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- 01 Mar 2011
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Two Kinds of Green
laying out Replogle’s “Greater Good” business model, which incorporates three elements: natural (product ingredients and processing); humanitarian (social responsibility in fair trade, employment, and human and animal rights); and environmental (sustainability all... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
anniversary of the financial crisis. “One of the goals of the conference is to better understand the decisions made by secretaries Paulson and Geithner in the midst of the crisis, and to draw out lessons that could prove useful in preventing the next one.” Calculating... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
engage in global cooperation to get these planes done. Another lesson was IT systems. We lost visibility of the supply chain because our systems weren’t good enough to keep track of manufacturing activity. It’s essential to maintain 24/7... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
the world: growing demand and limited supply. According to US research, the world's demand for fresh and pure water is forecast to exceed supply by 50 percent by 2025. Other studies have found that, within a generation, one in three... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
market often lacks one or more core infrastructure elements, such as a supply of trained business professionals, liquid stock exchanges, predictable contract enforcement, or quality service providers for auxiliary needs like printing and... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
– our scientists and engineers have delivered massive design improvements and our manufacturing and supply chain leaders have delivered unbelievable cost improvements. If you take the cost competitiveness of renewables, the increasing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
innovative design, supply logistics, and the need for superior customer service, and it’s easy to understand why David A. Birnbaum (MBA 1974), a private jeweler, would sound this cautionary note: “Luxury sounds very intriguing, but you... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
until many years later that I came to appreciate the dissenting view of the Vietnam War." Ed Mathias, now a managing director of the Carlyle Group, a merchant bank in Washington, D.C., came to HBS after serving as an officer in the Navy View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Image by C.J. Burton As the aftereffects of the 2008 global economic crisis continue to be felt, nonprofit organizations are competing for fewer and fewer dollars. Donors, also feeling the squeeze of a sluggish economy, just don't have as much to go around—and when a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
middle skills jobs,” Worrell says. “We focused our research on that gap and the failure in the talent supply chain that’s leading to that gap.” HBS alumnus Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999) also stepped up to help understand the talent gap. As CEO... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
export. With globalization, supply chains are lengthening and that means growth for railroads and other transportation modes.” According to the Association of American Railroads, an industry trade group, if U.S. railroads shipped 10... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
canvas where you can be the person to fill it in and really own a corner of something. We can uniquely own mindshare for innovative products at Grommet. That’s so cool to me. EXCERPT To order a copy, please visit alumni.hbs.edu/problemsolving. View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
market for medical services there is almost no risk of being swept by “winner takes all.” Every regional market will have to be sold individually, so there is ample time to build up the business. The real challenge will be getting sufficient View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
because the fourth aftershock of an earthquake rarely does,” he explains, “and yet it can still be devastating.” Back to top Re·shor·ing (verb) There were visible cracks in the global supply chain for US firms prior to the pandemic,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
many firms that were making other products. PS: As you well know, one thing that’s been drilled into the head of every business in the world, including health care businesses, is this notion of just-in-time inventory, and we’ve all worked hard to keep our inventories... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
hard work, and—for the first time—market forces. The space economy is just that—an economy—governed by the same laws of supply and demand that apply here on Earth. Authors Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau bring the revolution in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
presentations on stage, whether they are Shakespeare, Beethoven, or The Lion King, depend on a business backstage. This book provides an overview of both the product on stage and the industry that makes it possible. While the industry's product is unique, with unique... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
1991) @SteverRobbins: Too much online learning could kill revenue model for colleges, reducing long-term supply of knowledge creators. In short term, however, online learning is a potential huge boost to educated populace, IF learners... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
and models. We need to do more around risk and restraint and the pros and cons of regulation. So this is a particular moment when both the demand and the supply sides are raising fundamental questions and are more open to change than... View Details