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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Cable Gal
employees. She particularly likes to join the company's cable installers on their rounds, in order to get their feedback and to hear from customers firsthand. "My job is to facilitate, to keep things moving in the right direction,"... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
McCance First to Serve as Entrepreneur in Residence
Entrepreneur’s Tool Kit. McCance’s stint as entrepreneur in residence is the latest installment of a long-standing relationship with HBS. In addition to maintaining close ties with faculty as the School’s curriculum on entrepreneurial... View Details
- 22 Feb 2017
- News
Funding Solar’s Future
SolarCity, Vivint and their ilk install individual solar projects on commercial and residential roofs, Barcott and McCready wanted to address the financing needs of the utility-scale solar developers, which provide power directly to the... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
invested in companies such as AeroFarms, an indoor growing system that uses aerosolized nutrients to grow food without soil; the Conservation Capital Fund, which finances free-range cattle operations; and eNow, which produces solar panels to be View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
available in the building industry,” she recalls. She could, for instance, track the positive environmental impact of each dollar the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development spent on retrofitting and installing... View Details
- 01 Apr 2020
- News
What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages
Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) Paul Ignatius (MBA 1947) was a government official in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He served as assistant secretary of defense for installations and logistics and, from 1967 to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
reporting. She is involved in setting policy issues as they relate to the financial concerns of the School and is actively engaged in the design and installation of new financial systems, policies, and procedures at the University. No... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
as how French people are like coconuts; Can you learn to argue like a French person? What books have changed French lives? And, most important of all, how do you keep your soup from exploding? New to Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Clean Slate
time and a whole heap of permitting, Wieland explains. Meanwhile, Massport is electrifying its ground-service equipment, such as the trucks that ferry luggage and equipment around the tarmac, and installing the charging stations to power... View Details
- 06 Aug 2008
- News
Caution to the Winds
had installed on the White House roof. Imagine if alternative energy had instead been an ongoing national priority for the last thirty years. Wouldn’t the American economy, the country itself, and indeed the rest of the world be much... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games
computer snafus, 98 percent of the technology worked well, a good record considering how huge an installation of software and hardware there was. What about complaints that the Games were too commercial? I have to grit my teeth a bit when... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
wanted to build a business that not only makes money but also nurtures its employees, builds community, and minimizes environmental impact. Five years later, Magagnini and Strugatz are putting the finishing touches on IceStone’s most prestigious order to date: The... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
approach is more effective than attempting to install a new culture through top-down initiatives or training alone. Simple practices can truly transform business. What’s a standout memory from your time in the HBS classroom and are there... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
mandate.” He reveals that with the fiber installed in the eighteen months since Netcom was launched, shareholder value has multiplied sixfold to $2.5 billion. “China’s Internet population will grow to several hundred million in the next... View Details
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
swipe of a credit card. “Automated retail sounds better,” suggests Gregg Kaplan (MBA 1997). Recruited by McDonald’s to help start new businesses within the fast-food giant, in 2002 Kaplan oversaw the installation of six kiosks in... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
Two years in, the C-suite installed by the private equity firm left abruptly in the middle of COVID. I returned as CEO and barely recognized our company. Thankfully, beneath the wreckage, Tatcha’s soul was still intact. We undertook a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
research. “If we could measure those signs accurately, we could treat these diseases earlier, before significant damage has taken place in the brain.” NeuraMetrix’s early studies have shown it can detect Parkinson’s, says Samzelius. To use it, a person View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Pearson Hunt
installations so that courses would be pertinent to winning the war. Classes met year-round, and the pace was hectic: I remember one year when the Fourth of July was not a holiday, just another Thursday. During the war years, two issues... View Details
Keywords: Pearson Hunt
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
which was sourcing originals for its new hotel in Oakland, for example, and a florist who was staging a large-scale but short-term installation at Instagram’s headquarters. At first Giridharadas was simply hoping to build a better market... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
and brand change to MCI. Her involvement coincided with the company's emergence from bankruptcy, as the board worked to install new leadership and restore stability. "To me, most of what we do on boards is straightforward," she observes.... View Details