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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
standardization has been a failure mode for innovation and productivity until recently,” he observes. Yang has spent much of his career in the cleantech industry and is founder and CEO of Liatris, an eco-friendly insulation startup. He... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
also theirs. To Rawi Abdelal, an HBS professor of international management who serves as faculty co-chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Dlodlo’s community-focused approach to redevelopment represents a necessary step toward reversing the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
their own priorities, was a time-consuming challenge for Enan, he recalls. “It was a real exercise in navigating various congressional committees and the general power structure in Washington,” Harmon says. “Enan’s ability to relate to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin America, and Hawaiian Airlines.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron’s board (which was... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
Point Brewing and Spirits) The rise of American craft beer is worthy of a toast: According to the Brewers Association, the industry grew 16 percent from January to June 2015 alone—marking a 122 percent increase since June 2011. The bigger... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
Your research examines industries that once seemed doomed but have experienced a comeback. How does this happen? I did my dissertation work on the Swiss watch industry, and I looked at what it takes for a technology to reemerge. For over... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
crisis, and in the firm itself. “The business models used and the whole structure of the industry are complex, and it can take us a while to sort that out,” he notes. “But it’s worth the trouble, because... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
creating the best cost structure in the market. But the company wanted to compete primarily on quality not price. To that end, it struck exclusive deals with suppliers and marketing partners. Where they are today: The company continues to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steel Tax
more cheaply than the United States, Spar said, “The industry has been seeking and receiving protection for almost thirty years. Parts of the industry have already restructured and become quite competitive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: The Money of Invention
the United States. That trend will continue, they contend. Despite many of the recent excesses in the venture industry and the slide in the economy — and more specifically in the venture-drenched tech sector — Gompers and Lerner assert... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
Ownership Matters: Bringing Owners on Board In his working paper, "The Impact of Ownership Type on Performance in Public Corporations: A Study of the U.S. Textile Industry 1983-1992," HBS assistant professor David L. Kang demonstrates... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
structure is a textbook duopoly, they add, surrounded by a “political industrial complex” of special interests, donors, and lobbyists, resulting in competition that fails to deliver what citizens should... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices
half of all EC courses, part of the traditional thirty-session class structure is now used for group project work, field research, and the preparation of papers on "frontier" business issues. New EC courses are continually being... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
expand into other offerings, such as clothing and sleeping bags, in the months ahead. Before launching SlingFin, Baka started Mountain Hardwear with fellow SlingFin founder and 33-year industry veteran/gear guru Martin Zemitis. (Columbia... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Just Doing His Job
Malaysia’s Petronas Towers may be among the tallest structures in the world, but the man chiefly responsible for building them prefers to keep a low profile. Describing Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (MBA ’64) as an individual who “guards... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Research Brief: Capitol Gains
representatives from the 101st to 110th Congresses. After assessing the main purpose of each bill and classifying each according to 49 industry categories, they watched how legislators voted when their home state's GDP was significantly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
United States had little to show for its investment before a new administration slashed funding. In the 1980s, California’s progressive energy initiatives led to a massive boom in wind energy, but when the policies expired, the entire View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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The Exchange: Micro Management
studies that there are many small-business owners who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics that small changes to the View Details