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- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
Chien and Derrick Rossi, published a paper in the journal Nature Biotechnology that showed mRNA Therapeutics was capable of stimulating blood vessel growth, repairing damaged heart tissue, and helping a mouse through myocardial... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
engulfed by the din of surrounding students, she describes the personal nature of the work and the effort to bring more of a sustainability lens to investments in AUC’s endowment. “Education changed the course of my life—it’s something my... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink... View Details
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
people around the world who start their day—we put a smile on their faces and a skip in their step and sort of fuel their biorhythms throughout the day in terms of snacking, which is a natural need for consumers around the world. I can’t... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
by 1.1 percent in towns where the local newspaper had closed up shop. (The magnitude of increase was greatest in communities that lost their one and only paper.) The nature of the violations also became more severe in the wake of the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
understand them instead of trying to guess their feelings. Frei: Or, in our language, “center” on them. Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes might be a natural instinct for someone trying to understand a person who is different than... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 24 May 2017
- News
David G. Bradley, MBA 1977
knack for recruiting and retaining the right people. And just as he does in all aspects of his life, he brings his natural bias for information-gathering to the task of hiring. “I don’t believe in 51/49 decisions,” he says. “You want to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977
ran a textile business before taking over Chicago-based Tootsie Roll Industries, which he continues to run jointly with her mother, Ellen Gordon. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in economics, business school was the natural... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
clean, and industrious” will reach the top when, in reality, only a fortunate few ever do. Perhaps this knowledge contributes to an unarticulated restlessness that afflicts these decent men (often Wharton, not HBS, grads). Perhaps it is the View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
In 1978, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Boston Harbor was unceremoniously shut down because of contract disputes with its Algerian suppliers. In 1987, the terminal’s owner, Cabot Corp., tapped Gordon Shearer (MBA... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
A Russian Giant Grows, Despite a Bad Rap THE BIG CHILL: Russia and Ukraine’s gas wars give Europe the shivers. In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia’s energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest
27. The winner of the business venture track, OsComp Systems, is commercializing an innovative technology that forces natural gas through pipelines at lower cost and with greater efficiency. The social venture track winner, Urban Water... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
An Unconventional Suggestion
© Alexandra Hootnick/zumapress.com The United States needs to find a “rational middle” ground on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, says Professor Michael Porter. In a report released this summer, America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity, Porter and his... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
optimism could be considered another prerequisite for entry in an unpredictable industry that has surfaced only recently from a twenty-year depression. "The overall return is inadequate for the risk," concedes Kaiser, "yet the very nature... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
From Compton to the C-Suite
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
First, there appear to be no “green” native energy projects that are economical without government subsidy. Second, US natural gas reserves can be produced for far less than any alternative source, and US crude oil reserves are on the way... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Sustaining a commitment to the environment
Paul Zofnass (AB 1969, MBA 1973) is a 24/7 environmentalist who embraces the synergy between good business and the conservation of natural resources. In 1990 he founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, which provides... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Thought Leader
logical and linguistic analysis to the study of human nature and consciousness,” the Telegraph reported. Among his central achievements was to shed light on the nature of reality. By persuasively advancing... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- News
What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
claiming valuable new natural resources. It’s a modern set of economic motives that aren’t much different from those that set whalers sailing south more than a century ago. While Nohria sees promise in the commercialization of space, he... View Details