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- 18 Apr 2011
- News
Capitalism Meets Conservation
generated by their attendance. A single attendee causes (on average) the emission of nearly a ton and a half of carbon, mostly through travel. For attendees who elect the $20 carbon offset as part of their...
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- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
be the business person and think about the nuances of that, but there's also a ton of traffic coming by and I don't have limitations on how much money I can make." In other words, musicians today have...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
in its manufacturing facility by the time the case was taught for the first time last fall, down from 344 tons in 2006.) The question of how the relationship between Clorox and Burt’s will play out offers...
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- 21 Feb 2020
- News
Style for Everyone
of our first names––Nadia and Lydia––and Co really represents our community,” says Gilbert. “In the US, about 70 percent of women wear plus-size apparel, and yet only about 17 percent of apparel dollars are sold in those sizes,” says Boujarwah. “We both have a View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
was designed to provide business expertise to places in need; Goodwin brought his emergency-response experience to provide safe water systems and support medical programs. Months later, he was alarmed by a cholera outbreak rapidly...
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- Profile
Brendan Mosher
"It was the best decision of my life," Brendan says. "I liked the values, the traditions, the camaraderie. I really blossomed there and gained a ton of self-confidence." By the second...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
fundraising for its future. If the farm can produce 30 tons of tomatoes per hectare at a cost of $124 per ton, Tomato Jos will be ready to expand its smallholder program and take the next step into tomato processing. And Mehta herself has...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
BRADOO: Mining old tech for gold by Constantine von Hoffman When most people's phones break, all they see is a problem. Privahini Bradoo (MBA 2008) sees an opportunity. Bradoo is the cofounder and CEO of BlueOak Resources, a company...
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- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
SHENKAR by Constantine von Hoffman For many of us, water isn't something we give much thought to. Why should we? Turn on the tap and it's there. If you have to pay your town or city for water, chances are you don't pay very much....
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- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
infection-control market, a large and rapidly growing $3B global market. PhytoTEK focuses on treating and preventing biofilm-caused staph infections. Over 40M tons of e-waste is generated worldwide every year, most of which is landfilled...
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- 30 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS
the current students. The first was a woman who, by age 25, had founded and sold a retailing business in Canada. I was 26 – yikes! Next was an army interrogator who had spent four years in Afghanistan and from whom I immediately ran,...
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- 14 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise
thought business school would be my savior, prior to applying to business school, I ended up being “rescued” by an international opportunity to work in Chile at a non-profit called Endeavor that mentors and supports high-impact...
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- 08 May 2014
- News
The Sky's the Limit
possibility. "The industry needs more women in it. Women are very detail-oriented and, when it comes to flying, tend to have a delicate touch, but aren't over-controlling," she says. Noting that "there is a ton of scholarship money out...
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
principles not only yields environmental and social benefits, but could also generate a net economic benefit of 1.8 trillion by 2030 for Europe. [42] Challenge Linear production processes—where material is extracted, processed,...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven Henderson (MBA 2016), CEO and cofounder of Fleetzero,...
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- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
Kevin Wilkins by Constantine von Hoffman Just eight years after New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Kevin Wilkins (MBA 1992) says the city is poised to join Silicon Valley, Boston, and Austin...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
custom-built satellites and a proprietary analytics platform to gather and analyze satellite images for commercial customers. Image by Lincoln Agnew Image by Lincoln Agnew Minnick credits several...
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Alexander Gelfand
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
20,000 adults and children in the United States and Europe who are living with profound hearing impairment caused by a specific type of gene mutation. “There are more than 150 genes linked to hearing loss,” explains cofounder Manny Simons...
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Deb Blagg
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
specializes in retail turnarounds and transformation. Here, Bines shares a few words about his new book and two other indispensable texts about the trade. The Metail Economy 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution...
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- 24 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Learning to Code at Business School
practical skills. What was the most challenging thing about this class? Samuel: The class covers a ton of different areas, but not in much detail. If you had no background with coding (or just weren't very tech-savvy in general), it would...
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