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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
grappled with whether we should cancel," said HBSAAA president Ken Powell (MBA '74). "We decided to go ahead because we wanted to contribute to New York's economic recovery as well as unite to support one another in difficult times,"...
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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
improve the economic and social well-being of low-income people by helping them create sustainable businesses. The diverse microenterprises she worked with included oil seed extraction, a sewing school, farming activities, dairy...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
portfolio of businesses under the Ayala corporate umbrella? Ayala has historically aligned itself with the economic goals of the country. An emerging market faces many social and economic challenges, but...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
panels on the affirmative action debate, the potential for technology to strengthen the African-American community, entrepreneurship and economic development, and careers in the venture-capital and private-equity arenas. Frank Savage,...
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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
From 1988 to 1993, Juan Enriquez-Cabot was CEO of SERVIMET, a for-profit urban development entity of the Mexico City government which grew 4,000 percent during his tenure and became the city's largest revenue source after taxes. In 1993,...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
describe some of the church’s projects? The central components of Allen’s outreach are economic and community development, housing, and education. Our first project was a 300-unit, senior-citizen housing complex completed in 1978. We have...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
advocacy, design, and construction services, micro Home Solutions works with communities, financial institutions, government, and multilateral agencies to address the housing needs of India's urban poor. MEHRA Photo courtesy of Rakhi...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
many households, the most important symbol of their place and economic possibilities was where they lived. Before World War II, about 40 percent of families owned their own home. In 1970, a firm majority — 62 percent — did. By the late...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
environmentally sound reconstruction of decaying neighborhoods by training at-risk urban youth in construction and putting them in line for good jobs. City Year, an education-focused nonprofit on whose national board I serve, mobilizes...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
increasingly scarce. How serious is the problem? It's a tale of two Americas, the best of times and worst of times if you're a consumer in the current U.S. housing market. On the plus side, thanks to the 1990s' economic boom, some...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
end, we have to move to energy sources for base load electrical power—available whenever a customer needs it—and transportation that do not release new carbon into the atmosphere and yet are still economically acceptable to the public....
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
action,” she adds. Of course, many alums will continue to follow the more traditional path of doing well professionally before taking up social entrepreneurship in later life. A generation of economic prosperity has made it possible for...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
departure of more than 200,000 Huguenots at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes was a well-documented economic disaster for the kingdom of France, but the importance of these refugees to the countries where they settled is less known....
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- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
cancer still progressing, he and his wife decided it was time to stop treatment. At the age of 74, Sato-san settled in for his final stages in the heart of his home—the altar to his ancestors to his left, oxygen machine to his right—secure in the knowledge that the...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor...
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- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
(MBA 2005), Nayana Mawilmada (MBA 2005) and Jayamin Pelpola (MBA 2010). The firm hopes to capitalize on the current development drive and rapid economic growth taking place in Sri Lanka. Based in Colombo, York Street Partners was launched...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
developing economic powerhouse. In the evening light, silhouettes of high-rises under construction punctuate the modern skyline, and a gleaming urban mall stands ready to serve Mumbai’s growing,...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
team, an experience that convinced him that he needed more management skills. By his own recollection, he was virtually “clueless” about the very special place to which he was heading. His application to the MBA Program caught the attention of Managerial View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
Institute estimating that autonomous vehicles will exert a global economic impact ranging from $200 billion to $1.2 trillion by 2025, there ought to be plenty of new players on the horizon. Moreover, ridesharing makes the cost easier to...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
management tools for the city. He stayed on as an advisor to Menino, rebuilding the city’s 24-hour hotline and exploring how mobile apps could be utilized to make reporting issues more convenient for residents. In 2010, Osgood and Nigel Jacob co-founded the Mayor’s...
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