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- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
generally. There are potentially even greater savings to be realized in improving building efficiency, he notes, through energy audits, retrofits, and smart building software (the DOE estimates energy waste in the average US commercial... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Allison Hughes
parents' wheat farm and cattle ranch. Hughes's love of books and learning, she says, comes from her mother, who was trained as a teacher, while her down-to-earth values and passion to excel - not to mention her fluency in Norwegian -... View Details
Keywords: Charlie Hogg
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
of the ocean plastic problem is our plastic.” To get higher rates of recycling in impoverished communities, Goodwin says plastic has to have economic value. “If you can establish a value in those plastics,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Dec 2023
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Like-Minded
connect with one another along the way. Murakami was with OECD Tokyo Center, leading discussions on economic policy issues with government and business leaders in Asia, having spent 20 years in finance with companies like Goldman Sachs... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
economically stressed areas where property values remain low, preferring instead to wait until someone else has taken the first-mover risk and values have begun to rise. These... View Details
- 23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
others. That was her north star,” says the Harvard College graduate and former McKinsey consultant. Palandjian’s embodiment of her forebearers’ values is a theme in all aspects of her life, including her leadership of Social Finance, a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team
immediate revenue generation. My advice is to prioritize solid unit economics from the outset and build steadily, without compromising for rapid scale. This doesn’t mean you can’t be innovative in your scaling approach. Various partners... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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My First Job
watch for shoplifters, and keep smiling to maintain customer service. I was 16 and it was a real stretch, but I became quite good at juggling it all and was made a department supervisor. By age 17, I was managing coworkers in their 40s and 50s. I learned a lot about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
systematic underpayments and overcharges. This wealth was wrongfully accumulated using many forms of the abuse of dominance. Accounting for Colonialism provides estimates that will be helpful to understanding the growing debate on... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
cases Stefan personally wrote, I also am using the BMW Chrysler case that I taught 16 years ago. My experience in the class years ago encouraged me to pursue this adjunct teaching position. —Les Williams (MBA 2005) Back to top “Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang”... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)
dollars in lost sales and customer goodwill. Ton is currently working with a nationwide chain to estimate the magnitude of this problem and identify its drivers. "We have found large and systematic variation in performance in 250 stores... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit
supplies.) “My value proposition is this: Not only are you going to learn from a world champion, you’re going to do so in facilities that are safe, clean, and fun,” says Sityodtong. “This is more like an academy than a fight gym, which is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a deep purplish-red. Keen has taught... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next
being groomed to replace Adi, 71, the eighth richest Indian with a fortune estimated at $8.3 billion, according to Forbes. In a 2012 Economic Times interview, Adi said of Nisa, "She could head the business.... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and Thrive, paints a more optimistic picture, provided business leaders embrace our generational diversity findings. Our study confirms others that quantify the economic benefits of diverse... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
announced it had agreed to sell Tropicana to Pepsico, Inc. for over $3 billion. Asked by Pepsico to stay on, Marram had not yet made her plans public.) One of Business Week's "Top 25 Managers" of 1998, Marram graduated from Wellesley College in 1968 with a degree in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press
vuvuzelas competes with the arena’s mix of American hip-hop and regional hits. It is a distinctly regional take on an iconic American export. The league is a core pillar of NBA Africa, a two-year-old venture whose value NBA Commissioner... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 12 Jan 2023
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‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
a matter of pragmatism, cannot expect to sustain social and political advances that aren’t built on a firm economic footing,” Ballard says. “He believed this was the unfinished business of Martin Luther King Jr., and that it remains... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details