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- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and View Details
- 18 Apr 2011
- News
Capitalism Meets Conservation
provide Patagonia’s isolated inhabitants with English education, preventative medical care, conservation and conservation education, and sustainable economic development. The for-profit company also sells carbon offsets—reductions in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
Raffaella Sadun (photo by Russ Campbell) Raffaella Sadun (photo by Russ Campbell) In the face of economic challenges, hospitals in the English National Health Service have turned to a strategy that has proven effective for small private... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a leader in positive economic development in China. Esquel is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Passion & Purpose
photography by Susan Young See full profiles and more photographs here. In August, five HBS alumni returned to campus to accept the School's highest honor. This year's award recipients have contributed significantly to their companies and communities. They are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
theories outlined in Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution, Seeing What’s Next offers a practical model that helps decision-makers spot the signals of industry change, determine the outcome of competitive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
cultures of NGOs. And they have to worry about ensuring that their impact will really continue after they leave.” At the end of the two-week program, the HBS students were invited to meet with Rwandan President Paul Kagame for a wide-ranging two-hour discussion on... View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
calculate possible outcomes for the latter, but not the former—never rose to prominence, but Bhidé was hooked. To his frustration, today’s economics centers on modeling and measuring numerical risks... 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 amount that reflects the social... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
Leeuwenhof, the majestic estate of Western Cape Premier Gerald Morkel. With the splendor of Table Mountain above and the beauty of Table Bay below, Morkel welcomed his guests to Cape Town, which he described as "a region of great economic... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
moments of a boy’s life. Silent Winds, Dry Seas is a poetic, powerful, and universal novel of identity and place, of the legacies of colonialism, tradition, modernity, and emigration, and of what a family will sacrifice for its children to thrive. Direct Selling: A... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
(international reserve assets that supplement a country’s official reserves); and negotiating agreements to fund some of flagship projects laid out in the 2019–2023 Priority Action Plan, a development model that supports growth through... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
market which is expected over the next 20 or 30 years. DM: And that business opportunity is vital, believes Brix. TB: Because if you don't have an economically sustainable business model, the environmentally sustainable View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses in emerging markets, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
business solutions to poverty. “One day we were talking to villagers who live on $2 a day, and the next day we were meeting with business and government leaders,” recalls Kim. Last summer he built on this experience working in Delhi with Drishtee, a for-profit company... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
engaged campus community. Beyond the campus, the program’s impact is evident in a revitalized farming community in the surrounding areas and at other nearby colleges and school systems that are using the UMass model to start similar... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
ROLE MODELS: Baltimore principal Cindy Harcum says PELP's strength is helping participants consider the application of business models while understanding the unique challenges of their field. A grizzled Baltimore cabbie does a double... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
causes (education, health, and community and economic development, are the top three concerns). Stevenson notes that alumni attitudes toward addressing some of society’s principal challenges are developed, in part, through exposure to the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
Water.org, we are singularly focused on solving the global water crisis in our lifetime. There are about 844 million people every day who lack safe water and about 2.3 billion who lack access to adequate sanitation. The health and View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
personal: A spouse’s or partner’s job, a child’s schooling, or a parent’s health can prevent a worker from considering a move. Often, though, the stumbling blocks affect larger groups of workers. “There’s a lot of geographic immobility because of regulation,... View Details
Keywords: April White