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- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
expected to grow. Those combined forces present an existential challenge—and a megalopolis-sized opportunity—for entrepreneurs. “As population growth and weather-related pressures increase, the necessity of using our existing resources... 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
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
business and sort of satisfy my dad. Hanna: Can you paint us a picture of what your first ten years on the job were like? What went well and what didn't go so well? Rosenberg: While in school I basically had a hunch that young businesses, new businesses, can starve... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
head to this day,” he says. “As an entrepreneur, leadership is the most important quality to have—you need it to attract the right people and get the optimum performance beyond any employee numbers or resources you control. And the case... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Beans, and Mandan Squash—the “Three Sisters” of Native American lore that thrive when planted together—Sacred Seed is modeling a different approach based on agricultural practices that are thousands of years old. Cornstalks provide a View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food system that respects the View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
The week before starting at 500 Global, Enan was still recovering from two intensive weeks at COP27, the UN Climate Change Conference held last year in Sharm El-Sheikh. As a host-country representative for the World Resources Institute,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
confirmed the fears of many in the West that the wounded Russian bear, smarting from its diminished role in the post-Soviet era, could be a cruel and dangerous troublemaker. With about one-quarter of the world’s reserves of natural gas,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
and we want to find resources to help you continue to serve your communities in even stronger ways. We felt like it was flipping the script of the traditional, sad scene in so many newsrooms over the last couple of decades, in which the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
optimism could be considered another prerequisite for entry in an unpredictable industry that has surfaced only recently from a twenty-year depression. "The overall return is inadequate for the risk," concedes Kaiser, "yet the very nature... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
world not as an objective to conquer, but rather as a resource we all share. Video Embed "The best and the brightest don't just want to make money; they want to make money and save the planet—they want their cake and they want to eat it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Peak Earth?
“the rather burdensome thought is that people won’t listen to environmentalists, but they will sometimes listen to people like me.” He explained that “people are naturally much more responsive to finite View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
natural and human resources, poverty nonetheless prevails — some 350 million Indians live on less than one dollar a day. “The government of India faces the challenge of leveraging huge natural and human... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- News
Tapped In
ARIAS-KING: Planting pine trees to promote social change. Photo Courtesy of Fredo Arias-King Fredo Arias-King (MBA 1996) President of Texas's T&R Chemicals, is aware that—outside of his industry—people aren't necessarily cognizant of the historical and cultural... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS
well-being without degrading the natural systems that are also critical to our well-being is one of the great challenges — and great opportunities — facing business and business leaders today.” The BEI aims to accomplish its goals through... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
from several different Harvard departments, as well as public officials and engineering firms. The criteria are: quality of life, leadership, resources allocation, natural world, and climate and risk. It’s a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ink: Alumni Book Recommendations
the 21st century: “Advancing women means breaking free of a new set of stereotypes and assumptions, not only for women, but also for men. It means challenging a much wider range of conventional wisdom about what we value and why, about measures of success, about the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Designing Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care by Richard M.J. Bohmer (Harvard Business Press) In this book, Senior Lecturer Bohmer, a medical doctor, explains that health-care professionals provide two different types... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
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John R. Davis
In many ways, John Davis is a typical businessman. He works long hours, keeps excellent records, and focuses on using resources wisely. He often brings work home, and his trade is ruled by the laws of supply and demand. But Davis, fit and... View Details
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
Keeping the Coast Clear
along Narragansett Bay. That coast and the waters within feature prominently in the state’s identity. “If you ask the average Rhode Islander from any part of the state what the most important natural View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
authors suggest a strategy to determine whether valuable resources in your operation are being drained by projects that aren’t viable. Zombie Amnesty Do you feel like you don’t have sufficient resources to... View Details