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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
was interested to hear about the challenges other alumni are facing and about new technologies being used to combat the crisis. “It was inspiring to learn about different ways alums are thinking about solutions to help fight climate... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Authentic Leadership by William W. (“Bill”) George (MBA ’66) (Jossey-Bass) Drawing from a decade of experience as CEO and chairman of medical technology company Medtronic, George analyzes the causes of the current crisis in corporate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
as much as 40 percent of solid waste in landfills. Many communities also care about preserving a historic look, which makes conversion more palatable than demolition. And when zoning is flexible, reuse projects may be quicker to commence... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
need to regularly refresh my understanding of emerging technologies and new ideas to keep pace with changes in my field. I imagine many of you feel the same way. As we look at the programs HBS offers for our graduates—MBA and Executive... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
bypass passwords, maintain purchase records from multiple sites, and link to customer service departments. Wallet advocates say that the technology gives consumers greater control, allowing customers more freedom of movement and choice... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The HBS Show Must Go On: "STARt-up WARS" Continues Tradition of Smash Hits
more traditional careers. The cast of more than one hundred actors, singers, dancers, and musicians found plenty of material in the technology and Internet revolution, with songs such as "La Vida Nokia" and "The Heat Is in Dot-Com."... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Christensen Center: Open for Business
Technology at work: Willis Emmons and Assistant Professor Li Jin review a video of Jin teaching. Every day at HBS, several professors bring their unique teaching skills to the same material in the required MBA curriculum. So Willis... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Street Smarts
Its technology can also alert colleagues that you’re running late for a meeting, steer you to gas stations with the best prices, and find and pre-pay for a convenient parking spot—all while you’re on the go. To help roadways flow more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
partner with an American product design firm and risk prohibitive expense, or to team up with a less-expensive overseas firm and risk the inherent quality control and communications issues? (Nanda, who was able to launch the product with... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
The cashew trees growing into a beautiful shady forest in Fass Koffe, a two-acre community garden in Senegal, are a sight to behold. “Visitors can’t take a step without stepping on a plant,” says Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977), chief... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
economy is rooted in a technology of scarcity, like fossil fuels, and there’s not enough, you get what we have today, namely, impoverished outcomes for most of humanity. If you want a society of abundance, you have to build solutions... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
In an age of global scarcity, water has become a valuable commodity in both the industrialized and developing worlds. With governments and communities increasingly unable to manage the complexities and expense of water treatment and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
to previous administrations,” he notes. “There is a huge opportunity to reframe the debate.” Part of that debate could argue that support for green technology might jump-start a dynamic new industry to help boost a moribund economy. Says... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
materials served up to Americans was exploding: In 1978, Time Inc. published 6 magazines; today it publishes 132. Technology transformed broadcast media as well. In the late 1970s, most Americans had three networks on their TV sets: ABC,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Deep Discovery
The British luxury liner RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine on its New York-to-Liverpool run in 1915. The ship sank in 300 feet of water off the coast of Ireland; 1,198 (including 128 Americans) of 1,959 passengers and crew perished in what was seen at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
lives, provide a much-needed service, and, at the same time, make reasonable returns on our investment. It was a conscious effort on the part of Manila Water to provide the same level of service to all customers, including those in low-income communities. These... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
what we can do to change this. It is a poignant manifesto that I find more necessary than ever.” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012), founder and CEO of Mogul, a global platform and community network for women; author... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
usability? How do we innovate and add value to our customers’ experience? There’s a difference between how you build a product and how you engage or show up in the world. On the latter, the company is doing a lot around external affairs and View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
40 percent of the world’s population lives within 60 miles of a coastline, putting wave and tidal power conveniently close to “demand loads” (aka customers). The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) estimates... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
The Three HBS Alumni “Defining the 2016 Campaign”
As anyone with a Twitter account can tell you, the marriage of tech and politics is growing ever tighter. The three HBS alumni who appear on WIRED’s recent “20 Tech Insiders Defining the 2016 Campaign” are good examples of how Washington is turning to Silicon Valley... View Details