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Capital to Climate Game-Changers: David Crane, Climate Real Impact Solutions SPAC 08 APR 2021 | Climate Rising David Crane tried to lead the NRG utility to transition from fossil fuel energy sources, but was ousted in 2015. He shares his... View Details

March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
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Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction

By: Dwight B. Crane

Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to... View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Managerial Roles; Ethics; Market Transactions; Bonds; Investment Banking; Crisis Management; Auctions; Legal Liability; Banking Industry

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Financial Management

By: D. B. Crane

Keywords: Financial Management

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02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

protection, and a trust fund to enhance whooping crane habitats elsewhere. Working solo or jointly at the drawing board, negotiators sometimes can discover hidden sources of value and then craft agreements to unlock that value and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

built a manufacturing company for Manitowoc Cranes as an Outsider CEO before buying that company and selling it, then being recruited by his family’s fifth generation hot sauce maker, McIlhenny Company. These family members have the right... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Auto

10 Feb 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

“The lack of access to good education in developing countries is one of the greatest problems in the world today,” says Chris Crane (MBA 1976), who founded and leads Edify, a nonprofit that furnishes micro-enterprise loans and business... View Details

25 Mar 2016
News

Putting Faith in a Good Education

Photos by Nancee Lewis The kind of private schools Chris Crane (MBA 1976) invests in have cement floors, no glass in the windows, cramped quarters, and just enough food on hand for the students to eat. “I see mothers labor in the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

Richard T. Crane, Jr.

With Crane at the helm, The Crane Company enjoyed the greatest expansion in its history. Crane grew the company into a firm with factories, branch houses, sales offices, and... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Dec 2007
News

Homeward Bound

On a bright mid-August morning, a hard-hat crew aided by a massive crane replaced the centuries-old Russian bell atop Baker Library with a newly cast HBS Centennial Bell. The old bell, considered a Russian national treasure, was returned... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

has only about 30,000 genes—far fewer than was previously believed. What's more, the genetic difference between people, indeed, between people and animals, is relatively small. Genomics is the most destructive force in the history of medicine.—Alan View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2008
News

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

01 Dec 2007
News

Baker Bell Dedication Rings in HBS Centennial

launched the School’s Centennial, an unlikely pairing until you know the backstory. It begins in 1930 when American industrialist and diplomat Charles R. Crane purchased a set of eighteen bells taken from the St. Danilov Monastery in... View Details

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

the greater the likelihood that it will not be a major player in future competitions in rapidly changing environments. —Professor James Heskett Both Dennis Crane and Richard Eckel suggested that a broader view of the competitive spectrum... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Feb 2000
News

Spangler Center in Top Form

tree, was then lifted to the top of the structure. As spectators watched admiringly, a huge crane floated the beam several stories up to the top of the building, where it was gracefully accepted and put into place by two ironworkers in... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development

that is expected over the next five years," explained Crane. "That poses a significant short-term challenge in terms of replenishing the current faculty." In addition, Crane noted, over the past several years the School has expanded its... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry