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02 Sep 2021
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Back to School

operations, drawing him to HBS. After receiving his MBA, Simmons took a job in Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s office as policy advisor and director of strategic initiatives, with a focus on education equity, workforce development, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Economics Matthew Weinzierl Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent (also listed under General Management) Hakeem I.... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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The Transformers

knowledge in the form of articles, speeches, and research projects and books,” says Bradach. Even now, despite the economic turndown, demand for these services remains robust as organizations struggle to do... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

us to believe that we are at an inflection point is demographics. You have this new generation of digital natives who are used to operating online. Their default option for shopping is through a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

We’ve already seen the economics shift for a number of startups in battery development, battery recycling, carbon capture, solar development, and clean hydrogen. Within EVs, the IRA’s tax credit View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

look ridiculously easy, but it's not. It involves hard work that takes a considerable amount of focus and dedication." HENRY McCANCE Yale University, 1964 B.A., Economics "At HBS, I remember the challenge... View Details

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Art Nature Business

Business School, 2008.5 Rosemary Laing originally trained as a painter in the late 1970s. She began working in the medium of photography in the late 1980s. Although she initially experimented with digital... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

expansion strategies across HBP’s market groups. Together, Desmarais and McConville will continue to refine the firm’s strategy and build a deeper understanding of the customer experience, while exploring opportunities to advance View Details

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Departments | Employment

challenges and to assist them in developing effective solutions. We aspire to help leaders think clearly about the design of economic and political institutions that will enable firms and societies to thrive... View Details

23 Nov 2020
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We Rise

personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after children.... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup

workers), who work as virtual health care assistants, handling everything from long-term care arrangements to transportation. Wellthy’s digital platform is designed as a consumer- friendly project management... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

economic drivers" of business use of the Internet, explaining, "The change in the production process of information is altering the way it's... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

06 Dec 2021
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Rescue & Recovery

billion dollars in revenues and almost 6,000 people providing aid and economic opportunity in some of the toughest environments around the world. On top of these baseline... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

anyone, he shaped the economic policies of Hong Kong for the quarter century after the war and set the stage for a remarkable economic expansion. This book examines the man... View Details

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

and financial distress—a mentally toxic combination for many. In fact, almost half of adults in the United States, 45 percent, say that worry and stress related to the coronavirus and the resulting economic... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged

programs. “Those funds,” says Cox’s Camargo, “are drying up.” The Chinese market is evolving quickly in the face of sun-setting subsidies. Shen, for example, is using technology developed by a German firm he acquired to produce two basic... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

funds." A few years later, he adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

02 Nov 2020
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WE RISE