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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... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
proposals but invested in only a small percentage of them. The firm's prized portfolio companies included Circo Products (automobile tools); High Voltage Engineering Corp (high-powered generators and nuclear particle accelerators);... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
The UPower founders, Jake DeWitte and Caroline Cochran, were recent graduates from MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. They chose to attend Palo Alto–based Y Combinator's accelerator program to focus on building a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
from fossil fuels to alternative sources of energy. We will need to finance research in technology innovation and biotechnology, including stem cell research. We will need to generate most of our electricity using nuclear fuel. We will... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
thought of calls.” Jameson had a case study at the ready. In 2015, he had been approached by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee as it sought to rally congressional opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. Over a nine-week period,... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
semiconductors. Its Shirakawa plant is located in Fukushima, close to the epicenter of the earthquake and near the site of the nuclear power plant troubles. That plant is responsible for 22% of the world's supply of silicon wafers, and it... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
economic sacrifice of reorienting toward Europe," Abdelal writes. "The central theme of Lithuania's economic policies was the victory of the long view over the short." Pragmatic Belarus Belarus after 1991 was larger, richer and stronger than Lithuania.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
We Think We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue The ABCs of Addressing... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
issues that Gaillot had come to stand for: the problem of homelessness, the spread of AIDS, the evils of nuclear testing, and the wisdom of married priests. In the first six weeks of 1996, Partenia registered 250,000 hits. The Vatican,... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
media company going local throughout the world, and it was the key to our success.” In 1989, Bill Roedy was told to transform the American success story MTV into a global presence. Twenty years later, Roedy (a former nuclear missile–base... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
negotiations over German reunification in which former United States Secretary of State James Baker played a key role. Is a Nuclear Deal with Iran Possible? An Analytical Framework for the Iran Nuclear... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2021
Japan asked Professor of Management Practice Hirotaka Takeuchi to lead a service-oriented learning trip to T ō hoku, a region devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear explosion. It launched what... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
Business School Case 118-013 Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE In early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12
driver's seat – of a submarine. For six years he served as a Nuclear Submarine Officer in the Navy and then made the transition into consulting for three years with EY. While at HBS, Peters took advice from his professors and reflected on... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail