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- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
Frock in an ASMS classroom; "Students learn by doing." Courtesy Kim Frock Students at the Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) in Corning, New York, don’t diagram what a circuit board looks like on a piece of paper; they wire... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
a beaten track, people often try to steer you toward seemingly easier alternatives "for your own good." But for those who would blaze a new trail, I suggest a three-pronged focus: Embrace self-empowerment. Knowledge is power, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
this. We are also looking at two alternative markets. The first is using formic acid as a means of making other chemicals, the precursors of plastics, road materials, and a wide variety of other products. The second is using formic acid... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
and forced a major reexamination of how investment decisions are made at Blackstone, resulting in changes with a significant positive impact on the firm's success. Today, Blackstone is the world's largest alternative asset manager with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
money-saving alternative to unnecessary emergency-room visits, CardioResponse, which took on its first customers last May, eventually hopes to expand well beyond Massachusetts. A self-professed "guy from upstate New York," James R.... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
about $50 million a year to just cover the manufacturing, launch, and operating costs. “That’s a $20 billion market for a company that can provide a low-cost fuel alternative that keeps the satellites operating and making money for their... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
had stuck with him, including the best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA)—which essentially entails outlining a fallback plan if things go awry and offering a reality check for people caught up in anger. It was a particularly... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
Boston-based company that collects cord blood anywhere in the country and transports it to the University of Cincinnati Medical School, where it is frozen and stored. The cord-blood cells can then be used later by the donor or possibly another family member, if needed,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
GE's Jeff Immelt
and alternative energy development. China is capable of steady growth over the coming years and will continue to be a key component of GE's global strategy, he added, provoking a question from one audience member regarding the propriety... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
he wasn't given the proper safety equipment. But Heinandez was unable to complain or find alternative employment because of his legal status: He was an undocumented worker. The financial crisis of 2008 added new dimensions to the story.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Eventually there's an alternative economy of people who trust each other." The Village Promoter program, spearheaded by Masha, grew this way, eventually reaching about 58,000 small farmers. Overall, Notore's products and activities have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
profit motive is needed. One argument for ending monopolies and opening the market for private services is that this might lead to more rapid technology introduction and innovation. You don’t have to look very far to find examples of View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Wolfensohn Center for Development, a new global poverty research initiative at the Brookings Institution. He is also relishing the opportunity to work with his son, Adam, and daughter Naomi at Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a privately held firm that invests in View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
producing 10,000 barrels of algae biofuel a day by 2025. According to Enriquez, who directed HBS’s Life Sciences Project prior to his current role as managing director of Excel Venture Management, algae biofuels were once the darlings of the View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
thinking reader’s alternative to the cesspool of anonymous comments at the bottom of a news story. With at least 70 million millennials in the United States, Patel is optimistic about the market. “Even if we were able to capture interest... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
recent visit to campus to write a short case study on how UADE responded to the pandemic. After the government’s suspension of in-person classes, Masoero reports, “we began to work frantically to find the best alternatives to continue... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
million people living there in the region where they want to build a park. And so McKinsey went in, I led the team-- we went in to look at alternative ways to build economic-- sort of alternative economic... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
provocative counterpoint to the mega-hit book Who Moved My Cheese?, in which mice are forced to deal with change in their environment (a maze) because their cheese keeps disappearing. The moral seems to be, if you want to survive, adapt. Malhotra’s book presents an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
me, education is about change. And Antares unquestionably changes students' lives." Calling on the Experts This spring, an HBS-HSPH student team is visiting Mumbai to consider how MeraDoctor can extend its reach to a broader segment of the population. It will examine... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
displace traditional hydrocarbons as the primary source for energy, particularly for large scale transportation, for at least the next 10 to 15 years. We think, and I personally believe, that traditional demand for hydrocarbons will continue to grow, even as technology... View Details