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- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
Sport and still racking up miles. “You don’t need to be competitive to get the benefits of running.” Swimmer “Learn to breathe on both sides when swimming freestyle,” says Anne Johnson (MBA 1986), an open-water swimmer who goes by the moniker Atlantic Annie. “It’s a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
Certainly things having to do with safety and security. I like to use an example of, we met with a company that makes robots that look like snakes and these snakes have sensors all over them and they send these snakes to try to go into... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
longest longitudinal study on happiness ever done. And although our wealth has tripled, although our safety has increased, murder rates at an all-time low, people can go further and faster, more educated, happiness has been flat. It's... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
With an interest in sharing accurate, practical advice and helping people ensure their personal safety during the current pandemic, the HBS Association of Northern California has hosted a series of weekly Zoom webinars with Dr. David... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fixing What Ails the Drug Industry
presentation to upwards of 280 HBS alumni who gathered on the Harvard Medical School campus, is better regulatory science. That translates into faster decision-making and a better balance between safety and innovation with respect to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Goes Back To School
safety concerns. “In many cases, we're not just meeting the new requirements—if the equipment allows us to do so, we're striving to exceed them,” says Stewart. AUGUST 28 In a virtual welcome to the MBA Class of 2022, Dean Nitin Nohria,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs? As the federal agency responsible for enforcing workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is often at the center of controversy. Associate Professor Michael... View Details
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
Illustration by Decue Wu HBS professor Deepak Malhotra recalls the moment he learned about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a tragedy that took the lives of 20 first-graders and six staff members on December 14, 2012. “I had... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ready for Departure
news? Probably another blip. Changi also implemented a host of new health and safety measures to make the various touch points throughout the airport less touchy. Changi also implemented a host of new health and View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
Appointed Managing Director, Alcan, Limerick, Ireland 2002 Appointed CEO, Alcan Primary Metal Group 2006 Named one of “50 Women to Watch” by WSJ 2007 Appointed Chief Executive, Anglo American 2008 Implements “zero harm” policy to improve View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
What I Do: Minnie Ingersoll (MBA 2002)
it’s consistent from company to company.” Her new COO role at Code for America, a San Francisco–based nonprofit dedicated to improving civic tech and “strengthening America’s basic social safety net,” has proven this maxim true. “I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
ask questions or to appear vulnerable, and pressuring coworkers to prove themselves through acts of physical bravery. The goal of this company’s training was to enhance employee safety and reliability in a very hazardous workplace. We... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mining precious metals through e-waste recycling
hazardous. Discarded electronics are usually shipped to China, Africa, and India, where workers—frequently children with no safety equipment—tear the electronics apart, exposing themselves to lethal doses of toxins. BlueOak is building... View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
years to demonstrate the effectiveness and safety of the technology. “That gives us time to still make a difference,” Payne says. “If this takes 15 years, we’ve passed the tipping point.” But, ultimately, Arctic ice restoration is only a... View Details
- 23 Aug 2020
- News
In the UK, She Leads the Search for a COVID Vaccine
Oxford University, is also making a plan for when a vaccine does become available. While a small portion of the UK population is staunchly “anti-vax” her primary concern is those who are fearful of how quickly the vaccine is being developed. “The View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
automobile company that in recent months has recalled 8 million vehicles. He offers seven recommendations for restoring consumer confidence in the safety and quality behind the storied brand. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6381.html. View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
and the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, which killed 39 people. At the time, the company was run by Don Blankenship, a hard-charging CEO who put profit ahead of safety. In the five years before the disaster, the Upper Big Branch mine was... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Wheels Up
immediate concerns: the safety and mental health of daa’s 8,000-odd employees and the organization’s liquidity. “We’re a very high fixed-cost industry, so when revenues tank, you run into issues quickly,” he notes. Philips credits the... View Details
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