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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
fire alarm, security, and data lines — which is expected to grow to $10 million. For the employees, a stock ownership plan is in the works. “I want it to be a flourishing company that I’ll feel really proud of twenty years from now,”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
reliable power to unserved communities in developing countries. Energicity finished its seventh microgrid project in Ghana this past spring; it expects to be serving 10,000 people by the end of the year. View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
other community activities and things that will fill that hole. So I'm Jonson Cox, I was in an AMP program, 157, in 1999. I never expected to cease being a full-time chief exec when I was about 53 or 54. But I did. And then I sort of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Delivering the Power to Dream Big
information." Howe has big expectations for Ubiquitous Energy. "There are two industries I think will shape the global economy over the next decade: health care and energy. It's exciting to work in one of those industries in a way that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
and utility companies like Pacific Gas & Electric agreeing to accelerate deployment of charging stations along the routes. At some point, says Rich, “people will want to be in the business of creating charging stations and solutions, much... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
effects, allows executives to benefit from short-term rises in stock price, and creates conflicts of interest for corporate insiders vis-à-vis ordinary shareholders. Pay-for-performance systems that lack provisions for rescinding bonuses if companies revise their past... View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Into the Light
idea to reality. “I got on a plane and showed up and said, ‘Hi, I would like to provide electricity,’” she recalls. “I expected them to say, ‘Okay, crazy lady, go away.’” Instead, Poindexter got an enthusiastic response on that first trip... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
talk about toilets and sanitation. This was like, my gosh. I mean, the last thing I would’ve expected of a first speech by the Prime Minister on his first Independence Day speech. And so, there was no looking back after that because I... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
teaches students to identify a problem and try to solve it,” Stevenson observes. “Knowledge is transitory, but the problem-solving skills developed here last a lifetime. Students know that they are expected to rise to the challenge.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
$200 million - was expected to come from additional ticket sales and sponsorships, souvenir sales, parking, and miscellaneous sources. "We're chugging along," Frazier says, "slightly ahead in committed revenues over incurred expenses." As... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
grandchildren to live in. For me, those are the stakes." Planting Hope in the New World Erling S. Lorentzen Aracruz Celulose S.A. by Garry Emmons "You can't expect people who don't eat a proper meal to be concerned about the environment."... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
and they will expect that richness. Outside the benefits of cost reduction, do you see opportunities within the next two to three years for AI to lead in areas of revenue generation? —Jeremy Valeda (PLDA 15, 2013) SESERI: It’s tempting to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
their discussion by confirming the following central assumption: in order for clubs to remain viable, they will need to streamline their "back office" procedures, utilize technology to enhance their operations, and find ways to attract... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
lifted. Although the onus for education—and therefore, the biggest opportunity for ed tech sales—will largely shift back to the schools, she expects caretakers will remain more engaged in the process. “Blended learning”—software that... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
Fieldhouse with thousands of people waiting for you to fail. So when she returned to the University of Kansas for a reunion in 2014, Feickert expected to hear similar stories of success from her teammates and other friends who had been... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
revisit the paradigm of what work is about, as well as expectations in terms of hours, offsite work, career paths, and the ability to relocate geographically. Speaking of demographics, why is global talent access and View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
huge populations, China and India (where groundwater supplies in Delhi are expected to run dry by 2015) are especially susceptible to these water stresses. Dry nations will increasingly abandon agriculture because of water scarcity, as is... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
from unfamiliar data sets. Combining introductory statistics with a few ideas from the philosophy of science, this work helps generalists find patterns that may be expected to recur in the future. Identifying one or two such relationships... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
expertise on how technology is helping leading companies gain an edge during the pandemic. For example, Lauren Cohen observed: “Technology will be most powerfully utilized . . . by those firms who apply it organization-wide to create more... View Details