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01 Feb 2001
News

What Makes a Good Leader

Is it the ability to navigate in the choppy waters of change? Do leaders see the hidden opportunity in every setback? Is there really any such thing as a "born leader"? Five HBS faculty and some prominent alumni offer their perspectives... View Details

Keywords: Management

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Past Programs - Crossover Into Business

Ansah NFL Chris Archer Baseball Raquel Atawo WTA Ariel Atkins WNBA Seimone Augustus WNBA Chidobe Awuzie NFL John Axford MLB Vika Azarenka WTA Tony Azevedo Water Polo Johnson Bademosi NFL Taylor Baker PWHL Darrius Barnes MLS Nicole... View Details

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

companies more sustainably manage their water resources. Like all her favorite projects, it has the potential to help people on Earth using technology designed for space. “I’m using my interest in space technology by assessing how... View Details

07 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

sustainability campaign Instead of a central sustainability team, LEGO Group’s emissions, water use, and landfill reduction strategies are woven into the organization’s operations, packaging, materials, and molding groups. On the... View Details

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Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

inevitably affects—and is affected by—numerous societal issues, such as natural resource and water use, health and safety, working conditions, and equal treatment in the workplace. Opportunities to create shared value arise because... View Details

Angela Q. Crispi

Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy ranging from academic programs to research, and the... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

through a cost effective, outsourced delivery model. RelayRides Shelby Clark Nabeel Al-Kady Dave Brook David Schairer Rob Guinn Boris Mordkovich Business Track Runner-Up RelayRides is the world’s first person-to-person carsharing service. Social Enterprise Track, 2010... View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

The technology to make soap was known for several thousand years, but the product was rarely used for personal washing, especially by Europeans who largely avoided washing with water after the Black Death in the Middle Ages, believing it... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

career exploration. You may come into HBS wanting to pursue something specific, but this is the time to test uncharted waters and learn from all your peers who have worked in diverse fields! What is your favorite memory of your time at... View Details

29 Jan 2018
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How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

trapped water and sedimentary rocks, increasing drill deviations and further exacerbating the odds of reaching the refuge in time. This was the kind of technical detail that engineers had to quickly incorporate into their plans, which... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

16 Nov 2010
News

The HBS Tunnels

in the standing and running water on the floor. Along the way, openings on both sides led to well-lit rooms, one of them filled with a big, noisy, dynamo-like shape reminiscent of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. At the tunnel’s end were two... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

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A Commitment to Sustainability | About

growth, with a 2006 baseline). HBS also made a 53 percent reduction in waste and a 5 percent reduction in water use. Questions? Contact sustainability@hbs.edu . The HBS beekeepers tend to one of the honeybee hives on campus. Tata Hall is... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Rounding the Bend

out a digital tool called the Global Fibre Impact Explorer. It taps into the power of cloud computing to assess the risks of raw materials against factors such as air pollution, biodiversity, emissions, and water use, giving the fashion... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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HBS - Key Metrics

CY2020 CY2019 CY2018 GHG Emissions 6 (metric tons of CO2 equivalent) 9,098 9,103 11,562 11,614 Energy (kbtu) 7 121,948,442 122,569,467 150,713,824 152,538,748 Water (100 cubic feet) 8 32,735 40,754 51,025 48,626 Municipal Solid Waste... View Details

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

“Hesper Silver” Ray Baxter (MBA 1975), Lawrence Honig (MBA 1975) “Hambrecht & Quist” Steve Wilson (MBA 1989) “Finale” Amy Lieb (MBA 2001) “Carter Racing” Arijit Roy (MBA 2007) “Manila Water Company” Senthilkumar Rajendran (SELP 4, 2019)... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Aug 2022
What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

transportation such as rail and water over the use of JIT strategies. Shoshanah Cohen commented, “I wouldn’t say those days are over, but until we get back to the point where lead times are both short AND consistent, manufacturers will... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

Kennedy Stephen M. Waters James A. Stern William J. Kneisel Donald H. Layton Kevin W. Kennedy A managing director at Goldman Sachs, where he has spent his entire career, Kevin Kennedy has served the firm in a number of positions,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture

the electrons. That’s a problem because then the carbon dioxide won’t want to bind with the molecules in the solution. Water can also come in and decompose some of those molecules.” The challenge is to find a carbon capture “recipe” of... View Details

July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
Case

Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry

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