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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Whale Wars
Conservation Society’s activist campaign against the whale hunt in Antarctica. Sea Shepherd vessels use aggressive tactics to stop damage to the sea and its creatures, especially the slaughter that Japanese whalers continue under a... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
could lead to substantial growth.” But new research suggests that small businesses are far more fiscally conservative than banks realize. In fact, firms with up to 10 employees hold back spending on their revolving credit lines to create... View Details
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
those women probably had wealthy husbands who could support them.) The gender gap is due in part to South Korea holding fast to the traditional idea that men are better leaders than women, Siegel says. The idea is based on neo Confucianism, a View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
Skelly stayed with Horizon until 2007, when he launched a bid for election to Congress as the Democratic nominee in the Seventh District of Texas. “Key issues for me were energy and education,” says Skelly, “but I was a relative unknown, running as a Democrat in one of... View Details
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From the Director | Baker Library
to the success of this project. Laura Linard Senior Director Special Collections & Archives Curatorial Team Melissa Banta Rachel Wise Laura Linard Exhibition Team Kate Neptune Heather Oswald Melissa Murphy Margaret Dalton Annie Boniface Clarissa Yingling View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
newsletter he’d used in Indianapolis. The idea sounded risky, so Hicks consulted her conservative grandfather. “‘What’s the difference between looking for a job when you are 22 and when you are 23?’ he asked,” she recounts. She arrived in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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The Dedication - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
notes, “as nothing less than society’s best hope for a human and progressive social order in a modern world.” 19 The 1924 competition guidelines for the HBS campus stipulated that all proposed plans conserve as much land as possible for... View Details
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
product categories, or stores. Some are even changing long-held attitudes toward consumption. To many folks, filling the home with more stuff or keeping up with the Joneses is no longer appealing. As a result, the degree of uncertainty in business and consumer markets... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 29 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives
a large scale. Mexico is still a very conservative society, and talking about sexual health is taboo. Many of my high school friends had unplanned pregnancies at a young age. In fact, three out of five women have unplanned pregnancies in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
Langford’s pitch is this: The cost of the opioid crisis to the state of Georgia is undetermined but vast, with a conservative estimate in the range of $10 to $15 billion. With an $8.7 million investment dedicated to a second-generation... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment The Earth At Night, 2009: Cities may occupy just 2 percent of the planet’s landmass but they hold half the world’s people and produce much of its carbon emissions. Image by NASA/Corbis Issue Focus The Business and Environment... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Katie Hood: Fast Forward Hood Hood and Fox In the hit movie Back to the Future, actor Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager in a hurry. Accidentally sent backward through time, Marty encounters a slew of nasty complications. (One of his main concerns is eluding... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
estimated $80 billion a year in total economic losses, according to the case. The smart grid was touted as the best solution to the problem, allowing for on-demand energy use resulting in greater energy conservation and reduced greenhouse... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
at Bulova, leading a team that saved the company from bankruptcy and building a profitable business. Among the many organizations that have benefited from Tisch’s leadership are the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Jewish Joint... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
Standard Bank, the largest bank in South Africa with a conservative culture of white Afrikaner managers. The management team had already been through this with another consultant, and they had walked out on her. “So I made a deal with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
waste, and conserve natural resources. From 2005 to 2015, for instance, the company’s water and energy consumption per garment dropped by 60 percent and 40 percent respectively. Esquel also works to enhance the well-being of its... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
everyone Mark Tercek (MBA 1984) CEO, The Nature Conservancy “One thing I love about my job is working with great partners on projects that really make a difference....We seek out 'transformative opportunities'—projects of such scale and... View Details
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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment
important historic landmarks and public resources such as hospitals. Heat tends to concentrate in dense urban centers, increasing health risks. A worldwide investment of $3.2 trillion in energy conservation would pay for itself within 3... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
World Wildlife Fund US Harvard Business School Case 308-035 World Wildlife Fund US is a leading international conservation nonprofit that operates within a global network of WWF organizations. This case examines WWF US's strategy to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace