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- Portrait Project
Robyn Tsukayama
As a child, nature was my playground and her creatures were my playmates. Watching my new friends in action just captivated me: how ants unite to build a mound; the multiple legs of a caterpillar moving in sync to climb a branch; an... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ali Hashmi
concealing certain truths. Despite the many coincidences that separate us, a simple truth unites us: Our time in this world is limited, and that which is limited is precious. As for me, I want to live a life that does not merely... View Details
- 06 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best
than 14 million people employed in personal selling in the United States alone represent about 10 percent of the entire country's labor force, according to the US Department of Labor. In addition, companies... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
for water services and wastewater treatment for 17 million people in 1,800 communities in the United States and Canada. American Water typically owns and/or operates the municipal water system in a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
Geneva. Despite this heightened international presence and frequent travel abroad, Stewart will remain active with several court and bar association committees and trade organizations, and will continue as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School. "The life of a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
such a person might be needed. Does the United States need an artificial intelligence czar? What do you think? References: David Ignatius, China’s application of AI should be a Sputnik moment for the U.S.... View Details
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
of information among doctors, hospitals, patients, and providers; standardization of that information; evaluation of adjustments for the severity of illness of the patient; changes in the tax system to avoid discrimination against the uninsured; reform of View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
research shows that only 45 percent of music files downloaded in the United States come from computers in the U.S. More than 100 countries supply files to the U.S. file-sharing community, and many of these... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
U.S. companies were completely different, marked by the pioneering spirit and sense of limitless opportunity that pervaded American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The United View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
victims and their families. Given the reputation of the United States as a bastion of laissez faire, many foreign observers were astounded at the nature and magnitude of the federal response to September... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
A Woman in the House
governor’s ascension to the top office. The former controller of Indianapolis was confirmed in a unanimous vote by both the State Senate and the House of Representatives. “Congratulations, senators. You just made history,” said Senate... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course
born in the first industrial revolution in England has survived for two hundred years. Another case, on Southland Corporation and Seven-Eleven Japan, examines retailing in the third industrial revolution in two very different environments, the View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
performance, and innovation. Peterson and three colleagues from Emory were among the program’s 68 participants from the United States and fifteen foreign countries. “We’ve always felt there was an... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
that chance. What are some of that story's highlights? One striking aspect is that by the mid-1980s, the United States had almost entirely lost both the computer and the consumer electronics industries... View Details
Archie A. Alexander
Alexander was one of the first and most successful black engineers to enter the large-scale industrial construction business. Through his leadership, his firm built over 300 major construction projects in the United View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
we’re only a year younger than the United States of America,” he says. “You realize you’re responsible for something very precious. That’s humbling.” How to come in from the outside Align yourself with... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- News
Water for the World
in 24 countries around the world. Our distributor here in the United States is Anheuser Busch; we have been working with them since 2007. We also do very well up in Canada and in Asia and the Middle East.... View Details