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22 May 2020
Blog Post

Remembering Well and Making Meaning of Memorial Day

As Memorial Day approaches, it’s natural for our minds to drift to summer – thoughts of firing up the grill, getting a boat in the water, or vacation travel would (at least in normal times) tantalize us through workdays that seem to grow longer as the View Details

28 May 2019
News

Research Brief: Field Research

their yields. The findings were promising, Cole says: Those who received a weekly call about weather forecasts or pest strategies, for example, saw their yields increase by 8.6 percent for cotton and 28 percent for cumin. As a result,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Crop Production; Agriculture

01 Oct 1998
News

A Marketable Skill

four hundred purveyors of the market's assorted handmade crafts, antiques, second-hand clothing, artwork, fresh produce, and exotica. Of these many merchants who set up shop - weather permitting - each weekend morning on the blacktopped... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2009
News

From Bytes to Bites

a booth every Saturday at San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.) No stranger to weathering economic downturns (she met employee payroll out of her personal checking account in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks),... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Mar 2016
First Look

March 1, 2016

wanting to sell these products, and some of these retailers were introducing their own natural and organic brands. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-026 Weathering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

provisioning are covered. Weather and heavy weather sailing are presented based on first-hand experience. Cruising risks, including pirates, are laid bare. All of this is supported with examples of the... View Details

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

content, intellectual challenge, and friendly interactions,” says Oliveau. “The gorgeous weather and the Paris autumn atmosphere helped make this event quite unforgettable for everyone.” The Paris summit was the first since 2017, when the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

June 2024
Case

Vinalhaven: The Downtown Project

By: Richard S. Ruback, Matthew Preble, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb

Vinalhaven is an island community located approximately 12 miles off the coast of Maine. The island has a year-round population of about 1,300 people as of 2022, with an additional 3,000 people who reside on the island in the summer months. The two largest industries... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Natural Environment; Weather; Sustainable Cities; Forecasting and Prediction; Construction; Property; Infrastructure; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Project Finance; Negotiation; United States; Maine

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31 Oct 2019
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5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

far, the weather has been great for our “treks” across the river to the engineering school, but soon, we will need to start looking into the Harvard shuttle times to avoid the cold weather. Winter is coming. 3. MBA classes: back to the... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Not Your Typical Business Conference

The weather in New York City was dreary drizzle on a fall day last October 25, but on the third floor of 42nd Street's Grand Hyatt Hotel, there was pure sparkle in the air. More than one hundred HBS alumnae from all over the country and... View Details

02 Mar 2016
News

The New Space Race

direct them to specific orbital locations where, as a group, they will provide total global coverage 24/7, rather than viewing some of Earth some of the time. Spire wants to put up 100 of them to provide worldwide weather and shipping... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather events beyond its control. However, fewer voters punish the ruling party when its government responds... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

that thesis and focus on operational efficiencies and profitability. This runs counter to the model and doesn’t seem like it’s a narrative that will last forever. However, we know it’s here to stay at least through the next 12-24 months as we View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Art Nature Business

ecological systems; innovation, industrialization, recycling, and natural resources; changing weather patterns; the resilience of nature; and the human impact on the planet. Installed throughout the first floor of Spangler Center, this... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

The Fight Beyond

officials and civilians. Do not believe present force could hold against any real push.” Bari’s response: “Cannot help.” Bad weather grounded the planes in Italy for more than two weeks. When the six B-17s finally broke through the cloud... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

Karen Gordon Mills served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet as head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) during the height of the Great Recession. “Back then, I thought small businesses were weathering the worst financial crisis... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

offerings to maintain differentiation from copycats. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512065-PDF-ENG Citibank: Weathering the Commercial Real Estate Crisis of the Early 1990s Julie M. Wulf and Ian McKown... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2004
News

Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)

Century.” Okay, that might be a bit of local television hyperbole, but it was amazing to see the grainy video, spartan sets, rudimentary weather graphics, weathermen with long hair and sideburns (I am sure we did not look that dorky at... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

for others has been taking longer and longer (more off days, more zombie TV watching and internet browsing, and feeling too fatigued to exercise). Weather does not help as gray, dark, and colder days increase.” His employees, likewise,... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

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