS, she joined Tenet Healthcare and worked her way up to become Chief of Staff to the President of Hospital Operations—a role that gave her a front-row seat to corporate governance.... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

of the industrialized world in educating its children and ensuring health coverage for all. Confidence in our public institutions is near all-time lows, but what about fixing them? Nearly half of us don’t... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

which, as the former parent of Delphi, has agreed to fund a portion of the massive pension and retiree health care liabilities that Delphi incurred when it separated from GM in a prior spin-off. The company has also had to seek... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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to the School regarding global activities. For more information about our Global work visit: www.hbs.edu/global . Health Care Initiative The Health Care Initiative, launched in 2005, serves as a gateway for... View Details

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