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Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
EducationWeek- National coverage of K-12 education news and information. The 74 - a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America. Business Insider - Premium stories and market-moving news about technology, politics, education, global... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check
and ways in which the brewery compares to the competition. Team members then have an hour to digest the information and formulate a new strategy. At the end of eight rounds, industry winners are selected based on their overall performance. “There’s a lot of View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Reinventing the Wheel
has the potential to provide energy to the local community. Since its founding in 2010, Black Bear has grown from 3 employees to 15 and has plans to open a second plant this year. There are enough tires in the world to build more than 800... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
John W. Van Dyke
Taking over the debt-ridden firm after it was forcefully spun-off from Standard Oil by the United States Supreme Court, Van Dyke had minimal assets with which to work: only 3 refineries, no marketing structure, and no sales organization. Under Van Dyke’s leadership,... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Charles G. Bluhdorn
From 1960 to 1965, Gulf and Western’s growth was largely through expansion of its auto parts business. In 1965, Bluhdorn began to move toward diversification. He acquired such companies as New Jersey Zinc Company, Paramount Pictures, the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Lee R. Raymond
Raymond presided over the rapid growth of Exxon during the nineties. He orchestrated the successful merger of Exxon with Mobil Corporation and extracted over $7 billion of savings from the combined entity. The $81 billion merger was the largest industrial merger in... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Monroe J. Rathbone
As CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Rathbone is credited for making Jersey Standard into an international company. Seeing problems with an ever increasing dependence on oil from the Middle East, Rathbone had the foresight to push his company to search for alternative... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Alden J. Laborde
One year after founding the Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company, Laborde had produced the world’s first offshore mobile drilling rig, quickly setting a new standard in the industry. This was followed by a series of new oil drilling innovations including the first... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Leon Hess
Starting with his father’s little, struggling fuel firm, Hess created a $10 billion oil refinery company, the worlds 13th largest, Amerada Hess. During the Arab oil embargo in 1973, with 68 million barrels of mainland storage capacity, Hess was among the few operators... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
William S. Farish
Farish, who had established himself as one of the leading independent oilmen in Texas, joined with Standard Oil becoming head of the firm in 1937. Farish was one of Standard Oil’s leading authorities on new production concepts and methods, as well as a spokesman for... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
James C. Donnell
Donnell expanded Ohio Oil’s reach to include 16 states and Mexico. Donnell established the Illinois Pipeline Corporation, capitalized at $20 million, to operate the pipeline transportation company of Ohio Oil. In 1924, Donnell acquired Lincoln Oil Refining of Illinois.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
evolution: “We’re not a training company anymore. We are a hiring company, connecting trade schools with clean energy companies.” Currently, Greenwork has some 500 job seekers on its platform and “tens of companies recruiting for more... View Details
Irving S. Shapiro
position, Shapiro shepherded duPont through the energy crisis of the 1970s, forcing the company to engage in more production of raw chemicals. During his tenure, duPont’s revenues grew from $5 billion in 1973 to $13.7 billion in 1980. View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Teaching is in his DNA
Energy Secretary Sam Bodman. “And one who is intensely loyal to his students.” Curiously, due to his administrative duties, McArthur didn’t spend the thousands of hours in the classroom that many of his colleagues did. Nevertheless, in... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
coursework, Asamoah has served as a student consultant for the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she analyzed how Grand Rapids, Michigan, could increase workforce diversity. As a summer intern at a solar View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
income to achieve desired levels of redistribution without harming saving; and a carbon tax to correct for externalities associated with energy consumption. In short, no tax expenditures that litter the code with preferences and that... View Details
- 11 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy
feed the planet. I’ve been whole-food plant-based for 8 years and am very excited to see the growing energy in the industry. I was also very keen to meet other individuals in the space, not only other students, but also the speakers who... View Details
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
change, NATO, immigration, and energy in direct opposition to what they need to build their companies. As a result, they are stepping up to take the lead on vital global issues. Business leaders have a history of stepping in This is the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
energy intensity required to produce steel. In the case of steel, there is a transition challenge because it is such an established industry with known processes. However, it is also a massive area of opportunity, because the demand for... View Details
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