Rural - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Aug 2020
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Empowering Rural Communities

rural communities in the American West, in places not unlike the small coal town in Utah where Riley grew up. He knows that his business model to provide cheaper green energy will hurt the job prospects in communities like his hometown.... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2003
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Rural Renewal

Torrey Reade (MBA 1981) says hello to each of the ten vendors at the Salem, New Jersey, farmer’s market. From Al Dolinski, she buys sunflowers. After inquiring “How’s it going?” she can’t resist the heirloom tomatoes from the Hancocks. The corn from Buzby Farm was just... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Crop Production; Agriculture

05 Jul 2004
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Harvard on Rural

24 Apr 2014
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Reawakening rural America

Jack Schultz (MBA 1976) founded Agracel, an industrial development firm, to boost the economies of rural America in places such as Teutopolis, Illinois, the small farming hamlet where he grew up. The Effingham, Illinois-based company has... View Details

28 Jul 2004
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Clusters for rural health

02 Jan 2020
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Empowering Rural Communities

base. “They have cheaper energy, cleaner energy, local energy,” Riley notes. “It’s a huge success story.” Guzman Energy has seen other such successes across the American West, where the company—which has offices in Colorado and Florida—has focused its efforts. The... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2004
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Competitiveness in Rural Regions

24 Sep 2018
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How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

05 Mar 2004
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Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda

18 May 2015
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Providing broadband to rural communities

As president of the Fiber to the Home Council Americas, Heather Gold (GMP 8, 2010) represents companies that build and operate fiber to the home networks, which will enhance the well-being of rural communities in North and South America.... View Details

07 Jul 2016
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Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. As chief operating officer for the... View Details

05 Sep 2004
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Clusters can, do transform rural economies

14 Jun 2018
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Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa

economic change in rural Africa. “ThirdWay Africa is an investing and advisory firm focused on Indian Ocean Africa. We believe in a socially and economically empowered Africa. We work with multiple ecosystem stakeholders to create and... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Improving the lives of underprivileged children in rural India

Through the Bharti Foundation, which was launched in 2000, Sunil Bharti Mittal (OPM 27, 1999), founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, advances his belief that quality education is the most important tool for social and economic development. Bharti Enterprises, one... View Details