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Plato Malozemoff
Struggling to find a job during the depression, the Russian-born immigrant, accepted an entry level engineering position with Newmont in 1945. Nine short years later, Malozemoff took the helm of Newmont Mining that, at the time, was... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
President Bush himself has now urged ratification of the UNCLOS. Please delineate the Arctic’s economic and strategic importance. We produce 20 percent of America’s oil out of the Arctic today, and the U.S.... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
and marketing director to head of innovation. After years at Covanta, a waste-to-energy business, she now runs Fueled for Growth, an energy consulting company, while devoting her personal energies to helping women View Details
- April 1998
- Case
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, president of Extrusion Technology, describes the first five years at the aluminum extrusion company he purchased. He begins with day one as he introduced himself to the employees in 1987 and assured them of the company's continuity. Over the next two years,... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost Management; Profit; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mining Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-096, April 1998.
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Contest. BioMine uses existing scaled-up mining industry technologies to capture value from the 40 million tons of "e-waste" that is landfilled or incinerated annually around the world. (Watch Bradoo explain the concept behind BioMine.)... View Details
- 10 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest
many struggle to access basic resources. It's a reminder to approach my leadership with humility and to be a voice for people from communities like mine throughout my career. I bring this perspective to my... View Details
- 26 Sep 2014
- News
Here’s the Young Wheeler-Dealer with a Wildcatter’s Heart
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
based on those forecasts, the highlights of their observations, and prescriptive thoughts based on our analysis of their ideas. The executives identified 10 powerful forces that had the potential to disrupt... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
William G. Mather
Mather headed the company for 50 years. He was instrumental in consolidating several mining operations into one powerful force. He also embarked on a major diversification program by investing in iron-ore industries View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A1)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original (A) case to give students an opportunity to suggest objectives and measures for the division's initial BSC, without... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 197-120, June 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Green Talk at HBS
Before an overflow audience in September, Scott Nyquist (MBA ’84) and Thomas Seitz of McKinsey gave a talk on the “The Future of Energy: How Geopolitics, Environmental, and Supply Risks Are Shaping the... View Details
- December 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Brent Spar Incident, The: "A Shell of a Mess"
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Seeking to dispose of an outmoded oil drilling platform in the North Sea, Shell finds itself confronted by Greenpeace and other environmentalists. The protesters land 12 people onto the rig and initiate media coverage of their "occupation." The case follows the events... View Details
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. Brent Spar Incident, The: "A Shell of a Mess". Harvard Business School Case 597-013, December 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
Louis S. Cates
Through acquisitions, such as the Nichols Copper Company, the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, and the United Verde Copper Company, Cates expanded Phelps-Dodge into an... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
and the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, which killed 39 people. At the time, the company was run by Don Blankenship, a hard-charging CEO who put profit ahead of safety. In the... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- News
Finance Minister Addresses Canada-US Energy Concerns
Donald H. McLaughlin
McLaughlin spent 55 years with Homestake Mining creating the largest supplier of gold in the United States. An ardent supporter of the gold standard, McLaughlin was equally adept as both a hands-on miner and... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Leadership for Executive Education
executives charged with spearheading the company’s executive development efforts, including a global diversity and inclusion transformation. At BP, she created a comprehensive leadership development program, expanded existing emerging... View Details
George H. Love
Love took control of his uncle’s struggling coal operation and built it into the largest and most successful coal mining operation in the US. Through a series of acquisitions... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- 28 May 2014
- News