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Shaan Gandhi

treatment options—an easier, conservative option and a harder, more aggressive one. Her condition was grave, so we needed to choose the latter. She later died of bleeding, a side effect of the treatment. We had made the hard decision. But... View Details

06 Oct 2016
News

“You Could Be Dead Any Second”

(CBS: 60 Minutes) (CBS: 60 Minutes) For anyone else, it would be enough—to somehow survive being taken hostage in Yemen. In 1998, Mary Quin (MBA 1988), a senior executive at Xerox and inveterate traveler was touring the conservative... View Details

Thomas F. Manville

Manville introduced approximately 1,300 products, mainly made of asbestos. During the quarter-century of his successful presidency, he set a precedent for highly conservative management. He was renown for his great salesman-skills,... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

01 Mar 2013
News

2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

A second survey of nearly 7,000 HBS alumni and just over 1,000 members of the general public found ongoing concern regarding America's ability to compete in the global economy but wide agreement between liberals and conservatives on the... View Details

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Sep 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

Island has led to several ventures involving conservation easements that create economic value from open-space preservation. As chairman since 2013 of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, Zuckerberg looks for ways to bridge the sometimes... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

international guidelines on issues such as maintaining biodiversity, conserving forests, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. "People left the conference feeling enthusiastic and confident," says Fri. "Unfortunately, nagging economic... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Mar 2010
News

A Wonderful Whirl

Mounted atop the Soldiers Field Park Garage, two wind turbines — 40-foot towers with 11.5-foot blades — represent Harvard’s biggest wind-energy project to date. Weighing more than 1,000 pounds each, the turbines are expected to supply 5 to 10 percent of the seven-story... View Details

Keywords: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2010
News

How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley

DOERR AND ADVISEE: From bits and bytes to batteries and biofuels. Saul Loeb/Afp/Getty Images “A boyish billionaire in glasses,” John Doerr (MBA ’76) began to shift his focus from bits and bytes to batteries and biofuels about four years ago, according to Time magazine... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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From the Director | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

culminated in a rich examination of photography and corporate public relations in this crucial era. Working with Melissa is always a pleasure, and we look forward to future collaborations. We benefited enormously from the skill of the Photographic View Details

07 Jul 2016
News

A World Without Borders

Many people associate the name &Beyond with luxury adventure travel. CEO Joss Kent (MBA 1997) thinks of it, first, as a conservation company. Tourism pays for the company’s habitat management, community development, and other View Details

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Club Conferences | MBA

Conference October 19, 2025 Energy & Environment Club Food & Agriculture Club Sustainability Club Conservative Club October 25, 2025 Conservative Club Retail & Luxury Goods Club Conference October 26, 2025... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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One-on-One with Grover Norquist

session with conservative activists, a standing-room only gathering that now numbers 120 attendees. Across the country, he has established similar weekly meetings in 47 states, each aimed at rallying View Details

Keywords: Government

16 Apr 2013
News

A Walkabout to the Ocean

Merkl: Managing water resources for a sustainable future. Photo Courtesy of Andreas Merkl They say all rivers lead to the sea. If that is true, then it's only fitting that Andreas Merkl (MBA 1989) should find himself today at the helm of Ocean View Details

Keywords: Ocean; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

20 Nov 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

partnerships might seem. At the Monsanto meeting, CollaborateUp brought together conservation and environmental groups, big agriculture, beekeepers, the USDA, the EPA, and several state agriculture departments, to collaborate in saving... View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

your hands.” The “aha” moment: A 2010 sabbatical to sail with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, in an activist campaign against whale hunting in Antarctica. “I don’t think I intended to change careers but, afterward, I almost had no... View Details

Keywords: April White

May 2010
Article

Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun

We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better... View Details

Keywords: Energy Conservation; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - Site Credits

NaDaizja Bolling BAKER LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Laura Linard Rachel Wise Melissa Banta Melissa Murphy Sarah D. Westwood CONSERVATION TEAM Debra Cuoco Candace Kang Lisa Clark EDITING Julia Collins Sarah D. Westwood CATALOG DESIGN... View Details

21 Nov 2017
News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

Justin Dawe (MBA 2007), president, Scoot Networks (photo courtesy of Scoot Networks) What do you think the state of the energy industry will be in 2030? HBS students in the Energy and Environment Club asked alumni working in the field to answer that question during two... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

Eugene W. Rhodes

and purchasing equipment, as well purchasing the paper’s office building. Under Rhodes leadership, the Tribune took on a conservative tone, catering to black middle class values, while still championing issues prominent among the black... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

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