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- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
which provides safety and environmental services and products to the energy industry, knew the city from his undergraduate days at Rice University. He moved back in 2010, and when he did, his mentor, L. E. Simmons (MBA 1972), president of... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
where the nature of work is more virtual, collaborative, and transparent, information flows every which way, careers zig and zag, and work is what you do, not where you go. A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy by... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
nature of the business, we were still in the world of billable hours; therefore, the conflict of cash flow vs. family time was not resolved. Ultimately, I decided to join a startup operation, and my wife became head of strategic planning... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
match the cash flows of their business with their repayment obligations. If you are a tailor and you’re switching from sewing by hand to using a sewing machine, you have to learn how to use the machine and make sure your customers are... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna
money and ideas flow is, and what the production process involves. Supportive Classmates and Alumni “I got an incredibly good response from many alumni, especially those who were more senior,” Iyer recalls.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
turn to the water-rich countries for grains and other foods. This trade in comestibles — flowing from lush lands to parched places — has earned wheat, rice, and other crops the sobriquet “virtual water.” For most water-stressed or... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
past. Now the big strikes lie elsewhere. The wildcatters of today travel the globe from Angola to Kazakhstan to the deep waters off the coast of Brazil in search of "elephant fields" with flow rates measuring in the thousands of barrels... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
associate John Klug (MBA ’72). Recalls Sasser, “The idea was to view process analysis — a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management — in a setting that didn’t involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the beginning, but it gets easier. Are there any large deals to be made that could solve cash flow issues? —Johan Pensar (OPM 41, 2011) I think this is a clear example of mistaking a better product with... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
NLK: What we are seeing in terms of green financing emerging in the world is really quite significant and it started with green bonds. Can we get the global insurance companies in the world and the banks to begin to look at investing in View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Case Study: Tip the Scale
lights are out. Ideally, orders flow directly from order entry to a warehouse management system, but they can also be scanned or entered manually. None of this is new. I’ve seen it used for everything from tiny, lightweight View Details
- 04 Jun 2025
- News
Slice of Life
business, as you're growing it, did you test market ideas or product launch ideas from the classroom and then bring them into Righteous Slice? BC: It's kind of interesting, it flows the other way actually.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
with this eternal conundrum. Easy Rider Martin Snoey (MBA ’72) Age: 61 Home: Mercer Island, Washington “My sense is that life is not a simple sequence of events,” says Martin Snoey. “Instead, it’s a continual trade-off among career, family, hobbies, and community... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
affected by XML technology. Ballmer concluded by noting that any business whose product can be delivered electronically (e.g., publishing, music) will do well on the Internet. But all CEOs, he said, should ask themselves, "What is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
through 2019. “The big objective of my tenure is to help Europe to be able to have an ecosystem where you can actually create the conditions for fundamental science and research to be transformed into real products and businesses that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
What Barna wasn’t fully prepared for, though, was the additional obstacles that came from fundraising while female. “Trying to explain the needs and consumer behavior of women buying beauty products to investors who are predominantly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
business, government, and the global economy. It saps the strength of people and institutions, especially in developing countries. Everyone’s against corruption, or so they claim. But virtually all countries are involved in facilitating an enormous global View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
human potential. It has made the US an economic powerhouse. It has played a major role in capital being allocated to the most productive uses. Free enterprise has led to the creation of a staggering number of jobs that support families... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
dollars, euros, pounds, and other stores of wealth to move invisibly—beyond the control of central bankers, law enforcement agents, and international institutions. With an entire financial secrecy system now dominating capitalist operations, riches View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
So I would think the Fed might adjust the timing depending on how strong the economy is in the next several months. Many commentators in the media seem to think that by lowering interest rates, the Fed will necessarily cause inflation. I think that if low-cost foreign... View Details