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- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
credits for electric vehicle purchases, provided the vehicles and batteries are manufactured in North America.[70] This and green manufacturing credits have led to Hyundai Motor Group to invest $4-5 billion... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
After graduating from Ashesi University College, she pursued a dynamic career at General Electric where she fulfilled multiple roles. “I worked on products and solutions that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” HOME... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
strategy. Salesmen pushed customers to buy products or services that they might not have otherwise purchased. They were particularly good at introducing new products to customers. For instance, the cost of selling the first electric... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 06 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
7 Tips for a Successful Technology Venture Immersion
business plan for a new venture. Here are my tips for making the experience a success: 7. Get ready to dust off those engineering skills The first half of TVI is dedicated to hardware-focused product design. We kicked off with a whirlwind of ten View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
was purchased for approximately $1.1B by Ariba, where Mr. Burgstone served as Vice President and co-head of corporate development. He has also worked as a high-tech strategy consultant (semiconductor, telecom, online financial services), and in general management for... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
Alumni-founded startups M7 Health and Hue came out victorious in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition on Thursday, winning the Grand Prize and Runner Up awards respectively in an impressive field of eight global regional winners. During the virtual, live... View Details
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
1989 about service in the auto industry, Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service, puts it best: “Nothing much has changed over 25 years. The experience is still generally awful.” Sure, there have been pockets of customer-service... View Details
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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
theatrical demonstration—the pacing and dramatic effect of which had been well-rehearsed—the soon-to-be-famous inventor, then 37 years old, sat for his portrait in front of a large motorized view camera. With a turn of a knob, Land pulled... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
Climate Stories Episode #15 – Hilton Augustine III - Finding and Funding Climate Technology Solutions Episode 15 of Climate Stories focuses on recent HBS alumnus, Hilton Augustine III. A veteran of consulting, electric vehicle... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
many companies is that widespread salary cuts may not be workable because of existing employee agreements. Furloughs A furlough is a mandated unpaid leave of absence, utilized by private (such as General Motors during the 2019 United Auto... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Monitor , and the New York Herald Tribune . H. I. Day of Electrical Research Products, Inc., impressed with the presentation, stated, "Land has solved a problem that every physicist working with light has struggled with for nearly a... View Details
Charles A. Coffin
Coffin led General Electric into the production of other electrical products besides arc lights, including railway motors and alternating generators and transformers. In the... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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Automobile Industry - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin... View Details
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Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin... View Details
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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... View Details
Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler built the second largest plumbing supply company in the United States. He is also responsible for widening the company’s scope of production. Today, Kohler makes electric generators for standby power systems, yachts, View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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Site Credits - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
(photo by Local Motors) (photo by Local Motors) The Jetsonian era may be upon us. A recent NPR piece details how 24-year-old Colombia native Edgar Sarmiento worked with Local Motors to build a vehicle called Olli—a self-driving View Details
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Industrial Life Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
GMC Sierra EV. Five GM assembly plants in the U.S. Canada and Mexico will be building EVs. Japan's Mazda Motor Corp unveiled a $10.6 billion spending plan to electrify its vehicles and said it was also considering investing in battery... View Details