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- 01 Sep 2010
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The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman (Harvard Business Press) Professor Raman and his coauthor explain how to use analytics to better manage inventory for faster...
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Israel Israel Addressing Water Scarcity with Precision Irrigation Pictured: Drip irrigation funnels water and nutrients directly to the root zones of plants and the slow flow ensures uniform delivery. With...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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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...
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- 14 Mar 2011
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Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3...
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- 09 Jan 2014
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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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- 01 Jun 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?
Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) (Courtesy S’Well Bottle) Ollie Wilson (MBA 2017) (Courtesy Ollie Wilson) Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) is the founder and CEO of S’well reusable water bottles, beloved by everyone from the Kardashians to TED Conference...
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April White
- 21 May 2019
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Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
New weather patterns brought on by climate change will require updated farming practices, effective water management, and innovative pest and disease management in the Midwest and around the globe. Increasingly, the business community is...
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- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
Although much of the globe is awash in it, the allocation of water for human consumption is anything but easy. As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global View Details
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
instead, emitting fewer GHGs. [45] Water Consumption Industry accounts for about 20% of global water usage, the second highest usage after agriculture. [46] Except when powered by renewable or nuclear...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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A taste of home leads to jobs creation and community improvements
created jobs and improved his community’s water system. Focusing on efficiencies to fuel growth and create jobs, Scharfman’s Specialty Cheese has doubled its workforce to 100 people over the past five years. By partnering with government...
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- 01 Sep 2005
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Going Green at HBS
Ivy is not the only green growing at Harvard, as the University-wide Green Campus Initiative, begun last year, takes hold. At HBS, in areas such as water use, lighting, and cogeneration, smart systems are now saving the School more than...
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Jamal Motlagh
From an early age, Jamal Motlagh was immersed in the figurative waters of business – his father is a civil engineer who successfully launched his own firm – and in literal water itself. "I've been...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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Desert Dust-Up
Simmons Photo Courtesy Simmons & Co. INTL. Oil and water don’t mix. That truism about elements at odds could also serve as an analogy for Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), who’s sometimes known as a petroleum-industry contrarian. But it’s the...
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Clint Lawrence
I peek over the edge. I can no longer see the white sand of the sea bed. Without hesitation, I jump into the deep blue Caribbean water and swim to shore. I am five years old and my dad is standing on Paradise Beach, shocked but proud. His...
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- 19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues
residents with tangible results: When a BOS:311 app user posts a photo of a downed tree limb, for example, the responding public works team often adds a photo of the clean street as well as the workers. “It closes the loop,” she says, “and allows us to reengage with...
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Dan Morrell
- 25 Jun 2018
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Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
Tamin Pechet (MBA 2007) founded and manages a platform of firms that support and invest in innovative water and infrastructure resources. He is CEO of Upwell, chairman of Imagine H2O, and founder of Banyan Water. In this interview, he...
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- 26 Sep 2018
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Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
the world that has benefited everything from lemurs in Madagascar to sage grouse habitats of Wyoming, forests in New England to water quality on the Rappahannock River. Such efforts have also a spurred significant innovation in financing...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2011
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HBS Chapel Earns Gold Certification
In a first for Harvard University, the HBS Class of 1959 Chapel has achieved LEED gold certification for significant reductions in energy and water usage. In fact, the chapel is the first university building in the world to achieve gold...
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- 20 Nov 2019
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From the Ground Up
Paul Phillips (MBA 2003) is cofounder of Kai-Viti Water, which bottles and sells artesian water from the Fiji Islands. In this interview he talks about the company’s policy of dedicating profits from the company to support basic education...
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