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05 May 2023
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Fail Better

Chairman, CEO, and Cofounder Steve Schwarzman (MBA 1972). In 1989, a few years after Blackstone's start, Schwarzman made the unfortunate decision to purchase steel company Edgcomb and was called on the carpet by one of the fund's major... View Details

February 2017 (Revised May 2018)
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The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike

By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher T. Stanton and Matthew Preble

For roughly six weeks between late December 1936 and February 1937, a major strike at several critical General Motors (GM) plants in Flint, Michigan, essentially halted the corporation’s U.S. production and resulted in significant gains for the nascent United... View Details

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18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

private donors, gain the cooperation of governments, and catalyze private markets to achieve its goals. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509007 Columbus Tubing: Steel Is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2019
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Deep Dive

through an opening barely wider than his shoulders, and closes the hatch. “When you’re closing that hatch you can’t be claustrophobic, and you have to curb any instinctive fears you have of the deep, of the dark. You have to mentally View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Higher Ground

as president of a steel company before turning to the stage. “[Education] was not so much about, you know, doing well to get a good job. I guess that’s in everybody’s mind, but I always saw it as an incredible intellectual challenge.”... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

09 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

How to Revive Health-Care Innovation

application by application, customer by customer, disease by disease. [ ] Nucor cut its teeth on concrete reinforcing bars, not the sheet steel that fed Ford. Cisco deployed its switches to route data, not voice—because data didn't care... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. M.D. & Jason Hwang; Health

01 Sep 2012
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High Honors

are good at looking after people, and we could all use more looking after.” Franklin P. Johnson Jr., MBA 1952 JOHNSON: At home in Palo Alto. When Pitch Johnson left his position as an assistant superintendent in East Chicago’s Inland View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

modern car making. “Look at that van,” he says, pointing to a white delivery vehicle parked near the Starbucks drive-through, where Rogers refuels. “How do you make steel look like that?” His explanations typically begin with this kind of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

30 May 2005
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Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

obsessively followed changes in the business world. His correspondence with Hugo Stinnes (another famous German entrepreneur) showed how much he paid attention to the business world around him. They could quote steel prices for every... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Nippon Steel Corporation (B): Significance of the Usiminas Project McFarlan, F. Warren, and Akiko KannoHarvard Business School Case 113-049 Supplements the (A) case, 109-038. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/113049-PDF-ENG The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2002
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Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

the Toyota Production System or cartels in the steel industry. That was one of the real differences in teaching MBAs; part of my job was to try to tap the wealth of their collective experience and knowledge so that they could, in fact,... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

level. The global community tends to look to governments and multilaterals during public health crises, but in what contexts can the private sector be better equipped to act and in what ways? ArcelorMittal (AM), an integrated steel and... View Details

24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718019 Harvard Business School Case 718-029 ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia During the summer of 2014, Alan Knight, general manager of corporate responsibility at the integrated View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Commencement 2012 Address | About

identified for the school. Today, let me talk to you about 3Gs: Generosity, Grace, and Gratitude. The first story I’d like to share involves my grandfather, who was born at the beginning of the 20th century in India. My grandfather was an engineer who designed View Details

2023
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Cost-Efficient Decarbonization of Portland Cement Production

By: Gunther Glenk, Anton Kelnhofer, Rebecca Meier and Stefan Reichelstein

Accounting for nearly 8% of global annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the cement industry is considered difficult to decarbonize. While a sizeable number of abatement levers for Portland cement production is becoming technologically ready for deployment, many are... View Details

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28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

tax authorities. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=884812 Cases & Course MaterialsAderans Harvard Business School Case 209-090 Steel Partners is a U.S.-based hedge fund that has... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

firm that partnered with San Luis Rassini when it was a state-owned steel company. Its evolution into a privately owned, global supplier of auto parts is symbolic of how deep Mexico’s transformation has been over the past twenty years.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

March 2019
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Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details

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April 2025
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Techint: Strategic Choices for Community Impact

By: Lauren Cohen, Virak Prum, Kenneth Charman, Pedro Levindo and Mariana Cal

In early 2024 Erika Bienek, Chief Community Relations Officer at Techint, had to decide whether to invest in a new company-owned and operated technical school in Veracruz, Mexico, or invest instead in strengthening the city’s public education system. Techint, a global... View Details

Keywords: Technical Institutes; Community Relations; Social Impact; Argentina; Mexico; Brazil; Conglomerate; Stakeholder Management; Government And Business; Community Impact; Philanthropy; Business Conglomerates; Business Subsidiaries; Business Headquarters; Family Business; Decision Making; Private Sector; Public Sector; Education; Curriculum and Courses; Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Teaching; Training; Learning; Energy; Engineering; Construction; Values and Beliefs; Geography; Global Range; Local Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Recruitment; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge; Resource Allocation; Industry Clusters; Infrastructure; Family Ownership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Creativity; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Poverty; Strategy; Steel Industry; Steel Industry; Steel Industry; Steel Industry; Steel Industry; Steel Industry; Europe; Italy; Latin America; North and Central America; Mexico; North America; United States; South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires; Brazil

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Fail Better

The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike

First Look: February 18, 2009

Deep Dive

Quantum Leap

Higher Ground

How to Revive Health-Care Innovation

High Honors

Built for Speed

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

First Look: January 15

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Commencement 2012 Address | About

Cost-Efficient Decarbonization of Portland Cement Production

First Look: April 28, 2009

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

Techint: Strategic Choices for Community Impact