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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
It is estimated that one billion people around the world need vision correction but don't have glasses because they are too expensive or simply unavailable. The resulting losses in productivity and self-sufficiency may reach as much as $70 billion annually, experts... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
becoming increasingly apparent, the economics of the sector made fighting the virus a less-than-obvious business choice. The market size for a vaccine was unknown, and the paths for financing such research—which could have a price tag in... View Details
- 16 Feb 2011
- News
Healthy Growth
Ayers described himself as a “principles-based leader”. “Our purpose is to create exceptional long-term value for customers, employees, and shareholders by enhancing the health and well-being of pets, livestock, and people,” he... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
communities of color who include the voices of community members in their decision-making.” Unknown to Big Funders The NCF focuses on four pillars of underfunded structural challenges: policing and criminal justice reform; economic empowerment; View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
center,” says Enriquez of the LSP’s central functions. “For example, we work with the Finance faculty, studying how to value assets and structure the finances of businesses as they change in the face of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Nancy Hall (MBA 1974)
understand. My first jobs were in retailing, on the finance side. Thirteen years after HBS, I had a midlife crisis. I was working for a soon-to-be defunct department store in Baltimore and knew it was time to get out. I left my job to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Fall Reunions
set for the 25th and 30th Reunion classes. A variety of reunion programs offered a lively range of ways for alumni to get updated on current issues and to connect with one another. Twenty-nine members of the faculty and staff held sessions on topics that ranged from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance, there’s this large public View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
is one of energy and that however you slice it, we’re going to run out of energy. Today you could cover the entire Nevada desert with solar cells and you could take care of all the energy needs of the entire planet. But if you... View Details
- 23 Mar 2016
- News
Curing Parkinson’s Disease
HBS alumni Jonathan Solomon and Hampus Hillerstrom (both MBA 2007) play an important role in Jon Palfreman’s recent book Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson’s Disease. As the cofounders of NeuroPhage Pharmaceuticals, the pair is working to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
of the School’s intellectual capital. “HBS strives to be a living example of a well-run organization, embodying the skills, tools, and frameworks taught in its educational programs,” says HBS chief financial officer Richard Melnick (MBA 1992). “The foundations of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
forward-thinking companies that have adopted radical new approaches to talent, this book shows leaders how to bring the rigor they apply to financial capital to their human capital, elevating HR to the same level as finance in their... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
suppliers—run with thin margins and minimal cash reserves, even in the best of times. “When COVID-19 hit, they felt the shock immediately,” Mills explains. Beginning in March 2020, the pandemic and unprecedented public health measures... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
depends on the ability to deliver great service. The Low Cholesterol Cookbook and Action Plan by Karen Swanson (MBA 1990) (Rockridge Press) Getting serious about heart health can be overwhelming. That’s why cardiac dietitian Jennifer... View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
himself as the victim of a tragedy, he used it to focus his life. "Why have I been put in this situation? What am I meant to do?" By 2014, Foster was in the midst of a flourishing tech and finance career, and he came to HBS to start the... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Defining the field of cause-related marketing
After being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) left a career in investment banking to launch the National Breast Cancer Coalition and changed the way organizations raise awareness about important causes. (Published December 2014) View Details
- 20 Mar 2014
- News
Kathy Giusti Named to Fortune's World's Greatest Leaders List
- 01 Nov 2011
- News