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- 11 Apr 2018
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
working on crisis management with city officials. “We are working to end intergenerational poverty within a 100-block radius in central Harlem,” says Owusu-Kesse, who joined HCZ in 2008 and became COO in 2014. “Part of our ethos is,... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- News
A Taxing Question
Ireland, Israel, and Mexico. The Obama administration apparently is aiming to create a hybrid proposal. “The Treasury Department is considering a proposal to eliminate some but not all taxes on the overseas profits of US multinational companies, a View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Releases
organization is costly to produce and disseminate throughout the enterprise, they maintain that an organization must decentralize its decision-making capacity. "The issue is not whether to centralize or decentralize, but rather which... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
After decades of decline, despair, and neglect, the last ten years have brought some preliminary signs of revitalization to a number of inner-city neighborhoods in the United States. Blighted areas such as Chicago's North Side, New York's South Bronx, South View Details
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Hacking Health Care
president responsible for bringing innovative consumer products to market, and then moved to Nightingale Informatix in the EMR sector; but he found frustration in these firms’ centralized approach to product management. “History has... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
food products, he had traveled frequently on business to the USSR and other Central and East European countries in the Soviet Bloc, thus gaining a knowledge of Soviet-style commerce few other Westerners could claim. Between 1985 and 1992,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
connectors. China, which outstrips both Europe and the United States in terms of EV adoption, wants to put 3 to 5 million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020. China’s central government has also opened the state-run power sector to... View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
in Wuhan and other parts of the country are facing a severe shortage of medical supplies,” says Dai. “This puts medical professionals and people at severe risk.” The Wuhan Task Force is also coordinating with the International Committee of the Red Cross, City of Wuhan,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
A central tenet of lifelong learning today is “anywhere, anytime.” The more learning opportunities can be delivered whenever you—the user—want them, wherever you are, the way you want them, and when you most need them, the more valuable... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Donors Invest in Students’ Future
supporters participated in an information session on MBA admissions, financial aid, and career services. Throughout, the role of fellowships was a central theme. Fellowship support has grown steadily over the last decade, enabling the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
When Mayfield Fund Managing Director Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996), the cofounder and former CEO of Snapfish and fitmob, joined Lyft as chief strategy officer in 2016, he was intent on finding ways to reduce human impact on climate change. The solution turned out to be so... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The New “In” Crowd
possibilities in Asia and Central America. Scharpf and other newcomers to social entrepreneurship are the grateful beneficiaries of pioneering work by people like Linda Rottenberg, CEO and cofounder of Endeavor, a global organization that... View Details
- 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 Scharpf. The Rwandan venture... View Details
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
contains close to 20,000 items). “I realized that I was more interested in the ideas expressed in the mechanisms than in owning the physical objects,” he says. “Time is a central element of the human experience, which, understandably,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy
schools in Latin America, China, Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe, will be included in this area, as will new programs for HBS doctoral students, MBA Ed Reps, and faculty members from other professional schools at Harvard. Center... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
passions have spurred him, among other accomplishments, to spearhead the creation of a 250-acre nature preserve (with a 10-mile walking trail) in Pound Ridge, New York; initiate and finance the identification of, and publish a brochure about, all trees, shrubs, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
(MBA 1997) Founder and CEO, Central Square Foundation, New Delhi, India A UNIFIED FRONT "Businesses tend to support individual programs or schools. The impact could be much larger if corporations partnered to take collective action on a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Innovation as Antidote
leaders and academics, the forum identified a number of important challenges, and offered five "key imperatives" for progress—from making value the central objective to decentralizing care delivery. Several HBS alumni and faculty members... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
Social enterprises are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. In analyzing some three hundred social... View Details
- 15 Nov 2021
- News
Charles P. Waite (MBA 1959)
School and the army were central to his whole success story.” Waite also credited his career achievements to his association with legendary HBS professor and the founder of venture capital, General Georges Doriot (MBA 1922), for whom... View Details