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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
floor too late for the receptacle inside — so I made certain that mine was deposited with plenty of time to spare. My roommate, on the other hand, felt that his “creative juices” flowed better with deadline pressure, and I usually made... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course)
The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
Guiding Principles into Action: Human Rights at Barrick Gold (A) In 2010, Human Rights Watch, a well-regarded international NGO, approached Barrick Gold asserting that members of the company’s security force at the Porgera Gold Mine in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
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
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
understand and respect the complexities inherent in the culture. Striking, too, were the gaps between myth and reality that emerged at a number of the forum's concurrent panel discussions. At HBS associate professor Debora L. Spar's first-day seminar - "Infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
Kong and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In 2012, Noble shifted its business strategy towards an asset-light model. Under this model, Noble did not own mines or farms to produce commodities but built commodity sourcing capacity by... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408128 Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal Harvard Business School Case 209-009 When Texas Utilities Company (TXU) wanted to acquire The Energy Group, the latter needed to spin-off its coal mining assets,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
case:http://hbr.org/search/912017-PDF-ENG First Quantum Minerals vs. Eurasian Natural Resources George Serafeim and Andrew KnauerHarvard Business School Case 112-083 The case describes the battle between First Quantum Mineral (FQM) and Eurasian Resources over View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
by Maureen Harmon Blaine Favel Blaine Favel (MBA 2001) grew up on Cree Indian reservation. His father was a chief, as was his grandfather before him. "It was a true democracy back then," says Favel, when a chief served at the will of the people. Favel recalls his... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
emergency phase, 230 trained miners from FIBA's lignite mining subsidiary, Polyak, spent 10 days searching under the rubble and rescuing 30 people. FIBA CP, the Group's commercial property management subsidiary's shopping malls, as well... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
different ads -- yours relevant to your areas of interest and mine targeted to my areas of interest." Beyond helping advertisers precisely target Web users, the technology is also able to report -- in real time -- how the ads performed.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
delivers a message of hope for a better world where no social mission is impossible. Cindy Ko (MBA ’05) Endeavor www.endeavor.org POSITIVE IMPACT: With help from Endeavor, Drillco Tools has become a leading designer and producer of mining... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
(which are often legal and unavoidable), while maintaining a strong anti-corruption and anti-capture stance. HBS professor Lou Wells, with many years of experience working on mining agreements and as a negotiator in Africa and Indonesia,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
Treadwell Illustration by Jeff Smith A thirty-year resident of Alaska, Mead Treadwell (MBA ’82) is chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. The commission, which reports to the President and Congress, sets direction for the U.S. government’s $400 million annual... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
Alfaro, is more sanguine. She notes, "The Latin American population is young and optimistic. Despite the problem of income inequality, the potential is there. If the economies and the infrastructure continue to improve, and access to education broadens, it's a gold... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
hands and to speak up. And I also remember when it came to the recruiting season, interviews, it was something they were also struggling with. And at the same time, a friend of mine who was really struggling with this, hired an accent... View Details