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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
fuels for transportation, heating, and generating electricity. RH: But small things can increase awareness of the issues and make it increasingly less legitimate not to pay attention. I would be a big fan of every company in the country... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
“Normally you’d say ‘sir’ or ‘mister.’ ” From Baker Library: Although coffee culture in many African countries is nascent, the Financial Times reports that demand is on the rise, fueled in part by a growing urban middle class in countries... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
hadn’t been put out to bid since 1991. A 2006 addendum—that no one on the school board, past or present, can recall signing, much less discussing—gave a local transportation company a 4 percent annual fuel surcharge that has cost... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
(Routledge) This textbook examines the key energy sources—both fossil fuels and renewables, including oil, coal, solar, and wind power—and summarizes how the current economics of energy evolved. Later chapters explore issues concerning... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
their vehicles, plan more efficient routes, reduce fuel expenses, receive maintenance notifications, and track the behaviors of drivers. When Cobli won in 2016, it had 12 employees and no revenue. Today it employees 60 people and boasts... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
center-based, on-demand childcare company, was in search of unique funding models to fuel its expansion beyond two existing locations. Too small for private equity, in a sector that doesn’t attract VCs, and without enough of a track... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- News
Banking on Africa's Future
advertising company from Independent News & Media, an Ireland-based media company that decided to focus on the United Kingdom, and Shell's downstream fuel business (e.g., gas stations, commercial fuels, aviation, marine) as Shell moves... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)
original pilot for CBS (“a comedic drama about a woman who is a lawyer and a doctor and manages to practice both”) and completing a rewrite of a pilot for Bravo set in the diamond trade. Best fuel for a marathon writing session: “The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
to help fuel what typically would be a good number of investing years going forward. Are entrepreneurs born or made? It’s a combination. There are some gifted entrepreneurs who have an intuitive sense of how products, customers, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business
to consumers and thereby fuel demand for their cars. Entering a complementary business requires that companies do their accounting a little differently. You cannot measure the profitability of the two businesses independently, nor can you... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
traditional business practices. Fueled by the Internet, the Information Age allows companies to create infrastructures to connect with their customers electronically. With this connection they can sense their customers' needs in real time... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
airplanes with lots of fuel that were going to fly near New York City. Boston is one of the places where you find planes like that. Now that a span of time has passed, I think it’s clearly recognized that Logan was not to blame for what... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
what happens behind the scenes, such as better work processes, internal communication, collaboration, and renewed creativity that fuels innovative problem-solving. A key reason why BCG or any company would be interested in this research... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Illustration by Mengxin Li After years of speculation, 2020 was meant to be a big year for the implementation of 5G, the fifth generation of standards for broadband cellular networks. And somewhere between a pandemic and a mountain of misinformation View Details
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- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
change, he said, is the central problem of government—interference from deep-pocketed special interest groups. “You can’t get a bill through Congress today if the rich and powerful hate it,” he said. “We need to get the money from fossil View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Illustration by Ken Orvidas/theispot.com In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
I’ve struggled over the past year with taking care of myself personally. I’ve had to unapologetically prioritize working out, eating healthy just so I can have the fuel and the stamina to get through these long days. I lost my father a... View Details
- 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 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
understand the executives I talk about in this book very well because I share their predicament,” notes Tom DeLong, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice at HBS and the author of Flying without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
long-distance oil and gas pipelines are guided by modern regulations and an infrastructure blueprint,” Skelly explains. “But existing US electric lines were erected by utility companies several decades ago, to connect local customers to nearby fossil View Details