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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
panelists were collectively bullish on solar energy, electric drive technology that powers hybrid and electric cars, and biofuels (including ethanol). By contrast, they were cautiously optimistic about clean coal, nuclear power, and...
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- 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"...
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- 29 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
PRIDE at HBS: Forty Years of Progress
“Joe, do you have an interest in being one of next year’s co-presidents of PRIDE?” “Umm, not really. It sounds very daunting, and I don’t think I am up for the task.” “You’ll do great. Weren’t you on a nuclear submarine? It’s certainly...
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- 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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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...
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- 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....
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- 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...
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- 15 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change
fight against coal is the reason HBS Professor Joseph Lassiter is bullish on fracking and nuclear power.) "If we provide economic arguments, we will win this battle,'' Calderon said. "The good news is that renewables are going...
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- 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...
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- 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,...
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Garry Emmons
- 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...
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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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,...
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- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
Sprinkles lives now stands in stark contrast to his early years growing up as a military brat. The son of an Army sergeant, he attended Vanderbilt University on a Naval ROTC scholarship. He graduated as a naval officer, then served on two View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
pick. Either way, it's time for business leaders to get off the sidelines and make a difference. Other Articles In This Series Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. Take a...
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- 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...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
to enter the medical profession. With the United States on the brink of nuclear war, he wondered, "What use will I be as a doctor if the world is not a betterrun place?" He shifted his field of study and went on to receive a Ph.D. from...
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- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
Fund has outperformed the S&P 500 by a 1.2 percent annual average return, she said Amy Domini Her firm uses some 100 criteria in judging a potential investment. Immediate knockouts would be companies involved in power, alcohol, View Details
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