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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Cathy A. Nichols
keeping an eye on capital costs are among the major challenges ahead. Of her goals, Nichols observes, "My desire is to build something I'm proud of - an excellent management team, a great product, and a significant value creation vehicle... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
who use lifelong e-mail forwarding addresses and to explore new ways of delivering relevant services and information using the dynamic vehicle of technology. The committee is currently exploring ways to provide computer training for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
miss school each year for this reason, estimates UNICEF. “Our goal is to turn what has been an obstacle into a business opportunity and vehicle for economic growth in Africa, Asia, and Central America,” says Scharpf. The Rwandan venture... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
replacing their fleets with electric alternatives, because the fleet vehicles that are now being produced will have a lower total cost of ownership than the trucks they're currently using. So, you see huge orders by those companies. And... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 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
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
self-driving vehicle combined with information technology designed to make driving more productive, drivers less essential, and the utilization of vehicles more and more efficient. Let’s agree that it is... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
of direct oversight of management by owners—an important element of owners' capitalism—through the vehicle of private equity ownership is the answer. Adrian Grigoriu maintains that "A private ownership will tend to hold more control... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
exciting innovations that grew out of recommendations made by the Board last year. Recognizing that technology and the Internet are, for many of you, the primary vehicles for communicating with each other and learning about developments... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
In 1996, while standing beside her car after she and her family had pulled over on a quiet roadside in upstate New York, Langer sustained devastating leg injuries after she was struck by a vehicle whose driver had fallen asleep at the... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Race to the Finish?
and Environment Initiative noted that the climate’s future requires that cities, the dominant settlement model of the 21st century, be much cleaner and more energy efficient. Cutting urban vehicle emissions is a big part of that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
says Anthony Harris (MBA 1979), president and CEO of the Fiberscope's maker, Campbell/Harris Security Equipment Company (CSECO). "If you catch vehicles going southbound, you generally interdict cash." This truck was going south: In the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco
efficiency to cut down on emissions, a robotics company that is focused on modernizing the recycling industry, several alumni working for renewable energy firms, and a number working in the electric vehicle space. I left the event... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
wherever they go. In 1993, Darren and Faith were badly injured in a vehicle rollover accident that seriously damaged Darren’s spinal cord, resulting in quadriplegia. Afterward, they found it difficult to plan trips, because accessibility... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
goals. For example, Patricia noted National Grid’s energy assessment, which focused on three key levers to pull along the path to reduced emissions in the US Northeast – (1) continued utility power conversion to alternatives; (2) the electrification of View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
e-mail (info@hbsberlin.com). These are exciting times at HBS. The School is identifying valuable and meaningful ways for us to stay in touch with each other through dynamic new Web sites and stimulating conferences, as well as through tried and true View Details
- Web
Video Management Policy | About
installed to support remote assessment of campus access points including vehicle access gates, on or around emergency phone towers, and on the exterior of buildings to perform remote security tours. In special use cases, cameras will be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those... View Details
- 23 Jun 2020
- News
Bridging Nigeria's Infrastructure Gap
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Weathering the Storm
Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) In this special video edition of Skydeck, contributing host Chitra Nawbatt (GMP 6, 2009) speaks with 645 Ventures Cofounder and General Partner Nnamdi Okike (MBA 2007) about near-term and long-term strategies for... View Details