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Washington A. Burpee
Burpee began selling purebred fowl by mail order when he founded his own firm in 1878. Within two years, the seeds that he had included as supplements in the catalog became so popular that he fully converted his business to their sale. He searched the globe for robust... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- Profile
Oded Navon
me realize that I wanted to specialize in something where I could have more control over the result and create things that would impact many people all at once. So, I dove into another passion of mine – computers – and went on to become a... View Details
- 11 Oct 2012
- News
Answering the Doctor's Call
to involve urban communities in the overall economy. It will be a priority of mine to first help my patients and, if I can, to help my community in those larger ways.” View Details
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Kira Epler
the community he had lived in and how it was affected by a copper mine nearby. After hearing his story, I could see the broader impact of a company's decisions, the larger consequences for communities." Giving back Kira has taken an... View Details
- April 1997
- Teaching Note
Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
Teaching Note for (9-697-020). View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team
Daniel Yergin is a founding partner of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Prize, which chronicles oil’s rise and impact on the world. He was winding up a postdoctoral fellowship in international affairs at Harvard and was... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Oil Rigs and Ripe Fruit
With 40,000 employees, Singapore-based Keppel Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of offshore oil rigs, both floating deep-water semisubmersibles that anchor to the seabed and "jack-up" rigs that stand on legs on the ocean floor in shallower depths.... View Details
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Shaun Miller
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning an MBA has been a career aspiration of mine since my undergraduate studies - I had always looked forward to the idea of not only expanding my technical skill set, but also learning... View Details
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Juan Pablo Moncayo
been so nice to share that and other aspects of my identity—I'm always able to be who I am." In fact, his classmates nominated JP for "My Take," a public-speaking forum in which students share their stories. "I told View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 14 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks
what challenges I wanted to confront in my life and career. As an immigrant from a war-torn country and a student of business, I wanted to find ways to use my business skills to improve the lives of others, just as mine was improved when... View Details
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Ben Faw
deep personal interest of mine to wean ourselves from oil. When you have friends and colleagues who have given their lives in conflicts related to oil interests, you’re motivated to find ways to reduce oil dependency.” Ben came to HBS... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
complex interplay between reducing reliance on fossil fuels and the growing demand for vital minerals like cobalt. Exploring innovative solutions, from recycling critical minerals to implementing regulations ensuring supply chain transparency and sustainable View Details
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SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog
the Market Class session 12: Planetary Resources: Property Rights in Space Summary: The founders of Planetary Resources wanted to give humanity access to the entire solar system’s resources and energy, not just our planet’s. The technical and economic challenges of... View Details
- 02 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort
too short to gather any real insight — and ended up being completely wrong. Peek Weekend gives you actionable takeaways. For example, prior to hearing about Peek a mentor of mine recommended I read the book “Different”. I was later... View Details
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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog
take the perspective of a large-cap mining firm in Mongolia, a domestic conglomerate in the Philippines, a muckraking foreign-run hedge fund in Russia, or the Prime Minister of Bhutan considering the development of a new hydropower... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You
something precious in the meaning of that brand that they’re willing to fight for. Imagine if I changed my brand logo and no one noticed. That might mean that no one cared enough about my brand. Now, that would be negative. Of course, the bigger opportunity lies in... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Danny Cho
coming to HBS, I thought I'd pursue a career in the defense industry after school and this has remained unchanged. HBS has, however, helped me articulate why this is a passion of mine and allowed me to increase the scope of my goals.... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- June 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
De Beers at the Millennium
At the time of the millennium, diamond demand was threatened by an increasing awareness among jewelry customers that diamond production and trading in some countries was being linked to growing inequities and human rights violations. This, in turn, had an impact on De... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Strategic Planning; Social Issues; Luxury; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Africa
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Sonia D. Marciano. "De Beers at the Millennium." Harvard Business School Case 706-518, June 2006. (Revised February 2007.)