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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
materials they contain. “The first thing that naturally comes to mind is cannibalization of sales—that people may not buy the primary products,” says Serafeim. “The way you overcome that is by realizing the likely customer is not the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
geothermal heating facility powered by natural lake cooling to improve energy efficiency as it wrestles with rising energy prices in the EU from the Ukraine War. They also use automated seeding machines to ensure a consistent and uniform... View Details
- Student-Profile
Yueran Ma
partly because the universities here are the leading research institutions in the world. I started getting involved in research in college and really loved it. It was a natural next step after college to pursue a Ph.D. to keep working on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Audit: War & Peace
you get to the negotiation table but also, and more important, the conditions, the scope of what is being addressed, how to structure the right process, and how to control the frame of the negotiation. These are things that can change View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
technology, or geographic market, an acquisition may present a strong option for closing that gap. Similarly we will consider partnerships, alliances, and other ways of supplementing existing capabilities when appropriate. Naturally we... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Propel Your Career Forward with Some of Our Favorite Books
Rebel Test to identify what kind of rebel you are, and learn how you can use your natural inclinations to push the boundaries of what is possible. Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path Throughout life there will be... View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
nature of willpower and are reliable predictors of economic outcomes in the adult. The implication is that one might, for example, be able to strengthen a "weak" child's ability to resist temptation, and in so doing offer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
DM: And sometimes, those new ideas use existing models from other industries. JM: Many of the obvious techniques for storage is to actually use old reservoirs from the oil and gas activity, whether it's offshore or onshore. We have these enormous reservoirs that were... View Details
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
M. Howitt Publication:In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zürich, Switzerland: Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010 Abstract Societies face a wide array of significant hazards—ranging from the possibility of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
devices configured to interrupt us make focused work a near impossibility for many. That inflicts a huge time penalty on workers, since start-stop-restart cycles are inefficient. Urgent and important things naturally draw employees’... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
This is an obligation we should not and cannot take lightly. If the teaching of leadership comes with unique obligations for the instructor, it also begs similarly important questions about the nature and quality of what is taught.... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
following six key activities that achieve, then propel, their success. 1. Planning. They develop a family strategic plan—usually with the help of trusted advisors—to specify their goals and values and clarify how they will achieve those goals. This strategic plan View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
decision? Yes. Research by its nature is almost futuristic. So how do you have confidence that an investment is going to have an impact in the time frame that you need it, if ever?" "The rules haven't been written yet in this... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
real estate industry can make oral agreements seem less binding than they might in other businesses. The illiquid nature of real estate also allows dealmakers more time to back out of an agreement. Staying on top of internal dynamics is a... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship
Without water, companies cannot operate. Water is not only a key indicator of climate change, but also a major factor behind supply chain disruptions. Poor water access can exacerbate health and political crises through flooding, scarcity, and fires. Given the macro... View Details
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
use, enabling cost-effective EV charging and reducing grid stress by smart load shifting. First Element Energy - Michael Alexander (MBA 2024), Charlie Mitchell (MBA 2024) - First Element Energy is a natural hydrogen exploration and... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and enabled her to serve as a role model for those who are pursuing their dreams. The parents of three children, each a budding entrepreneur, she and Barry have very naturally merged their home and work lives.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Trade Off
started World War I, and it all collapsed. As percentages of GDP, we didn’t return to those earlier levels of global capital flows until the 1990s. Global free trade is not the natural order of things. Globalization is a project, and... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
the ‘I-am-helping-you’ element is always somewhere in the transaction,” he says. “You, the recipient, are being given something and that affects the nature of the relationship. Now, with our approach, you are an important part of the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
and more cases, of doing business. As millions of individuals and organizations stake out positions on the Information Highway with Web sites, the nature of business is changing. "The Internet provides new ways to do old things," says HBS... View Details