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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
famous inventor Charles F. Kettering (MBA ’27) predicted ARD would go bust in five years. But Doriot proved him wrong over the next 25 years, as his firm financed and nurtured more than 100 start-ups, many of which became huge successes that pushed the frontiers of... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
saw it as a way to learn the business—by understanding the craft that the crews put into their work. I came to see the line crews as heroes restoring power during some of the worst weather conditions. The guys in the power plants are... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
presented from the perspective of the company CEO and its global brand director who is also part owner. In 2015, Mavi had sales of $419 million, up 20% from the previous year. Growth rates like these were becoming routine at Mavi. But,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
to explore.) PLUS: Alumni experts on what big ideas we’ll see in 2016. The experiment started with weather balloons attached to Styrofoam beer coolers, each with a wireless router inside. It was proof of concept for an ambitious endeavor... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
adoption of feed-in tariffs, subsidies, and tax credits in the 1980s. However the poor technological capabilities of U.S.-based firms meant that it was Danish and other foreign companies that benefitted most. Subsequently the combination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
two-person long-distance ocean sailing. A former Pentagon analyst, energy consultant, and high-school teacher with a master’s degree in interdisciplinary science from MIT, he has turned this and other extended ocean voyages into classroom curricula through his... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
Work, with Oriana Bandiera of the London School of Economics and Andrea Prat of Columbia University. "On the one hand, it stands to reason that they should be super-motivated to work hard because whatever they do for the company adds to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
and civil aviation authorities might undertake over time horizons of months to years as well as tactical measures that may be adopted on a daily basis in response to dynamic, "real time" developments like poor weather or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
designed to descend a maximum of 1,000 meters. Could the company build a vehicle capable of diving more than 10 times deeper, Vescovo asked. “That’s something I had wanted to do for many years,” says Lahey. “But without someone who’s... View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
School Case 218-090 The Fidelity Growth Company Fund No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218090-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-050 Big Apple Circus: Time to Fold the Tent? By 2016, the Big... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
ask me? And then as I'm asking these questions internally, I realize I'm now the Bravo Company commander, because the way it works in the army is as soon as the commander is killed in action, the next officer takes immediate command on... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
help address the climate change crisis by removing excess carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere. The promise of this approach has launched a raft of companies that not only capture but also store and even reuse the carbon—creating an... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
written something about how absolutely magical that place was and how it was so hard for him to leave because it was beautiful, it was warm, they got a fire going, he had great company and all these people that he was spending time with,... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
for the time we reasonably need to get things done,” Whillans says. Gracefully bow out of extraneous activities. Many employers are trying to help their employees unwind by scheduling virtual coffee breaks, lunch gatherings, and happy hours with coworkers. But Whillans... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
along with Frank Batten's (MBA '52) Landmark Communications (owner today of the Weather and Travel Channels) and David R. Graham's (MBA '64) Cablecasting Ltd. in Canada. In later years, W. Don Cornwell's (MBA '71) Granite Broadcasting... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
that advice seems to have limited usefulness. The chapter then reviews some common delineations of marketing and sales activities in companies and the implications. Finally, the chapter concludes with a sample of what B2B View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
composed of “propaganda written in white-hot anger with words tumbling and stumbling all over the page.” ...Several chemical companies threatened legal action. Velsicol Chemical Company, maker of chlordane and heptachlor, tried to prevent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Generation: How Successful Family Businesses Develop Their Next Leaders by Allan Cohen (MBA 1961) and Pramodita Sharma (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Companies owned and run by families need to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
team.” You know? Will they still follow?" And I had a conversation with one of our directors, Shelly Lazarus. She basically said, "Look. You're the best person to lead the company out of this. Right? You can't look back. There's other... View Details