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Rebecca Greenbaum
then the Strike Officer, leading 18 sailors on the Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles team. After further education at the Nuclear Engineering School, the Navy's most advanced school, Rebecca served on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- Portrait Project
Jessica Gelman
When I was twelve years old I wrote my life aspirations in the back of a journal. I wanted to play Division I college basketball. I also dreamed of going to Harvard Business School and envisioned owning a company. Believe it or not, I wanted to invent a "gun"... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team
chapters they authored or coauthored) were I.C. Bupp (natural gas, nuclear power); Mel Horwitch MBA ’69, DBA ’75(coal); Sergio Koreisha DBA ’80 (energy models); Modesto Maidique PMD 30, 1975 (solar); Frank Schuller MBA ’76, DBA ’82... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
The Nature of Change
School are much different now, Kester observes, yet the Class of 1949 entered a period of uncertainty, characterized by the Cold War and nuclear proliferation, that is not unlike the current anxieties surrounding the war on terrorism.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
that of rigorous enforcer of management-science principles, could coexist with a more personable side, softened by the glow of Camelot. Decisions and policies had to be made regarding history-shaping issues such as the nuclear arms race,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
Transatomic Power in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a company that aims to revolutionize the nuclear energy industry. In addition, participants discuss alternative governance styles and shareholder value maximization in the case on King Arthur... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
of growing responsibilities. On the USS Decatur, a guided missile destroyer, she led 18 sailors on the Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles team. She then studied engineering at the Naval Nuclear Power School and served on the aircraft carrier... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change
What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Portland, Oregon, has designed the leading modular nuclear reactor in the United States. This reactor will be the safest and simplest ever built. Started in 2007 as an entrepreneurial venture, the company is now two years away from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region
service-oriented learning trip to Tōhoku, a region devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear explosion. It launched what would become an annual Immersive Field Course (IFC) in Japan. When the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
group. Natarajan felt sure a group dedicated to SBP led by one of the firm's most respected technologists would help spur adoption. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412036-PDF-ENG Duke Energy and the Nuclear... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
explains Chung, has this brand recognition issue.” Chung was one of 18 faculty members who participated in “Japan on the Move” to gain a deeper understanding of Japan’s business environment, especially in light of reconstruction after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and... View Details
Keywords: faculty research
- 18 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
4 Advantages of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
two nuclear physicists for grandparents, I grew up in a strongly STEM household. My family fostered in me a desire to understand how things worked and I latched on to the then-nascent Internet and computer revolution. When it came time... View Details
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
instead, emitting fewer GHGs. [45] Water Consumption Industry accounts for about 20% of global water usage , the second highest usage after agriculture. [46] Except when powered by renewable or nuclear energy, pumping and treating water... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Maurer, and this November in the Executive Education Global Energy Seminar. The course takes a global view of fossil fuel, nuclear power, and renewable energy, considering all three through the lens of competitive strategy and the... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
growing, but not fast enough. Nuclear power should be part of the answer, although these facilities are very expensive to build—$6-8 billion for a thousand megawatt plant—and the disposal of nuclear waste... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation nuclear reactor. Though early in the fundraising process, Gilleland noted that this most recent conversation was similar to conversations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
conduct research elsewhere, says Georgios Laskaris, Deon cofounder and a nuclear physicist with a PhD from Duke. “After 12 years of training in Greece, these talented individuals immigrate primarily to the United States or Europe, where... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
subsidies are our descendants. If they could vote in Senate elections or in shareholder meetings, they would fire us. Other Articles In This Series Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might... View Details