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- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Disrupting the Single-Use Plastic Economy
- 01 Dec 2000
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A Plastic Fantastic Friendship
A. Reynolds Morse (MBA 1939), founder of Ohio-based Injection Molders Supply Company and a longtime friend of artist Salvador Dalí, died last August in Florida. He was, the St. Petersburg Times (August 22, 2000) reported, "a political conservative who developed a... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
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People Make It So Hard to Ditch Plastic Straws
- 14 Mar 2022
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How High Oil Prices Threaten a California Plastic Container Business
- 15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Jun 2021
- News
Plexiglass Is Everywhere, With No Proof It Keeps Covid at Bay
- 26 Nov 2019
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The FOOD Episode!
- 08 Jun 2021
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Plexiglass Is Everywhere, With No Proof It Keeps Covid at Bay
- 07 Aug 2017
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China's Spicy Hotpot Billionaire Is Ready to Take on the World
- 12 Feb 2014
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A decidedly mixed bag
- 19 Jul 2019
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Weekend Edition
- 16 Jan 2020
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How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
- 01 Dec 2023
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Joint Venture
The human knee is a marvel. It’s the hinge at the center of our gait, the evolutionary adaptation that makes humans the only fully bipedal mammals on the planet. But the knee also is a complicated and vulnerable knot of bone, muscle, and sinew. Nearly everyone knows... View Details
Keywords: Shoshi Parks
- 01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal
million a year, and which critics argue is both financially and environmentally unsustainable. In the early 1970s, the city switched from metal trash cans to plastic bags, thereby establishing what Cohen has called a “rat nutrition... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Beyond the Plastisphere
plastics. “We’re trying to get our customers to covet this product that will help change their lives in a positive way—and make the world a better place too,” says Kauss. The world is literally drowning in plastic: Research indicates that only 9 percent of the world’s... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
an entrepreneur. With several other HBS graduates, he undertook a decidedly low-tech startup: plastic phone book covers to carry local advertisements in Massachusetts. The company, the National Merchandising Corporation, was such a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
plastic animals, roach tablets, eye shadow, ashtrays, toilet brushes, pottery crocodiles, and all the other items essential to a constantly growing GNP.” (The Dreadful Lemon Sky, 1974) “Who am I to keep from putting my shoulder to the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
source with alternative packaging and techniques that cut back on manufacturing inputs to start. Make waste-reduction and source-separation initiatives a personal and communal responsibility (the pandemic, for example, has seen a significant uptick in single-use View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services