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25 Aug 2014
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Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

Founder and CEO, Year Up Download Gerald Chertavian profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Lowell, Massachusetts 1987 Earns BA, Economics, Bowdoin College 1987 Joins Chemical Bank 1992 Earns MBA 1993... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

16 Dec 2016
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Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff

Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff Kurt Wulff (MBA 1967) credits Harvard Business School with changing the way he viewed decision making. Even after 50 years, he remembers Dr. Howard Raifa’s courses on game theory and decision analysis. A View Details

Lisa Skeete Tatum

Hospitality Group, USHG Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:HUGS), Cornell University Board of Trustees, McCarter Theater, The Lawrenceville School, and the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors. Lisa received her BS in chemical... View Details

Keywords: Employment, Recruiting, & Workforce Development;#60;#Services;#64;#Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital

25 Apr 2014
News

Agent of change

varied path for the Lafayette College chemical engineering major and former process engineer at Proctor & Gamble. "I really enjoy new challenges," says Skovran, who credits HBS with preparing her for the position she has accepted at Bain... View Details

10 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 10

verbal communication, the complexity in the narrative impacts the market reaction to the disclosure. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2154948 Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Sebastian Vargas

possible for me because in movies, software engineers were always portrayed as hacking into complex systems from an early age. I was nowhere near that level. Plus, I had no role model that I could talk to about this path. I finally settled on View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

operating system built to modernize chemical manufacturing. Sanso Narek Dshkhunyan (MBA 2024) Daniel Erdosy We help drug manufacturers produce life-saving biologics more efficiently, in order to deliver cheaper drugs to patients... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

A lifelong mission to save the oceans

a big toe in the water because the river was, at that time, a chemical and organic cesspool,” he remembers. Today, Merkl is helping to shift environmental thinking with initiatives that balance conservation with business acumen: “We know... View Details

18 Jun 2014
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Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt

case-method curriculum broadened my horizons and expanded how I think about problems,” says the Baker Scholar. “I gained the discipline to strategize and think longer term.” Burt would go on to lead a distinguished career, retiring in 2001 after a decade as chairman... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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New HBS Alumni Board Members

director of the Irish Seafood Producers Group. Born and raised in Ireland, Garvey studied chemical engineering and earned a BS from University College Dublin in 1976 and an MS from the University of New Brunswick in 1978. He has served on... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Professor Thomas Kennedy Remembered

industry. In 1950, he became director of industrial and public relations at the Atlas Chemical Company in Wilmington, Delaware, before joining the HBS faculty six years later. A memorial service will be held in Pennsylvania this spring.... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading in the face of complex challenges

founded in the 1930s as Hess Oil and Chemical Company. A longtime advocate for and supporter of HBS, Hess is at the helm of an effort that also seeks to actively engage the alumni community. He considers the mobilization of alumni as... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families

that allows indigenous Mexican populations to earn vital income by planting seedlings and developing pine-tree forests on their degraded lands. Arias-King, president of T&R Chemicals in Texas, uses natural pine resin tapped from trees to... View Details

Herbert A. Sklenar

Sklenar’s knowledge of fiscal matters helped the company survive a slow down in the construction business and a rapidly changing chemicals marketplace. To cope with the change, Sklenar invested in research and development of new products,... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of their Immersive Field Course... View Details

March 1990 (Revised February 1993)
Teaching Note

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc. (TN)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Japan

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November 1988 (Revised January 1992)
Teaching Note

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.: Titanium Dioxide, Teaching Note

By: W. Carl Kester

Teaching Note for (9-284-066). View Details

Keywords: Product; Chemical Industry

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June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
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Climate Governance at Linde plc (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain

In July 2023, the Linde plc board of directors' sustainability committee convened in London to review the company's environmental performance, with a focus on decarbonization and clean energy. Linde was the world's largest industrial gas supplier, with a workforce... View Details