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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
passing over it of the loyalty to country and alma mater and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood developed by study and play on the banks of this river to the nation and its needs. In that spirit, Fieldhouse, the director for Emerging View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
From left: Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), president, HBSASC; Jennifer Nash, director, HBS Business and Environment Initiative; Professor Rebecca Henderson; Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director,... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
strength and performance, with the goal of preserving and extending patients’ independence and functionality. Blum, who has served Cytokinetics in various roles since its launch in 1998, is quick to point out that the company’s business... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Buffett Preaches Investment Discipline
airlines filed for bankruptcy. "You've got to think where the competitive dynamics of a business or industry are going to lead over time," Buffett said. "What causes unusual profitability," he emphasized, "is not demand or a great idea,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
pull it off. But it’s, it’s a hard thing and it’s a battle every day. Julia: One Brussels sprout sandwich at a time. Ayr: Yes, that’s right. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
in partnership with HBS Alumni Programs, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), and the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), the virtual event was held on two different dates to accommodate a combined global audience of close... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
INCAE Making Global Impact
A REGIONAL LEADER: Founded nearly fifty years ago with HBS’s help, INCAE looks to a bright future, building on its role and reputation as a center for business education in Latin America. Photo Courtesy Incae As the HBS Global Initiative... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
the risk associated with investing the potentially significant time and money necessary for the R&D, equipment, and talent that could eliminate these bottlenecks, or focus on growing the business with its current industry-leading... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
sustainability to abandoning for-profit business entirely and re-wilding and conserving millions of acres of lands in Latin America. The book’s distinctiveness lies in the use of original empirical data and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Good Odds
chain, and lower the carbon footprint,” Behn says. Business more than doubled in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many consumers were looking to avoid grocery stores. Then volumes doubled again a month later. In May the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Preserving Patagonia
Warren Adams (MBA 1995) is making conservation a for-profit business with his company, Patagonia Sur, which merges conservation and capitalism seamlessly and symbiotically. Founded in 2007, Patagonia Sur purchases and permanently protects... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
path toward peace and sustainable change than just a good business idea. “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” Making things... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
HBS established the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) to serve as a research-based platform that brings together a community of scholars, students, alumni, and other practitioners to find solutions to some of... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
New Awards Recognize Teaching Excellence
Lecturer and Senior Researcher Stacey Childress for her Entrepreneurship in Education Reform course Senior Lecturer Stephen Kaufman for his Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise course Professor Rakesh Khurana for his Management... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
With U.S. economic recovery limping along and unemployment hovering above 9 percent, the Washington debate over regulatory and tax policies needed to spur economic revival has shifted into high gear. Outside the Washington Beltway, among View Details