Mining (except <span class="highlight">Oil</span> and Gas) - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

advantage of the gold mine of qualified women in a host labor market that traditionally has excluded women from middle- and upper-level management. "What surprised me was that the multinationals seemed... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Collections Site Credits Photograph Albums Tipple and Washer, Central Iron and Coal Company. Alabama Mining Institute, Birmingham, Alabama Mss: 351 1922-1923 A316 2 albums, 153... View Details

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

environmental concerns (for example, water treatment and usage) that a company needed to pay more attention to. The goal was to work with portfolio companies to improve their ESG ratings. By doing so we believe they could potentially... View Details

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

understood and the design space is mined out. But "mining out" is not inevitable. Some design spaces—for example, in computers, information technology, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

on," says Harvard Business School marketing professor Gerald Zaltman. A more strategic approach to data mining can provide the foundation for that decision-making architecture. Below, advice on how to use information about the... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

July 1979 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Coal Strike of 1977-78 (C)

By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz

Keywords: Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Mining Industry

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23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

On a continent with many challenges to development, no issue is more pressing in Africa than the heavy toll of the AIDS epidemic. In addition to the staggering costs in terms of social upheaval and human suffering, AIDS cuts down workers... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

Daniel Guggenheim

and took control of ASARCO in 1900. Guggenheim bought copper mines and gold fields in Chile, tin mines in Bolivia, View Details

Keywords: Metals

01 Dec 2014
News

Making Big Data Fashionable

get designs to consumers in as little as four weeks—and at an affordable price. In 2012, Moon—who has a background in fashion design, investment banking, corporate strategy, and social commerce startups—launched Trendalytics, a visual... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services

January 1981 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Alcoa of Australia Ltd.

By: Dwight B. Crane and Samuel L. Hayes III

Keywords: Mining Industry; Australia

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March 1978 (Revised June 1983)
Case

Kennecott Copper Corp.

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Involves a $550 million cash tender offer by Kennecott Copper Corp. for all of the outstanding common shares of the Carborundum Corp. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cash; Mining Industry

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25 Feb 2020
News

In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee

enjoying incredible coffee in the cafés of Milan, I came back to the United States and began looking around, trying to figure out what I was going to drink,” he says. “And a friend of mine told me about... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

case:http://hbr.org/search/212044-PDF-ENG Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (B) Aldo Musacchio, Tarun Khanna, and Ricardo Reisen de PinhoHarvard Business School Supplement 713-012... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2015
Blog Post

5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn

on outside sources to supplement. When there are concepts that are more difficult to understand, there are always resources to help out (discussion groups, tutoring, section mates, professors, assistants, etc.). Discussion groups are diverse for a reason; View Details

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

sustainability research and engagement, Steve Waygood. The case describes Aviva Investors' policies on materiality, engagement, and its corporate responsibility voting policy. It then explores how the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2013
News

Aboriginal chancellor Blaine Favel sets priorities for Saskatchewan university post

Keywords: MBA 2001; First Nationd; Cree; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

16 Sep 2013
News

Canada’s Native Son

refrigerator to help a local family in need. He remembers his father and grandfather working with folks facing marital problems or troubles with the law. He remembers them grappling with unemployment and... View Details

Keywords: First Nations; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

01 Mar 2018
News

Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

image by Edmon de Haro image by Edmon de Haro Boris Eykher (MBA 2009) and Ilya Chernilovskiy (MBA 2013) watched the 2015 global price slump in commodities with horror. Prices for commodities fell to their lowest levels since the financial... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

could fit in two 40-foot intermodal shipping containers. The UPower reactor was designed to serve the need for "off-grid" electric power. These off-grid customers were in remote locations such as mining operations, military... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne