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- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
expensive, and many observers were questioning the ability of this country to compete in the world economy. Convinced that the postindustrial era had arrived in America, the chairman of the Ogden Corporation, a giant New York-based... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
factors in how people gain access to power that have changed in ways that reflect how the country as a whole is evolving.” How did you develop the data that Paths to Power is based on? If you study art,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
types of research questions you can tackle, at least initially. What’s an example of that? Zoë Cullen: Harassment is something that many of us who are focused on gender would like to understand better, but the idea of hiring someone to... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)
companies and countries worldwide and, before retiring in 1997, had taught some seven thousand Harvard MBA students and ten thousand Executive Education participants. Most recently, Goldberg has focused on the impact that advances in... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
A Toast to Macchu Pisco
countries are riding the pisco boom but the Peruvian version has a quality edge, the Times asserted. Explains Asher, “We get our grapes from a cooperative of women growers. We monitor the wild yeasts, use cold fermentation, and generally... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
traveling to 140 countries with his wife, Elaine, a specialist in early childhood education, he made it a practice to spend time with people in poor areas before visiting with heads of state or ngos. “We learned a lot that those leaders... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
admissions office to develop and implement new strategies for attracting more students from the continent. Both always knew they would ultimately return to their home country to try to address hunger and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
pursue your business career as aggressively and professionally as you can so that when and if the opportunity arises you will be recognized for your expertise and interpersonal skills. It does not hurt to make sure you have developed some... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
involving fifteen federal agencies. In the private sector, Treadwell is chairman and CEO of Venture Ad Astra, which invests in and develops new geospatial and imaging technologies. “From 2007 to 2009, we are marking the International... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
sector, government, labor associations, and civic advocacy groups. The impact of this national summit on its participants was perhaps best described by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who declared midway through the event that "the most important conversation in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
pharmaceutical companies focused their R&D on treatments for common illnesses — such as diabetes and high cholesterol — an approach that resulted in the development of blockbuster drugs. We now recognize that diseases are far more complex... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
looking to transform lives by moving primarily smallholder farmers out of hunger and poverty, toward resilience.” These farmers, in more than 30 countries worldwide, says Ferrari, have the potential to effectively feed about 100 million... View Details
- 19 Jul 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
charity, Elumelu stresses. It is an investment. He believes that these entrepreneurs can create at least 1 million jobs in Africa and contribute at least $10 billion in revenue. “The legacy I want to leave... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
quickly," he observes. Under his guidance, Novartis has been a leader not only in developing new drugs but in making them accessible to those in need around the globe. Dan Vasella has experienced first-hand the anguish of seriously ill... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS
needed in today’s global economy.” The GCPC addresses current business and management demands on Chinese CEOs, focusing on the effects of country differences on decision-making and organizational competitiveness. The program aims to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
American enterprise, Koehn includes more than 100 Times news articles, dating from 1869 to 2003, while developing and analyzing three major themes: The Corporation, The Changing Nature of Work, and Defining Moments in Technology. Excerpts... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
automakers tried to avoid investing in radials. This country was not like Europe where they have "little doodlebugs scooting around on cobblestones," they said. According to a top Ford executive at the time, "This is a big View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
More than 80 countries have national space programs, spending a collective $64.5 billion in 2014, according to Euroconsult, a global consulting firm specializing in space markets. Approximately a dozen countries—if you count the 22... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
socially responsible development projects in economically challenged communities. Students come from 48 countries, predominately in Latin America and Africa. The admissions team and faculty personally conduct up to 1,000 interviews in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg