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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
Refined metals like gold and silver have a standard quality and are priced on global exchanges like the London Metal Exchange. But concentrates vary widely in terms of quality—some rocks have more copper than others, some come with...
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Nicole Torres
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
http://hbr.org/product/hgrm-b-launching-hoxell-a-new-it-venture/an/815057-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-026 Cree Inc.: Introducing the LED Light Bulb Cree, a North Carolina-based maker of light emitting diodes (LEDs), has just introduced its first consumer...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
recommend the treks organized by the Energy and Environment Club that go into Boston or out to Silicon Valley. Over the course of a day you might visit six to eight companies it’s extremely efficient...
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- 25 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist
opportunities are wide ranging including sanitation, water pipe repair and replacement, wastewater treatment, increasing access to and efficiency of irrigation, utility control and monitoring software. The list is very long indeed. Tom is...
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- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
a surcharge for tall ones? The standard Utilitarian framework for tax analysis answers this question in the affirmative. Moreover, a plausible parameterization using data on height and wages implies a substantial height tax: a tall person...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
can it be done more efficiently and at lower risk than in the "school of hard knocks" assumed in many responses? (David White's comment that " the only way to improve judgment is to make mistakes" was typical of...
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by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
demand and thus make Esquel's production planning as efficient as possible. Advances in engineering-from conserving natural resources such as energy and water to computerized color matching in the dyeing...
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- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
eventually a federation of many specialized companies. As they seldom committed to administrative centralization, their efficiency gain as a business organization remained marginal. The chapter first looks at the appearance and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
feet at all may rank among his greatest achievements. The simple acts of standing and walking represent triumph for Massie, as does the fact that he is even alive today. Fittingly, his life's work is all about “standing up,” as he forcefully advocates for higher View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
development, service delivery, and project management. They had only small teams and no P&L responsibility. Their charter was to set standards within their areas and to work with others to bring about necessary improvements. . . . The...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
Each year, MIT, local business groups, and state agencies co-sponsor a competition designed to encourage the development of new technologies that focus on clean, renewable, or efficient energy resources. One...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
to encourage the development of new technologies that focus on clean, renewable, or efficient energy resources. One of our teams developed last year’s winning idea: a polymer-producing bacteria that eats...
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- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
importance of reinvesting at this point. Q: In this context, you advance an unusual definition of competitiveness. Is that really the fulcrum for your whole project? JR: We define US competitiveness as the ability of firms in the US to succeed in the global marketplace...
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Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
describes the most important legal forms of U.S. bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Chapter 11) and provides definitions of technical terms related to the bankruptcy process. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212081-PDF-ENG DONG Energy: Clean and Reliable...
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Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
multinationals toward organization-wide rationalization. Efficiencies and commonalities have emerged, particularly with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition,...
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by Garry Emmons
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
energies toward. This year you’ll be co-president of the Food, Agriculture, and Water Club. What motivated you to pursue this role? What goals do you have as co-president? I think to the broader HBS population, careers today in food and...
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- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
venues. The development, an adaptive reuse of a school building and former Jewish synagogue, received statewide recognition for incorporating the highest standards for green buildings, an energy microgrid,...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
Setting the Standard for Commercial Success As chairman of Esquel Group, Marjorie Yang (MBA 1976) oversees one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Esquel employs...
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- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)
do a lot of work to optimize our maintenance and energy costs while turning these electric vehicles into revenue generating assets that provide stability to the electric grid. How has HBS helped you on your journey? It expanded my mind to...
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- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
products, as well as the regulations that sometimes stood in the way. Throughout, the case identifies incentives for both consumers and merchants, including direct costs, efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or...
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Martha Lagace