Steel and Aluminum - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Feb 2007
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When President George W. Bush (MBA '75) imposed a tariff of up to 30 percent on most types of steel imported into the United States, the Boston Globe (March 10, 2002) turned to HBS professor Debora Spar to explain the implications. Noting... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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Baker’s Man of Steel

A day at the office is a little different for Bobby Delaney. As crane operator for the Baker Library construction project, he uses a combination of levers and foot pedals to swing tons of steel through the... View Details

Keywords: Baker Library; Bobby Delaney; crane; operator; Construction of Buildings; Construction

01 Jun 2007
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Saving the Steel Industry

Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) played a key role in helping to save the U.S. steel industry in the 1990s, writes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 4, 2007). Bloom spent five years at Lazard Freres before starting a firm that advised unions about... View Details

Keywords: Primary Metal Manufacturing; Manufacturing

07 Dec 2014
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How Wall Street Bent Steel

21 Nov 2019
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HBS Announces New Exhibit on U.S. Steel Corporation’s Use of Photography as a Public Relations Tool

01 Jan 2006
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Stop Making Plans Start Making Decisions

Keywords: Michael Mankins, Richard Steele

02 Mar 2018
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Take Their Toll

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

differences and beckons all who dare to envision lives unshackled by present realities. Steel City: A Story of Pittsburgh By William J. Miller, Jr. (PMD 56, 1988) Lyons Press View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Washington. With Gratitude: Barker Steel and the People Who Made It Work by Robert B. Brack (OPM 2, 1977) ArchwayPublishing When Robert Brack returned to Barker Steel Co. (the... View Details

11 Oct 2016
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Is Samsung Innovating Too Much, Too Fast?

12 Feb 2013
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Clayton Christensen Wants to Transform Capitalism

01 Nov 2019
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Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

17 Aug 2015
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How Marvel Comics Found Its New Superhero by Revisiting an Old Idea

07 May 2021
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A Best Buy CEO on What It Takes to Fix a Struggling Retailer

19 Mar 2018
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The Unintended Consequences Of Starting A Trade War With Mexico

01 Sep 2023
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Bless this Stress

National Geographic for Disney+/Craig Parry In the first episode of the National Geographic docuseries Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001/PhDOB 2009) and the Australian actor gaze across downtown Sydney to a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

and the sinking of the Japanese fleet in Truk Lagoon, which became one of the world’s largest ship graveyards. Much later it became a scuba destination because the steel turned out to be a useful foundation... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

Scalable Energy Efficient Quantum Computing and pronounced “seek”—is using to achieve this computational dream looks like something straight out of a sci-fi film. The gleaming steel cylinders hanging from... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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