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- 06 Dec 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
happen as long as we have human beings and machines,” he says. “I like to think I have enough systems in place to prevent those moments from happening, but when they do, the question is how quickly can we fix the problem and get the item...
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- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
themselves with social causes or wish to bring about positive change in the world. Beyond the income these artists are receiving, the confidence and hope it instills within them touches every part of their lives. A lot of these artists...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
2005) took alumni questions on the energy transition, adoption strategies, and the practical steps to a fossil fuel–free future. Nigeria is the sixth-largest producer of fossil fuel in the world, and its national economy derives 90 percent of its federal View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
our guests’ expectations. As a result of the show, we made systemic improvements to assist all our workers, not just those I met. We beefed up our existing employee foundation and helped Richard apply. Through the foundation and the kindness of his fellow employees, we...
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- 01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella
remaining once a drug goes to market. There are people who say we should have a fixed number of years of patent protection after FDA approval. It would be quite difficult to change current law. But there is a lot of rationale behind such...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
grow, and the inefficient or poor-quality players fix their problems or go out of business. So finally, we understood that the right question was: Why is competition failing? And that question led us to the distinction between zero-sum...
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
During COVID-19 and Beyond. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have had an impact on 94 percent of the world’s student population; for low and lower-middle income countries, the impact has been up to 99 percent. As a result,...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Revolution: Spirit, Land, Energy by Charles-Edouard Bouée (MBA ’95D) (Palgrave McMillan) Beyond the Corporation: Humanity at Work by David Erdal (MBA ’81D) (Bodley Head) When the Penny Drops: Learning What’s Not Taught by R. Gopalakrishnan (AMP 115, 1994) (Penguin...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
the environment." While the Field has plans to build a new wing on a vacant plot nearby, the Met's main building on the Upper East Side in Manhattan has a fixed footprint. "We have to be very creative with our space," says Deborah Winshel...
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- 13 Apr 2017
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Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
be poor, unappreciated, frustrated.’ He painted a very unappealing picture, but it didn’t add up. Mrs. Gbayisomore helped me to learn things that made me smart in school. I knew I wanted to fix the system someday. I didn’t know whose job...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
reasonable view of home ownership will return, Retsinas predicts, but if the pendulum swings too far, he is concerned that worthy borrowers with modest incomes could be shut out of the market. Could you place the U.S. mortgage crisis in...
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- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In mid-June, weeks after protests against racial injustice spread globally, the Leadership Now Project—founded in 2017 by HBS alumni to fix American democracy—released the...
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- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
a tax of 4 percent to annual income above $1 million in order to raise approximately $1.9 billion in new revenue for public education funding. The foundation’s efforts do not stop with providing grant funding to support organizations and...
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Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small businesses choose...
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- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
International Development Harvard Business Review Press The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now By John Doerr (MBA 1976) Portfolio In 2006, John Doerr was moved by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and a challenge from his teenage daughter: “Dad, your generation created this problem. You better fix...
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- 01 Sep 2004
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Promise & Perils
reforms that began in 1978 have stoked annual growth in excess of 9 percent, three times that of the United States. Per capita income among the nation’s 1.3 billion inhabitants has more than quadrupled, surpassing $1,000 last year....
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- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
country where women hold only 5 percent of senior leadership roles. Her strategy is radically simple: fix the system by designing for the patient. She’s leading a quiet shift, not a noisy revolution, but in Japan and particularly for...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
engage (or not engage) in our workplaces, homes, and communities. A Boyhood in Wartime Britain by Michael H. Coles (MBA 1961) CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Collecting shrapnel from his front yard; identifying incoming...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
The Moderate Solution: How We Can Balance the Federal Budget (And It Isn’t Even That Hard) by David B. Wilson (MBA 1985) (Integer Press) Wilson offers reasoned centrist solutions for fixing the federal budget deficit. He begins by...
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