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- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!
waste removal, Amager Bakke sells its generated electricity to the Copenhagen grid, and it sells heat to the city for its district heating operation. In short, Amager Bakke provides Copenhagen a clean option to reduce municipal trash (and... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
at a company that would act as an avenue rather than a barrier to his vision of the future of technology. It was Noyce's silicon integrated circuit that gave "Silicon Valley" its name. Andrew Carnegie's career provides a guide to the View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 30 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)
student-run company, Campus Enterprises, as the Chief Operating Officer,” Krantz shared. “The company is several different ventures under one umbrella, and I founded a new cleaning service business within it.” In her senior year, Krantz... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
Clubs News Clubs News In partnership with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), the HBS Club of New York tackled the issue of climate change from a business perspective in a spirited panel discussion moderated by clean energy... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
detailed panel dataset on supply relationships in the mobile telecommunications industry, we address the following questions: What factors contribute to a firm's ability to learn by supplying, and build technological and market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
high, and many of the most difficult challenges have yet to be solved!" Sanchali Pal (MBA 2018), Founder & CEO at Joro "We are in the midst of a unique period of rapid change: shifting from a fossil-fueled society to a clean energy... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
are not running out of water – we are running out of cheap, plentiful, reliable and clean water.” Nicole puts the challenges into five buckets: (i) Scarcity and Variability, (ii) Quality and Pollution, (iii) Infrastructure and Needed... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
manufacturers began to invest in automotive technology themselves, could Google compete? Was this investment of time and resources worth it for Google? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/google-car/an/614022-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
ethanol, solar, and clean-burning coal technology as particularly promising areas. Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82): The CEO of General Electric sees opportunity in clean and sustainable industrial products and... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
prosperity, with exuberance about the promise of new technology. In the subsequent years, the place of America in the world has changed dramatically. The dot-com boom was followed by a recession, and only recently has the technology... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
set the bar for the next 15 to 25 cities that follow its lead.” For Kinch and Baird, BlocPower’s mission is no less than improving the health and safety as well as the economies of low income neighborhoods like those in which they grew up. View Details
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
globalized business world, and technologies that are constantly changing. Within that dynamic environment, a curveball can come from anywhere: a portion of their businesses may suddenly dry up, belt-tightening layoffs may loom, or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
Ponzetto Abstract—Cities generate negative, as well as positive, externalities; addressing those externalities requires both infrastructure and institutions. Providing clean water and removing refuse requires water and sewer pipes, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC. Alan Horn (MBA 1971), Chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Chair of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC)... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
organized and staying focused. Among other things, he recommends beating procrastination by working on large, overwhelming projects in small, finite periods of time; reviewing technology to make sure it’s not making more work; and cutting... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
graduates from working-class families. I helped my parents deliver packages and clean college dorms in Philadelphia. Christine helped her immigrant parents run a Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles. It was impossible for us to experience... View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12819 Do you Need a New Product-Development Strategy? Authors:Alan MacCormack, W. Crandall, P. Toft, and P. Henderson Publication:Research Technology Management 55, no. 1... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
people bold enough to suggest that investing billions to clean it up was a good idea. My whole worldview changed. I've been passionate about water resources and ocean issues ever since." Merkl has never strayed from that passion, but... View Details