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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
don’t remember many cases from 46 years ago, but “Head Ski” is implanted in my brain. Howard Head invented and popularized the first metal (aluminum) skis in the early 1950s, using many cutting-edge... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
Commitments Committee and a senior banker. As an undergraduate at Hamilton College, Kennedy majored in art. "I did some awful paintings and metal sculpture," he laughs. "Even... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons
Avenue office for an old metal desk and a pack of chalk: They thought he was crazy. But Pechter doesn’t agree. For starters, he’s become more patient and a better listener. He... View Details
- 06 Apr 2017
- News
From Lobster Traps to Border Fencing
an expanded metal wall,” says Jim Knott Sr. (OPM 17, 1991), president and CEO of Riverdale Mills Corporation. In a recent interview with the Voice of America News, Knott noted that Riverdale’s security... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
being the cost of it. That was the inspiration." Since its founding, BlueOak has been developing plans for mini-refineries that use proven, capital-efficient refining processes to extract precious metals and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Saving the Steel Industry
Ron Bloom (MBA ’85) played a key role in helping to save the U.S. steel industry in the 1990s, writes the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 4, 2007). Bloom spent five years at Lazard Freres before starting a firm that advised unions about buyouts View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
medical industry; shelving units for retail consumer products; and high-tolerance firing pins for military applications. When it comes to per-piece cost for metal stampings, the United States is very... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll traveled to 14 countries, visiting mines and interviewing staff, meeting with government officials, and talking to View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Delta’s Flight from Bankruptcy
domestic flights and added service to seventy international destinations in the last fifteen months. Whitehurst said that the company’s future growth will center on Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. “It’s... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
decisive, enduring advantages, therefore, become unique local centers of innovation for the likes of mutual funds, venture capital, and biotechnology in Greater Boston or aircraft equipment and design, boat-... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- News
Sustainability Is Good Business
The recent uproar over the Sierra Club’s acceptance of $26 million in undisclosed donations from an energy company prompted some environmentalists to warn against “sleeping with the enemy.” This sort of us-against-them rhetoric is all too common when it comes to... 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 Dec 2007
- News
Baker Bell Dedication Rings in HBS Centennial
monastery got under way. After four years of negotiations, the two parties reached an agreement in which the bells would be returned to Russia and replaced by a new set. But the church couldn’t finance the project alone. That’s when... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams
Jennifer Kelm Sergio (MBA 2010) (photo by Tori Soper) Jennifer Kelm Sergio (MBA 2010) (photo by Tori Soper) DONOR: Jennifer D. Kelm (MBA 2010) Fellowship FORMER RECIPIENT: Michael J. (MBA 1962) and Mary C. Johnston Fellowship Jennifer... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Last Look
Was he an HBS student, or was he an assistant helping the photographer carry her bags? The metal case was for the camera equipment, and the canvas bag was for the film, etc. Photographers needed to carry a... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
South Africa Conference Preview
South Africa, with its rich mineral resources, strong economy, and recently lifted trade barriers, is playing a critical role in helping sub-Saharan Africa boost its economic status. The evolution of this... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49
Every HBS class has its “war stories.” In recent decades, they’ve been about takeover battles on Wall Street or crashing and burning in Silicon Valley. For the MBA Class of 1949, however, the “war stories” unfolded in places like Iwo... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton