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- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
route. Like today, if City Council tells me that I can’t close Lamar, I’ll wonder if there might be a way around that,” Kelleher says. Making the Music Vinyl records start out as humble sacks of PVC pellets. Those plastic beads are melted... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
about plans by Industrial Plastics Canada to open a new plant in nearby North Bay, Ontario. Yes, the new plant would generate 35 jobs, but the CBC report said “the company will transform a polymer called polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE),... View Details
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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
20 years out. Doriot envisioned these reports as significant "contribution[s] to the future of American business." 21 Covering an extraordinary range of topics over the years, from plastics to fiber optics, the reports forecasted the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
address plastic waste, conserve water resources and more. As more companies develop their climate strategies and implement projects, the question is not “will there be a job in climate for me” but “is this the climate job I find... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
ancestral heritage. And my responsibility is to share what I love with the world. Justine Lee (MBA 2022) My AAPI heritage means:Being the first person to leave sleepovers on Saturday mornings to go to Chinese school,Packing rice crackers alongside fruit-by-the-foot in... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
water hub in the U.S. to address things like plastics contamination in water, smart irrigation, and advanced water treatment. The U.S. has a water innovation deficit and we are not solving our own problems.“ Nicole was not substantially... View Details
- Web
For Guests | Commencement 2025
guests to reduce bottled water plastic waste; donating leftover food to Food for Free ; providing waste sorting stations to divert usable resources from trash into the recycle and compost (which is anaerobically digested) streams; using... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
join Julia's family plastics business. After the business was sold, they struck out on their own to search for a similar business. They purchased Elasto Therm, with $8 million in revenue from manufactured rubber and urethane components,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
20 years out. Doriot envisioned these reports as significant "contribution[s] to the future of American business." 21 Covering an extraordinary range of topics over the years, from plastics to fiber optics, the reports forecasted the... View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
the use of plastic water bottles. We install sustainable water taps to make drinking locally tapped water more attractive. This way you can tap filtered, cooled and sparkling water, without the aftertaste of unnecessary packaging and... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
Global Growing Challenges Juan Alcácer and John LeitaoHarvard Business School Case 711-411 In 2010, Logoplaste, a top 10 manufacturer of rigid plastic containers, was debating a more dramatic expansion strategy as a means to guarantee the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
eroding quality of life mostly for the poor, and draining natural resources. This project explored ways to grow Wecyclers (a Nigerian plastics recyclable collection company) by analyzing the economic viability of a Collections Agent... View Details
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
grocery bags has been strongly promoted as environmentally and socially conscious. In parallel, firms have joined policy makers in using a variety of initiatives to reduce the use of plastic bags. However, little is known about how these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
trash. It appeared to be a piece of plastic embossed with a stylized S. “I thought, is nothing completely safe from us?” He snapped a picture on his phone—evidence to show the world the need for better stewardship of the oceans—and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
awards and accolades from the World Economic Forum, the Wall Street Journal, and MIT’s Technology Review. “This is a $170 billion market screaming for a fundamental innovation,” says Evans. “It’s a fantastic opportunity.” Most recently CEO of the tech company View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
and enjoying it on your own." So he decided to rent out some of the cottages. The first guests ate at a common table, as they do today. "You make a social investment here. People who get no return on a social investment probably shouldn't come. We don't want the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
within the organization, and Fahey is torn about how to proceed. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311002-PDF-ENG Formosa Plastics Group: Business Continuity Forever Li Jin, Joseph P. H. Fan, and Winnie S. C.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
database of innovations in both technique and equipment. From the data, we knew that—at least until recently—users (including user-manufacturers) were the primary source of innovation. Third, the underlying technologies—fiberglass hand lay-up and View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
its signature product, familiarly known as Bubble Wrap but trademarked as AirCap, consisted of a flexible, clear plastic sheet containing regularly spaced air bubbles of uniform size. AirCap cushioning differed from all other bubble... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons