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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
1912–1967 Amos L. Beaty Texaco, 1920–1926 Howard O. Beaver, Jr. Carpenter Technology Corporation, 1971–1983 Hans W. Becherer Deere & Company, 1989–2000 Stephen D. Bechtel Betchel Corporation, 1935–1960 Garner A. Beckett American Cement... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
popular materials, and it accounts for nearly 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, most of which comes from cement– the glue that binds conventional forms of concrete. We focus on one type of green concrete produced by Urban Mining Industries that replaces half... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Joint Venture
A titanium or cobalt-chromium metal alloy hugs the bottom of the thigh bone, gliding against a dome-shaped, polyethylene-plastic kneecap as the leg bends and straightens. To hold these parts in place, the implant’s top and bottom pieces are View Details
Keywords: Shoshi Parks
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment
Serafeim and Lena Duchene After a global search the board appoints Marcel Cobuz—ex-LafargeHolcim executive with deep innovation experience—as TITAN’s first non-family CEO. Cobuz co-creates a four-pillar roadmap: sharpen the core cement... View Details
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
examples such as the Italian energy group Enel and Swiss cement giant Holcim Group, the authors describe the practices companies can use to face each challenge with intention. Keywords: Environmental Sustainability ; Business Model... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
aspirations. If a reason for being allows deep purpose leaders to nourish employees’ trust in the company, these leaders cement that trust by granting employees more autonomy in actualizing the purpose. When employees encounter autonomy... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
opportunities. Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain The case describes Harvard University's consideration to decarbonize its supply chain by replacing cement with a low-carbon substitute called... View Details
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
are far more interesting and promising to me. Building economic relations between the countries, not just through arms-length trade, but investments by individual companies in each other's countries, will cement ties. These will... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
operations, and how can these challenges be overcome? A: The basic question to be faced is whether the organization will be run as "one company" with a common set of values, such as at Mexican-based cement and concrete producer... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
announcement. But the rats don’t run the city; we do.”—went viral, cementing her reputation as “the rat lady” among her fellow citizens. “I don’t expect everyone to change their behavior overnight,” Tisch concedes. “But it’s something... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
of Congress. "That order is not in accordance with the law on the subject," he told Roosevelt. "Damn the law, I want the canal," replied the president. Goethals continued to fight to cement his control over the... View Details
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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
indirectly . . . [which] can be controlled by appropriate legislation.” [11] Lehman Brothers also focused on the oil industry, helping to finance TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., Penzoil Company, Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company, and... View Details
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Ratnika Prasad
my city. When my father died shortly before I turned 13, his loss was devastating but also cemented my determination to shape a career in sustainability. While my approach to being an “environmentalist” is certainly not by the book, I... View Details
- 03 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit
It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
sustainable future for fashion.” Rahul Shendure MBA 2001 | CEO, Director, CarbonBuilt “CarbonBuilt is on a mission to help decarbonize the built environment through the production of ultralow-carbon concrete. We use waste materials to create a low-carbon View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association
to subsidize the cost significantly for our members to allow for an inclusive experience. The retreat was so much fun, and we are already looking forward to cementing this tradition in the future! WSA Finals Review Sessions Our academic... View Details
- Profile
Jay Bhandari
advice to prospective students, what would it be? I held several assumptions about HBS when I was a prospective applicant. I highly encourage you to engage with the school before cementing any conclusions about whether you'd be a good fit... View Details
- 10 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service
was 12 when 9/11 happened, and he recalls it as a wake-up call that cemented his sense of obligation and desire to give back through military service. No one in his family had served in the military, so his parents were confused but... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
and a formal gala dinner. In the end, Jonströmer and Hedfalk say the positive responses to the first Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum have cemented the club’s intention to step into a role of leadership on climate going forward. “This... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley