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- 16 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
A New Categorization of the US Economy: The Role of Supply Chain Industries in Innovation and Economic Performance
- 24 Oct 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India
- 11 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."
Birmingham, Alabama, native Kel Jackson describes himself as “the kid who would find things around the house to tinker and build with.” When he was 16, the young entrepreneur founded RCM RC Products—a business that designed, sourced, manufactured, and sold performance... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 29 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Interning in the Agribusiness Sector
Katie Hsia-Kiung, MBA 2019, describes her summer internship in the agribusiness sector. Having worked in solar energy before HBS, Katie was excited by the opportunity to create the business plan for a brand new team at Indigo Ag, a start-up providing environmental... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 07 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield
In their reciprocal pursuits of internships and interns, HBS MBA candidates and participating employers invest a considerable amount of interest, time and, in many cases, money. With so much at stake, both hopes and anxieties run high, creating fertile ground for... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 08 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Meet The Aerospace and Aviation Club
The Aerospace and Aviation Club at Harvard Business School aims to connect students with leaders at a variety of companies in these two industries. Throughout the year, we hold a number of speaker events with prominent leaders in aviation and aerospace, who come on... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 24 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Journey to my Summer Internship
I started my internship search with an amorphous criterion of “something different”. Having worked in high tech and consulting so far, this definition only eliminated two, albeit large industries, leaving still endless number of exciting opportunities around the world.... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
Courtesy Susan Chong The typical wooden shipping pallet, constructed of mixed hardwood, ccan weigh 50 pounds, Susan Chong (OPM 48, 2016) explains. But a pallet made of pine weighs half that, and for businesses air shipping their products, that difference can translate... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 23 Apr 2015
- News
Why Tesla Won't Be Able to Scale
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Desert Dust-Up
Simmons Photo Courtesy Simmons & Co. INTL. Oil and water don’t mix. That truism about elements at odds could also serve as an analogy for Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), who’s sometimes known as a petroleum-industry contrarian. But it’s the hard science behind the old... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
Sleepyheads, Beware: An alarm clock that doesn’t mess around. Photo courtesy Nanda Home Related Links Watch Nanda explain Clocky See Tocky, the newest product Purchase the original Clocky case Purchase the "Life After Clocky" case In the spring of 2005, media outlets... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
20,000 MW of wind energy, representing a $37 billion investment in 2007. Besides high prices, wind energy represented a solution for consumers seeking an energy source that would not add to the problems associated with global climate change. Suzlon Energy Limited... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806201 Vignette: Bombay Tyre Manufacturing Ltd Harvard Business School Case 806-207 Presents a U.S.-based investor who had taken a minority position in a publicly owned View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
Oil Spill Solution
report. But at least one HBS graduate needed no reminder of the environmental devastation caused by the tragic explosion. He had already become part of the solution. Scott C. Smith (MBA ’91) is president and CEO of Cellect Technologies LLC / Opflex Solutions LLC, which... View Details
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Fangfang Wang
Fangfang introduced data-driven analytics and consultative selling techniques to the company. Recognizing chocolate’s value as a high-margin product, she led initiatives to drive demand, including partnerships with other candy View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
private-label manufacturing of quality products. “Up to now, we haven’t been able to service the small customers, such as country clubs, in a cost-effective way,” says Fung. But with the Internet, the company can provide “limited... View Details
- 10 Aug 2021
- News
Moving Education Within Reach
supporting scores of students in his native Malaysia both academically and financially—and in many cases through graduate school. The project started in 1996, in the midst of Ramalingam’s career in manufacturing and consulting, when a... View Details