Preservation Of Capabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver

When Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009) joined Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in the summer of 2012, he was accepted based on his ideas of how distance learning and remote work—both rarities at that point—could reshape opportunities for youth in developing... View Details

Keywords: April White

16 Sep 2024
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Life Preserver

human body. “We could literally multiply organ transplantation on Earth 15 or 20 times if we just were able to solve the logistics,” Giwa explains. To address that, in 2012 Giwa helped to found and served as CEO of the Organ View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Preserving Patagonia

in Chilean Patagonia. Drawing on what he gleaned at HBS, he says, "We learned that market-based solutions can be effective and efficient tools to augment the work of governments and NGOs on social issues." Adams, who sold his pioneering... View Details

16 Oct 2013
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Progress Through Preservation

a former urban developer, likes the art of closing. The Trust helps to negotiate land transactions between landowners and public entities or groups hoping to preserve it. It also focuses on conservation... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; Real Estate

16 Mar 2015
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Preserving a Musical Tradition

When Ben de Menil (MBA 2006) first heard Dominican bachata music, he knew he was hearing something special. Through his record label iASO Records and the nonprofit iASO Bachata Academy, established in 2013, in Cabarete on the northern shore View Details

09 Oct 2015
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Balancing Progress and Preservation

than just financial gain,” he stresses. Some of his most successful deals have involved conservation easements that minimize investment risk while creating economic value from parcels that merit conservation. He has worked extensively on... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

22 Sep 2015
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Balancing Progress and Preservation

Island has led to several ventures involving conservation easements that create economic value from open-space preservation. As chairman since 2013 of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Zuckerberg looks for ways to bridge the sometimes... View Details

11 Sep 2020
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Can Reed Hastings preserve Netflix’s culture of innovation as it grows?

23 Mar 2010
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A Fighter in the Preservation Trenches

Keywords: 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

23 Feb 2015
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Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations

soundtrack of Dominican life. The young musicians are all a part of the nonprofit iASO Bachata Academy, established by Ben de Menil (MBA 2006) in 2013 to preserve the country’s... View Details

Keywords: April White; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services