Mining - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

the women’s organization she founded in college. We’ve been practically inseparable ever since. Additionally, I found myself drawn to many of my classmates who were also called to HBS by the mission, “to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” A friend of... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Downtime

how individuals are impacted by the world that surrounds them. The Fiery Trial, by Eric Foner, is a biography of Abraham Lincoln, who has been a hero of mine since I was a kid. Network Nation, by Richard John, describes the link between... View Details

Keywords: fiction; Christianity

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

Through his writings, through his participation in hundreds of academic seminars, and through his mentorship of dozens of doctoral theses — mine included — Howard has left an indelible mark on a generation of scholars with his deep... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Feb 2014
News

Stick with Plan A

be an entrepreneur. Growing up in the Swedish-built mining town of Yekepa in northern Liberia, she started her first business when she was 12 — an after-school activities company; parents paid her to keep their kids busy. "I didn't know... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Waleed Iskandar (MBA 1993); Telecommunications

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

companies that depend on migrant workers such as the mining industry must consider the social dynamic created by men working away from their families many months out of the year. The sex trade in which those men participate has been... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Dec 2014
News

Case Study: Growing the Family Business

partial corporate funding could then be sold to prospective investors as a way to kick-start things. — HBS Senior Lecturer Jeff Bussgang I do like the idea of offering an upfront prepay deal. Like your business, mine (different industry)... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

Target's general merchandise stores outweigh the associated challenges? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510016-PDF-ENG Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining Tarun Khanna, Aldo Musacchio, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2017 (Revised May 2018)
Case

The Flint, Michigan Sit-Down Strike

By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher T. Stanton and Matthew Preble

For roughly six weeks between late December 1936 and February 1937, a major strike at several critical General Motors (GM) plants in Flint, Michigan, essentially halted the corporation’s U.S. production and resulted in significant gains for the nascent United... View Details

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05 Dec 2017
Research & Ideas

What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

mainstream research would accept the data source. I’m sure tons of others will now begin to mine them. The other striking thing is the importance these iconic entrepreneurs give to a sense of purpose, some sort of higher motivation that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead

side or the support side (equipment suppliers, startup consultants, etc.)? Over history, some of the most successful ventures were launched on the support side. (Some people who made the most money during the gold rush sold picks and shovels rather than actually View Details

15 Jul 2025
Blog Post

Outrage at the Death of a Tree

against a mining company more recently. What if Graham’s 350 year old sycamore had rights defensible in a court of law? Regardless of what one thinks of the rights-of-nature effort, I laud its intellectual ambition. If we can get a better... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match

or a telemedicine appointment with a physician. “We were essential to their ability to direct traffic and get patients to the right services,” says Gardner. By mining the search data on the platform, Gardner and his team could see a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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level. The global community tends to look to governments and multilaterals during public health crises, but in what contexts can the private sector be better equipped to act and in what ways? ArcelorMittal (AM), an integrated steel and View Details

04 Dec 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

with one dollar of investment than male-founded companies. So there’s just a lot of data to support it, but it’s just moving the institutions to make, you know, a friend of mine is chief investment officer CalPERS, which is trillions of... View Details

17 Nov 2015
News

Carbon Neutral

1979), Minnick is pressing for a simple solution to curb emissions by putting a tax on carbon that would be assessed where the carbon enters the market, at the mine mouth or oil refinery, and then passed on to the consumer. “You want it... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

unlikely to appear in this western-located city. Probably many more tokens were issued in association with the Congo's important mines and plantations. This "Part I" article should serve as a start for the development of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 5, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207059 Texas Gulf Sulphur: The Timmins Ontario Mine Harvard Business School Case 204-114 Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo

referenced for years after the final presentation, and hopefully mine will be too. It might be less important than the work experience I was picking up, but I had always wanted to experience the Silicon Valley-style startup perks and... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Jan 2002
News

Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

expected to work for a big company like Kodak for my entire career." Arthur D. Little, 1968-76 Becton, Dickinson and Co., 1976-94 Why HBS? "I learned that an engineer whose desk was close to mine at Kodak had been accepted by the School.... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Drilling Down

The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was considered the most logical path for... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Mining; Mining; Mining; Mining

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