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The John Hopkins CTY Scholarship

4/4/2016

Harvey Goldstein of Indonesia has had a long career in finance, civic leadership, and philanthropy. The founder of Harvest International and co-founder of Manchester Group Ltd, Harvey Goldstein’s Singapore investment work has not kept him from donating substantially to the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Talented Youth.

Dedicated to nurturing young talent, the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth offers various scholarships to exemplary students such as the John Hopkins CTY Scholarship.

The CTY scholarship was created in 2004 to help smart underprivileged 8th-graders from poor backgrounds or traditionally unrepresented groups get an affordable education. The scholarship provides tuition for both the summer and the year-round programs.

The scholarship readies the students for top performance in their classwork and for future leadership roles through participation in intensive summer programs, mentoring programs, and distance education courses.

To be eligible for the CTY scholarship, candidates must have good SAT/ACT scores. Besides the SAT/ACT exams, students must come from a low-income household, and live in a geographic area selected by donors.

Harvey Goldstein - Conducting a Sound Feasibility Analysis

6/23/2015

Harvey Goldstein serves as the president and director of Harvest International, Inc., and has been a resident in Southeast Asia for more than 40 years. Harvey Goldstein also holds a position with Business-Link Consultancy, PTE, LTD, which is based in Singapore. Further, he was instrumental in founding the Manchester Group, a group of companies providing a wide spectrum of consulting services to entrepreneurs, including project financing, government liaison, and feasibility analyses for new project ideas.

The purpose of a feasibility analysis is to determine whether time and finance should be invested in a proposed project or idea. This is an important preliminary step in the development of a business concept, and ideally takes place before a full business plan is developed. Professionals evaluate many aspects of the proposed project and introduce several scenarios before making an assessment. Some of these aspects include the market environment, legal issues, environmental concerns, risk factors, and sales strategies.

A business feasibility analysis sometimes investigates feasibility based on the Dimensions of Business Viability Model: market, technical feasibility, business model, management model, economic and financial models, and exit strategy. Professionals may also use such traditional strategies as the SWOT analysis, PEST, and Porters Five Forces. The results of a business feasibility analysis are compiled into a formal report to facilitate decision making.

About the ACACP and Its Annual Business Summit

4/15/2015

The president and director of PT Harvest International, Indonesia, and managing director of Business-Link Pte Ltd, Singapore, Harvey Goldstein has almost 45 years of executive-level business experience throughout South East Asia. Harvey Goldstein is also a former Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC).

Composed of 26 American Chambers of Commerce, APCAC was established in 1968. Leveraging the growth of the Asia-Pacific region to create jobs in the United States, APCAC pursued a number of key issues in 2014, including the protection of intellectual property. Another key topic covered the creation of a process for global entry interviews and signature collection that would take place at U.S. embassies rather than requiring applicants for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards travel to the United States.

APCAC also sponsors an annual business summit that provides numerous opportunities for business, diplomatic, and government leaders to meet. Discussion topics for the 2015 conference range from the perspectives of American ambassadors to the next generation of business in Asia, along with local business tours of APCAC member organizations. People who attend the business summit also have the opportunity to interview for their business travel cards without having to fly to the United States.

Nimbus Satellites Paved the Way for Future Weather Data Collection

2/19/2015

As the chairman of Harvest International, Inc., Harvey Goldstein has worked to help the company thrive for nearly three decades. Prior to this role, Harvey Goldstein served as a director for Resources Management International, Inc., a technology management and training firm based in Indonesia that offers its services to developing Southeast Asian countries. Before beginning his admirable career in business, Harvey Goldstein worked in scientific research and engineering and developed a testing facility for NASA's Nimbus satellites.

The Nimbus program launched in 1964 as a means to monitor and observe weather and atmospheric conditions around the clock. The satellites were equipped with microwave and infrared radiometers, Coastal Zone Color Scanners, and ozone mappers to provide global data on the Earth's ice and sea coverage and atmospheric chemistry, temperatures, and radiation levels. The series of satellites included Nimbus 1, Nimbus B, and Nimbus models 4 through 7 weather satellites with objectives like monitoring pollutants, measuring water vapor, analyzing the ozone layer, and aiding in weather analysis. Nimbus satellites are no longer in use, but the satellites paved the way for the modern technology used to collect data on weather patterns and atmospheric conditions.

NASA’s Nimbus Satellite Program Paved the Way for Modern Technology

1/26/2015

Based in Singapore, Harvey Goldstein has served as the chairman of Harvest International, Inc., for nearly 30 years. With over 50 years of experience in international and domestic business, Harvey Goldstein previously served as a founding shareholder and director of Resources Management International, Inc., a firm that enables developing countries in Southeast Asia to grow through technology and management training, in Indonesia. Before entering his current profession, Harvey Goldstein worked in scientific engineering and the development of technology, where he helped create a testing facility used by NASA for its early Nimbus satellites.

The Nimbus program, which dates back to 1964, used its satellites to monitor and observe cloud conditions both day and night, acting as one of the first weather satellites. Data was gathered from around the world, using radiometers, a Coastal Zone Color Scanner, and ozone mappers to track the chemistry and temperatures of the atmosphere and monitor the world’s ice and seas as well as radiation levels. The Nimbus satellite series ran for 14 years and included eight different models, all of which were weather satellites with slightly different objectives, among them studying the characteristics of the atmosphere, oceans, and earth’s heat balance, monitoring pollution, measuring ozone levels and atmospheric water vapor, and enabling weather analysis. Nimbus satellites set the standards for modern weather and atmospheric data collection.

Facts About Indonesia

12/18/2014

Harvey Goldstein is chairman of Harvest International, Inc., and a businessman with nearly five decades of experience. Currently based in Singapore, Harvey Goldstein's work includes consulting with businesses in Indonesia, where he formerly sat as president and governor of the American Chamber of Commerce. Indonesia, an archipelago consisting of 17,000 islands located on the equator between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, is the world's fourth most populated nation.

Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, Java, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan are the largest islands in the archipelago, with Java having the most concentrated cluster of inhabitants. As a developing region, Indonesia has previously struggled with overpopulation and illiteracy, among other issues like a financial crisis and unrest among inhabitants. However, progress has been made in recent years to boost the nation's economy and morale. Because of its scenic beauty and a wide variety of plants and animals, including some rare creatures like the Komodo dragon, tourism plays a large role in the economy.

CTY Scholarship Opportunities

10/5/2014

Harvey Goldstein, chairman of PT Harvest International Indonesia, is a longtime supporter of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth. Prior to establishing Harvest International, Harvey Goldstein spent nearly two decades in various business leadership positions throughout Indonesia.

The Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Johns Hopkins University provides international students in various age groups with a multitude of learning opportunities, ranging from CTY summer programs to the CTYOnline service. CTY additionally offers students four unique scholarship opportunities. With the Johns Hopkins University CTY Scholars program, established in 2004, talented eighth-grade students from low-income families and other underrepresented communities take part in various educational programs that prepare the them for future academic success. Further, the Rural Connections Initiative provides educational advising services to individuals who may not otherwise receive such opportunities.

The Center Scholars Program features a number of scholarship opportunities while also providing financial aid to the CTY Scholars Program and the Rural Connections Initiative. Lastly, students entering eighth grade who have demonstrated academic potential can apply for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program.

Foreign Direct Investment in Southeast Asia

9/25/2014

Business leader, Harvey Goldstein, has extensive experience working in Indonesia. Today, Harvey Goldstein draws on his international business experience in Indonesia to provide consulting expertise on matters such as foreign direct investment (FDI).

Foreign direct investment entails investment in a company in a given country by a company or individual from another country. Often, FDI is the top source of external funding for developing economies. Furthermore, FDI recipients may attain benefits such as job creation and the influx of technical knowledge.

Southeast Asia has benefited from increased foreign investment in recent years. In fact, during 2013, FDI in five Southeast Asian nations outpaced FDI in China for the first time. The five nations (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand), which are collectively known as the ASEAN-5, received more than $125 billion in foreign investment in 2013. During that period, FDI in China dropped by 2.9 percent to less than $120 billion. At the same time, China has grown to be the third largest foreign investor in the world, with much of its investment directed to the nearby Southeast Asian economies.

Young Presidents' Organization 2015 Global EDGE

9/12/2014

Harvey Goldstein is the current chairman of PT Harvest International Indonesia and former executive vice president of PT Resources Management Indonesia. When he is not overseeing business operations at his company, Harvey Goldstein supports groups such as the Young Presidents’ Organization.

The Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) will take part in the 2015 Global EDGE event between March 25th and March 27th in Melbourne, Australia. The annual event is expected to attract more than 3,000 chief executives, innovative thinkers, and special invited guests. Melbourne, known as the Land of Connected Cultures, has provided 2015 Global EDGE with a theme of Dreamtime, which lends itself to the YPO’s mission of interconnectedness among business professionals. In Australia, Dreamtime is the name given to a legend told by the country’s aboriginal people that acknowledges that all humans are connected through a shared point of origin, known as Bunjil. Today, Australia’s aboriginals represent the oldest continuous living culture on earth.

The YPO’s 2014 Global Edge Conference

9/2/2014

American entrepreneur, Harvey Goldstein, is a well-established business professional with several decades of experience in Southeast Asia. In past years, he served as the chairman of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce. Furthermore, Harvey Goldstein has shown commitment to inspiring a new generation of business leaders: He previously served as the chairman of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) in Indonesia.

Established in 1950, the YPO brings together 20,000 business leaders from over 120 countries. It promotes education and the exchange of ideas, offering a safe forum for the discreet discussion of issues.

The YPO held its most recent Global Edge Summit in Los Angeles in February 2014. More than 3,000 attended the event, which was themed, “Connecting the Stars.” The theme was a reference to the summit’s goal: connecting business leaders with stars from the spheres of media, technology, sports, science, business, and the arts. The speakers included Neil deGrasse Tyson, a renowned astrophysicist, and cinema titan, James Cameron.