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- 01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
dollars, the world’s institutions are making scant progress toward the promise of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The central cause: top leaders lack the means to construct and implement comprehensive diversity strategies that are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
covered in the designs constructed by each member of the team, five pieces of white paper covered in Post-it notes in every color of the rainbow, and flow charts exhibiting varying degrees of artistic ability and detail. For nearly an... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Numbers Talk at Tesla
conservative, disciplined approach. At the end of 2018, Tesla’s cash on hand totals stood at $3.7 billion; that total was $14.5 billion for the third quarter of 2020. That’s money the carmaker can use for global expansion, including new auto and battery plants under... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Turning Point: Step Change
an army company commander deployed in Kosovo in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. We were a combat construction unit, which meant we were a team of about 140 people who could fight if necessary, but we usually built things—in this case, a... View Details
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
called the Katy Prairie Conservancy, in collaboration with the Houston Flood Control District, local governments, and area developers on what he calls a sponge credit. The credit would allow, for instance, a town to mitigate the environmental impact of new View Details
Keywords: April White
- 14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
talk about how Liberty actually can support mitigation and adaptation and what that looks like in real terms. Tim Sweeney: We have risk engineers on staff. And so even when new construction projects are happening now, we lend our risk... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
East Side Story
and the United Nations and oversee $1.5 billion of new construction planned for the UN's Manhattan headquarters. “The ornate Senate chamber at the state Capitol rang with accolades for the patrician legislator,” the Daily News reported,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
Business School’s case method compresses many hundreds of real-life decision-making constructs into a two-year academic experience. HBS students learn to build decision-making teams, assess problems, gather information, debate, and... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists howled against this so-called... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
organizations which has largely overlooked the changing design of executive power and the means of senior executives, who have more leeway to construct their roles than managers at any other organizational layer. F.A.R.T.: Top Secret! No... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
$5 billion construction investment. “This is the ultimate opportunity,” Moret recalls thinking at the time. He had been on the job as president and chief executive officer of VEDP only about eight months, and the commonwealth was not... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
from the office building/landlord. The benefit to the landlord was an additional amenity to retain their existing tenants and to better market vacant space to prospective tenants. The employer and landlord contributions would help defray enough of the upfront View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Harvard’s Next Frontier
facilities to be constructed along Western Avenue, adjacent to HBS and the Harvard Innovation Lab. “John is the epitome of a visionary leader,” said Dean Nitin Nohria. “He understands that this gift will be the cornerstone for a Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Drew Faust
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
developing economic powerhouse. In the evening light, silhouettes of high-rises under construction punctuate the modern skyline, and a gleaming urban mall stands ready to serve Mumbai’s growing, consumer-oriented middle class. This is the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
Obtaining construction permits, he says, is often the most difficult part of what he does, but “you learn a lot. Scale as much as possible,” he advises. “It’s easier to survive challenges when you’re bigger.” Carl Rianhard (MBA ’85)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business
reputed to be one of the richest men of his era, donated $5 million to Harvard University in 1924 to fund the construction of the new HBS campus. Among the artifacts is a finely crafted cherry wood “Resolutions” chest containing... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
things with an independent lens and facilitate conversations between the board and the executives, which might not otherwise happen in a constructive way." CHANGING LANDSCAPE "I think there is much more of a focus on outcomes and outcomes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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Chao Family Donates $40 Million to HBS
assistance to deserving MBA students of Chinese heritage, with the remaining $35 million supporting the construction of a new Executive Education classroom facility—The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center—to replace Kresge Hall, with... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
in Scotland to develop interior design principles specific to dementia care. With more than 5 million people suffering from dementia in Japan, Oishi dispatched Kiuchi, plus a doctor and nurse from Platanus, to go meet with the group and report back. That exploration... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Just Super
Patriots' emergence through his adept handling of players' salary and contract issues, day-to-day operations, and the construction of a new stadium, where the Pats will play next season. "In the background, but really in the forefront of... View Details