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- 01 Jun 2014
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The Campaign Begins
1997) Katie Vogelheim & John Hansen (MBA 1985) An interactive experience connected alumni with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Boston San Francisco New York Chicago Mumbai More to follow Paris São Paulo Los Angeles... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Protecting conservation land while turning a profit
lands with important conservation attributes, usually in partnership with regional and national land trusts and conservation organizations. Through the conservation transactions we structure, the public gets the assurance that the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Capitalizing Poetry
Lawrence. Barr told the New York Times (October 7, 2004) that the foundation intends to launch “the biggest and baddest Web site for poetry out there,” sponsor regional contests (patterned after the National Spelling Bee), and undertake... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced
local farmers. Mission: Chaku’s sourcing model helps Ghanian farmers mitigate crop loss, which can run as high as 40 percent because of processing and exporting challenges. Okrah lived close to those farmers in Kumasi, an agrarian region... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Local Customs
“We want to be the Sam Adams of the auto world.” Rogers launched his Massachusetts-based company, Local Motors, with $4 million in start-up capital; its online contest (LocalMotors.com/competition.php) invites the public in various cities and View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
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MBAs go down the road less traveled to work with entrepreneurs
company, a regional brewery, and a human-computer interaction firm. Singer says that MBAxAmerica is expanding in 2014 to include eight teams at HBS and other schools, and aims to create a roving volunteer corps of MBAs who want to work... View Details
- 02 May 2016
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Building Startup Skills for Business and Life
Island school district the skills to develop and run their own startups and to begin to think more broadly about careers. E360 is a year-long entrepreneurship curriculum at the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center, a... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
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Improving conditions for climbers' guides in Nepal
After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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The power to change nuclear waste into cost-efficient energy
less expensive approach than traditional nuclear power, while cutting waste by 95 percent. During a family trip around the world in 2011, Wilcox saw how those who lacked access to electricity had poor quality of life in regions of India... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
of economic development,” recalls Barry of his post-graduation years. He wanted to understand why people in some regions do well economically and improve their standard of living while others do not, and was also interested in exploring... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
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City Hall’s Headbanger
time in seven years, and companies including Facebook and Netflix are bringing much-needed investment and jobs to a metro region of just under one million people. But Keller, a former state senator and most recently state auditor, has an... View Details
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- 22 Sep 2016
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Building a Green Energy Grid
megawatts of wind energy—enough to power more than one million homes—from the wind-rich Oklahoma Panhandle region to customers in Arkansas, Tennessee, and other states in the Mid-South and Southeast. “Picture a new, 700-mile stretch of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
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Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
The Fed’s structure The Federal Reserve System is overseen by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, an independent agency with seven members who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The system is composed of 12 View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Déjà Vu All Over Again
common cyclical nature, whether the crash in question was fueled by land speculation, railroad expansion, the booming life insurance industry, or lax regulation of regional stock exchanges. So, will a deeper understanding of these moments... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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Of Value and Values
On the Horns of an Investment Dilemma Financial management firms that focus on sustainable investing have been gaining ground for twenty years now. As an example, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a global association of nearly 500 asset owners and managers,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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IXP 2009
that IXPs will be held in Latin America, China, India, the Middle East, Africa, Vietnam, New Orleans, Silicon Valley, and Boston. (IXP regions are determined in part by student interest.) Just back from the India IXP (postponed until... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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The New Tech Meccas
When author and start-up vet Chris Schroeder (MBA 1992) attended a regional entrepreneurship conference in Dubai in 2010, the energy of the crowd was a revelation. "I could not get my head around the idea that this was coming from places... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
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Letters to the Editor
travel to Muslim regions around the world to offer my business and visual-media experience. I know change won’t happen overnight, but I am committed to it. I believe it happens one person at a time; one day we will get there. View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
colonial bases. This will enable the USA to dominate the region and intervene in Saudi Arabia when the monarchy falls. But they will not aggravate ordinary Iraqis. Educated Iraqis are pragmatic. They can control the firebrands. What we... View Details