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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Committed to a goal of 'zero harm' in the mining industry
we have a mining industry in which everyone goes home safely to their family at the end of the working day,” says Carroll, the first woman and non–South African to lead the nearly 100-year-old company. She... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste
annually. “A single ton of circuit boards contains the same amount of metal — copper, gold, and other elements — as ninety tons of commercial-grade ore,” explained Bradoo. “Using existing scaled-up mining View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mining precious metals through e-waste recycling
that provides the technology industry with a safe and sustainable source of metals. “Being an entrepreneur is not about starting a business; it is about having an attitude that allows you to see opportunities where other people see... View Details
- 06 Jun 2014
- News
Alternative Fuel Changing the Energy Industry
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
a row where the industry globally has had losses, natural catastrophe losses, in excess of a hundred billion dollars. Some of that is climate—we mine our data and we can see the climate signal in there—but... View Details
- 18 Oct 2018
- News
What Will Trump Do Next With Chinese Student Visas?
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
joining the family business, but had no idea that I'd be asked to assume responsibility for the overall business. When I went off to school, early on, the business was an industrial feeding business with lots of these trucks that went... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
Carroll Illustration by Dennis Balogh Founded as a gold mining company in 1917 in South Africa by Ernest Oppenheimer (with help from Herbert Hoover and J. P. Morgan), Anglo American plc is the world’s fourth-largest diversified View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
and with a family to support, “living in a dump over a hardware store with kerosene heat,” one biographer wrote. But the Army learned that MacDonald had done well in Industrial Procurement at HBS and offered him a job. He enlisted in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
receiving illegally mined diamonds in exchange. RUF rebels took U.N. peacekeepers hostage in Sierra Leone, and the United States threatened to impose sanctions over Taylor's relationship with the RUF. Meanwhile, Liberia's northern border... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
Anglo American in 2007, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll determined that increased transparency was important if the company—and the industry as a whole—was going to improve its... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership
these countries develop more efficient and equitable ways of doing business," says Leach, who anticipates a career in the mining or energy sectors. In Accra, Leach was part of a student team assigned to help a Ghanaian multimedia company,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
on the entire mining industry as well. Carroll’s mettle was tested early on when she was visiting South Africa and learned that another death had occurred in a nearby platinum mine. “That’s enough,” she... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Contest. BioMine uses existing scaled-up mining industry technologies to capture value from the 40 million tons of "e-waste" that is landfilled or incinerated annually around the world. (Watch Bradoo explain... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
Point Brewing and Spirits) The rise of American craft beer is worthy of a toast: According to the Brewers Association, the industry grew 16 percent from January to June 2015 alone—marking a 122 percent increase since June 2011. The bigger... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
technology over the past forty years, Nolan offers managers who are seeking a competitive advantage the opportunity to gain insights from leaders in the IT industry who have adapted in remarkably innovative ways during their fierce... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are chemically identical and shine just... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
existing scaled-up technologies in the mining industry for the novel application of ‘mining’ e-wastes. WikiPay is a proprietary mobile and online commerce platform that facilities money transfer, payment... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
not to say the founders don’t realize the challenges ahead. In general, the mining industry is considered to be traditional, capital-intensive, and slow to adopt new technologies. To their knowledge, no one... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
data mining to coding. Eventually, there will be industries that are fully automated and certain jobs will go away, but new ones will be created in that process. From Baker Library: Not surprisingly, high... View Details
Keywords: April White