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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
RoboCar, the Sequel
expert on autonomous vehicles and mobile robotics, Alden has a new company, Alden DAVe Systems (with “DAVe” an acronym for Dual-mode Autonomous Vehicle), designed around the use of small vehicles in places... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Rent Out Your Ride
service with Web site sign-up and programmed cards that provide members with access to owners’ vehicles in home driveways or parking lots. Clark says that a key ingredient is personalizing the service: Renters are reminded that they are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
his new team back through the DMZ to the two key breach sites. As Major Gurfein lead the Task Force toward the final objective, he again received indirect fire from Iraqi 82mm mortars and direct fire from Iraqi small arms. Once his Task Force reached the berm, Major... View Details
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Monica Sharma
It began with a pack of Legos from a McDonald's Happy Meal. A few plastic blocks were meant to be a helicopter, but I quickly transformed them into a multipurpose vehicle — a boat and time machine. To me, Legos were not inconsequential... View Details
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A Network for Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Enterprise Club 1_pkdfwilr Club Co-Presidents: A Conversation The student-led Social Enterprise Club serves as a major vehicle for student interests, activities, and community building in and around social enterprise. Social Enterprise... View Details
- Web
Mobility Policy | About
lightweight vehicles designed for individual transportation, typically for short distances. These include e-bikes, electric scooters, and other compact motorized or human-powered devices. Campus Pathways and Roadways Pathways (White on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM, KeySpan, and Solectria. Speakers included Segway inventor Dean Kamen (OPM 7, 1982), state and federal officials, scientists, and entrepreneurs. “We hope to foster economically viable alternatives to... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Catherine E. Kuehn Price, MBA 1986 & Malcolm K. Price, MBA 1987
institution they believe in without compromising their family’s financial security. “Harvard is great at providing vehicles that allow you to achieve your philanthropic goals,” he says. “I also would argue that—in terms of positive... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
McDermott, and William M. Snyder, maintains that communities of practice — groups of individuals formed around common interests and expertise — provide the ideal vehicle for driving knowledge-management strategies and building lasting... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Numbers Talk at Tesla
When Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) became CFO of Tesla in early 2019, few envied him. The electric carmaker had just reduced headcount by 7 percent. Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid bankruptcy, CEO Elon Musk told... View Details
- 06 Jan 2020
- News
Home Grown
owners who were interested in creating a local ownership vehicle for retiring business owners. “Generally, the owners’ options are to try to succeed the ownership across another generation of family,” says Bauerly. “That’s often the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Robots to the Rescue
and pack it for shipment. But Mountz has a better idea. As founder and CEO of Kiva Systems based in Woburn, Massachusetts, he has developed a fulfillment system that relies on robotic vehicles to locate and deliver merchandise to human... View Details
- Web
Automobile Industry - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
the Boston Globe , and J. T. Sullivan, automotive editor and writer for the Boston Globe , solicited more than 2,000 photographs from automobile manufacturers. Companies provided images of plants, manufacturing activities, assembly lines, World War II production of... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
game, highly profitable Toyota has announced it will produce 9.06 million cars worldwide this year, while money-losing GM will cut production (after manufacturing an estimated 9.08 million vehicles in 2005). Increasingly, the glory days... View Details
- 10 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis
silver bullets that can solve this problem—not more drilling, greater vehicle fuel efficiency, electric cars, or renewable energy. Political and business leaders must support these measures and more; whatever can help avert a major... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
agenda of how we carry out our research. The papers presented will be our vehicle for discussing academic decisions, just as case studies are a vehicle for advancing our understanding of business decisions."... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Working Knowledge (www.hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu). We are excited that the site not only provides alumni with substantive, faculty-driven content but also serves as a vehicle for career services and networking. In addition, HBS Working... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
A man on a mission
also used my teaching as a recruiting vehicle for NASA, to inspire bright students out of high school to go into our apprenticeship program.” Since retiring, the indefatigable Earls has taught college-level ethics courses, launched a K–12... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Assets: These Little Piggies
Not long after Joseph Fuller (MBA 1981) cofounded the consultancy Monitor Group in 1983, a competitor made it known that pigs would fly before the firm succeeded. “That became our rallying cry,” Fuller says. He hung a terra-cotta flying pig from the ceiling of one of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile anti-aircraft gun units during World War II and produced millions of tires for... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace