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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
recreational facilities for thousands of workers in an area that had previously been virtually devoid of employment opportunities. Aracruz generates 90 percent of the energy needed to run its operations from industrial waste and bark. It has long been a leader in Latin... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Burger Art
Talk about thinking outside the box! Since time immemorial, Americans have slapped and shaken ketchup bottles at their peril, hoping the red stuff would mostly wind up on their burgers and not in their laps. Well, that's all so yesterday, shoppers, thanks largely to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
any such occurrence." Seated at his desk, Lhota suddenly heard "a screeching noise" and then an explosion. He ran to the front steps of City Hall, where a police officer told him that a plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Mandela in Triumph at Harvard
imprisoned for 27 years before becoming South Africa's president in 1994, noted that this would likely be his last official visit to America before he leaves the presidency next year. He then delivered a twenty-minute address that focused... View Details
- 18 May 2011
- News
U.S. Manufacturing Comeback?
recently announced it would invest $2 billion to add up to 4,000 jobs at 17 American plants. The Los Angeles Times reports that chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will open a $4.6 billion semiconductor factory north of Albany, New... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
speakers: Maria Bartiromo, anchor, CNBC; Betsy D. Holden, president & CEO, Kraft Foods North America Bartiromo on gauging a company’s strengths: Watch the fundamentals. “Cash flow does not lie.” Scrutinize... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
Rivkin and Porter: HBS alumni are in a position to help put America back on a more competitive footing in the world economy. View the survey results Watch Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin introduce the project Join the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
A FEEL-GOOD HIGH: Founder Sarah Endline with sweetriot’s tiny treats. As a girl in Auburn, Michigan, a small town two hours north of Detroit, Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) grew up with a clear understanding of the link between crops in the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
access to some companies, he was nonetheless able to meet with a number of business leaders. Casadesus-Masanell is developing a new course and writing a book and several cases based on the research he and the JRC conducted. Latin America... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
high-pitched speaking voice, he made a powerful impression. I next encountered him in March 1944. I was chief of the Third Army’s Test and Inspection Section, and our unit had been ordered overseas. At his headquarters in an elegant estate about 100 miles View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Wide Screen Approach
Immersive Media “The single largest revenue stream for sports in North America is media rights. The sports industry is slowly adapting to new formats and platforms, which is having an immediate impact on the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A Commitment to Education
The late C.D. (“Dick”) Spangler Jr. (MBA 1956, LLD 2013) combined the business acumen he developed as president of the C. D. Spangler Construction Company and Golden Eagle Industries, and as chairman of the Bank of North Carolina, with a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
were the first company in North America to perform the Mahler, because it requires an extraordinary orchestra and corps of dancers.” It also demands something of the viewer, in a way that more narrative... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
company envisions solid future growth, through acqui-sitions and by exploiting its brand: The Club Med name is known throughout the world. Yves Martin explains that North America is a prime target for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
oil from these ecologically sensitive areas would fuel North America’s energy needs for just two weeks. That stark fact took on a human face when Sander met Santiago, chief of the Achuar, a rain-forest tribe. “Alison, you need to go back... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
a conversation organized by the Latin America Research Center, there was significant discussion about how the recent influx of venture capital money will reshape the business environment and how established companies can respond to more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
electric-power generation) require purified water that is treated to much higher standards than drinking water. He observes, “In North America and around the world, industrial customers are increasingly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
census takers in Watford City, North Dakota—in the far west of the state, 50 miles from the Montana border—counted 1,435 people. Today, that number is estimated to be at least 10,000. A familiar fuel for American boomtowns fed the rapid... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
Providing broadband to rural communities
As president of the Fiber to the Home Council Americas, Heather Gold (GMP 8, 2010) represents companies that build and operate fiber to the home networks, which will enhance the well-being of rural communities in North and South America.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
UNC's “Accidental” Dean
55924f11e238861c488df17b6d091a14 All Steve Jones (MBA ’78) really wanted was a part-time teaching job at his alma mater. Instead, he ended up as dean of UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. “I’m sort of an accidental dean,” he joked with the Durham, View Details