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  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

WATER Ltd.

remains the most expensive way to produce usable water. In addition, water is not economically transportable from coastal to inland areas. Right now, for agricultural and industrial use, it’s more... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2024
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Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Mar 2009
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Deep Discovery

The British luxury liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on its New York-to-Liverpool run in 1915. The ship sank in 300 feet of water off the coast of Ireland; 1,198 (including 128 Americans) of 1,959 passengers and crew... View Details
Keywords: Water Transportation; Water Transportation
  • 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

clear that cities offer the greatest hope (and have the biggest stake) in stewarding ever-scarcer resources such as water and power. Cities represent 70 percent of carbon emissions, according to a 2021 McKinsey report; and given their... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
  • 01 Jun 2023
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Batteries Included

economy.” Globally, shipping transports more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year. According to Yale Climate Connections, almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels and emit carbon pollution. Maritime shipping causes about 3... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Water Transportation
  • 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

storage, or scaling global water recycling. The great thing about opportunities in the climate arena is that they all matter. In water, my sphere of action, I and the founders who are generous enough to let Burnt Island Ventures be a part... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2015
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Lessons from a Megacity

The first step in researching the public transportation system in Buenos Aires: send the private driver home. “How could we be there studying public transportation and not use it?” asks Eryn Schultz (MBA... View Details
Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
  • 01 Sep 2010
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Faculty Books

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... View Details
Keywords: Water Transportation; Water Transportation; Water Transportation
  • 01 Feb 2002
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Thumbs Up Down Under

It was with mixed emotions that Rich Wilson (MBA '82) and his coskipper Bill Biewenga set sail from New York Harbor last September aboard their 53-foot trimaran Great American II, heading south on a long-planned voyage to Melbourne, Australia, fourteen thousand miles... View Details
Keywords: Water Transportation; Water Transportation
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 06 Oct 2022
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Untapped Potential

because a student who is severely dehydrated or afflicted with diarrhea can’t learn effectively. Water can also be a matter of gender equality. In some communities that lack adequate indoor plumbing, women and young girls are responsible... View Details
  • 11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

about because, as had been the case with stem cells, Fisher began observing a critical—and growing—gap between supply and demand. “Blood and water are both life transport systems—our rivers and oceans are... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 05 Jan 2022
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Untapped Potential

and young girls are expected to transport water for the family each day, a task that can impede attendance at school or employment. These issues can be addressed with technological advances and increased... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers

York; and Washington, D.C. Cleantech venture capital Fabienne Herlaut (MBA 1984) Eco Mobilite Partners, SNCF Paris Transportation Craig Huff (MBA 1993) Reservoir Capital Group LLC New York Private equity Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982) General... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 22 Mar 2011
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Maximum Cities

solved without business," added John Macomber. "The need is huge, the demand is huge, and you have to partner." Click here to read an HBS Working Knowledge article on the conference's water and View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 29 Apr 2022
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Clean Slate

Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details
Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • 17 Jan 2025
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Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

business was not realizing we needed to put more resources in public relations. I had this sort of belief that if you do the right thing, a water will seek its own level, that you'll get your message out. And boy was I wrong. AW: What... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

found out that there was this fountain that people kept talking about that it was broken. It was a water fountain, and everyone keeps saying, "The water fountain’s broken. It's not working. Why is our school... View Details
  • 06 Dec 2021
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The Sparkles in Our Skies

worries by emphasizing green energy use and decreased water consumption. Meanwhile, lab-grown diamonds, which first entered the commercial jewelry market in the late 1980s and are forecasted to be 10 percent of the market by 2030, have... View Details
Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 05 Mar 2020
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Green Light

made to contain the risk that such outside organic matter could introduce. Visitors are asked to dip the soles of their shoes into a shallow plastic water bath, so as to limit contamination by pathogens and insects. Entry into one of the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles
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