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Management in Practice

  • What are the Returns from Women Investing in Women?

    Patricia Lizarraga of Hypatia Capital Group explains how the firm succeeds by investing in women.

  • How Do You Spot a Financial Bubble?

    Are we in a financial bubble? Vikram Mansharamani YC ’96 offers a framework for spotting a bubble before it bursts.

    Insights
  • Can a Farming Startup Help End Extreme Poverty?

    Smallholder farms in developing countries haven’t benefited from the tech revolution. Can a startup offer a private-sector solution to extreme poverty?

    Farm
  • What Are the Opportunities for ASEAN?

    Taken together, the countries of Southeast Asia would be the world’s fifth largest economy. Curtis Chin ’90 explores the business and development opportunities there.

    ASEAN
  • How Do You Build a Design Team?

    When designer Cap Watkins arrived at the digital media powerhouse Buzzfeed in 2015, the company had a group of talented designers. What it didn’t have, Watkins told Yale Insights, was the structure to help them to work together and build their careers.

    Buzzfeed
  • Can Vietnam Become a Global Tech Hub?

    Venture investor Eddie Thai ’12 discusses Vietnam’s nascent startup ecosystem and what the future of the communist country might look like.

  • How Can We Create an Economics of Hope?

    Entrenched inequality is creating a sense of despair for many Americans. Andrea Levere ’83 discusses policies and programs that help more people find opportunities for hope.

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  • How Do You Build Effective Public-Private Partnerships?

    The World Bank’s Isabel Marques de Sá explains how these enormously complex contracts can be tools for innovation and capacity building.

  • Should Companies Lead on Sustainability?

    Unilever CEO Paul Polman says the company can dramatically shrink its environmental impact while growing profits.

    Should Companies Lead on Sustainability?
  • Why Aren’t Women Saving Enough for Retirement?

    TIAA’s chief income strategist says while the retirement system appears to be gender neutral, it is putting women at a disadvantage.

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