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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
Courtesy Susan Chong The typical wooden shipping pallet, constructed of mixed hardwood, ccan weigh 50 pounds, Susan Chong (OPM 48, 2016) explains. But a pallet made of pine weighs half that, and for businesses air shipping their products,... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A View from the Top
chairman of Synthes, a $2.3 billion global medical device company that focuses on surgical implants and tools for fixing broken bones. “My greatest achievement has been to influence young people in a positive and constructive way through... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria
includes components such as undergraduate transcripts, essays, letters of recommendation, and, in many cases, the results of personal interviews with HBS admissions staff. There has never been a specific "formula" for admission to the School; we try to View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
A Wonderful Whirl
Mounted atop the Soldiers Field Park Garage, two wind turbines — 40-foot towers with 11.5-foot blades — represent Harvard’s biggest wind-energy project to date. Weighing more than 1,000 pounds each, the turbines are expected to supply 5 to 10 percent of the seven-story... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
products - a construct they call "the virtual value chain" - which is analogous to the physical value chain. They discuss this concept in their forthcoming book Managing in the Marketspace. MIS professor Lynda M. Applegate is also... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Allston Plan’s First Building
from HBS. The complex will help Boston solidify its place as one of the world’s top centers for biotechnology, said Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. Construction will begin next year. View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
replacement of most faculty and administrative desktop machines, the introduction of a single electronic-mail system, and the construction of a 100-machine personal computer lab in previously unfinished space in the basement of Shad Hall.... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
notion of being an active patron is important, especially when you have been a fortunate person,” Joyner says. “You do have an obligation to give back, and I had to construct a roadmap to do that.” She charted a plan, taking a business... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
we’re getting a significant amount of interest.” Recently, Women Returners placed seven women, each of whom had taken an extended career break, with an organization conducting a major engineering and construction project in London. “It’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Reaching New Heights
First-year students in Section G raised nearly $12,000 toward the construction of a new primary school in Nepal after hearing a presentation from former Microsoft executive John Wood. After a trek in the Annapurna region, Wood quit his... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
constructive dialogue between environmentalists and the rest of society. His own career path could have been a case study for the book. After graduating from Harvard Business School, Tercek spent 21 years as an investment banker at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
recession as feeling “like someone turned off the faucet” in construction. Still, Magagnini hopes IceStone can break even this year and turn a profit next year. The green building market is with her: McGraw-Hill Construction projects it... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Turning Point: Step Change
an army company commander deployed in Kosovo in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. We were a combat construction unit, which meant we were a team of about 140 people who could fight if necessary, but we usually built things—in this case, a... View Details
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
called the Katy Prairie Conservancy, in collaboration with the Houston Flood Control District, local governments, and area developers on what he calls a sponge credit. The credit would allow, for instance, a town to mitigate the environmental impact of new View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Hitting the High Notes
dialogue,” says Barnett. “It was a kind of career therapy for some in our audience. We enjoyed a very constructive conversation.” Sheridan’s talk focused on recruitment marketing and specifically encouraged any organization seeking top... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
ended up, buying a piece of and running a dredging marine construction company for about 12 years, which I sold in 2018. It ended up coming a little more full circle. It certainly was not part of the grand career plan. But I've had a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
been imagining for the next phase of his career, but the story moved him. He had fond memories of snacking on madeleines as a young child—most likely Jeannette madeleines, although he couldn’t be certain. The son of a construction worker,... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
in charge of a large-scale construction project, developing our team, developing ongoing partnerships with university administrators, managing my board, and even making sure the plumber unclogs drains in the building. In a weird, strange... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
adjacent communities because all flights using it will land and take off over water. When will the new runway be available for service? Barring any other issues in the courts, which we don’t expect, we’re probably going to start View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
businesses that had survived since the riots of 1967, on Plymouth Avenue. And so that was very near and dear back to my heart, of knowing that this was a much bigger project than the average architect that would be involved. JH: With the development and View Details