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Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance

largest senior population in the history of the United States. And millions of boomer households are financially unprepared, one extended health crisis, job loss, or traumatic event from insolvency. As individuals facing this situation,... View Details

18 Oct 2016
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China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer

technology, media, health care, and energy companies in China, as well as companies seeking to enter the Chinese market. It is their seventh and largest fund. Breyer credits his partnership with IDG with his ability to identify... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2015
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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

Keywords: April White; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Private Households; Personal Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2012
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In Brief

Cambridge, Massachusetts tech start-ups in health care, energy, or information. More A Better World, One Idea at a Time A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social... View Details

Keywords: meta; contests; awards

01 Mar 2010
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Sole Mates

disgusted by corruption. They worry about school fees, the price of rice, the cost of fuel, and the crime rate. For me personally, Liberia is an enjoyable place. Health care is a little scary: The X-ray machine at the major hospital... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan

the imperative to improve school quality and its key importance to the health of a regional economy. She also cited her work in the US Treasury during the financial crisis: “I witnessed that it’s possible to address enormous problems if... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

26 Mar 2025
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Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore

Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?

happiness and altruism, the psychology of cheating, and our amazing ability to rationalize our questionable behavior. Almost all have implications for business as well as public policy. He plans further equality-focused research in the areas of View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 2004
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Finding a Balance

political issues for students, so it fits well with the LCA curriculum.” Cipla’s CEO, Dr. Yusef Hamied, figures prominently in the case. A Cambridge University–educated chemist, Hamied is revered by some for his humanitarian projects (including several View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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