Ocean - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2018 (Revised August 2023)
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Safecast: Bootstrapping Human Capital to Big Data

By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephanie Marton

On March 11, 2011, at 2:46pm, a 9.1-on-the-Richter-scale, six-minute long earthquake unleashed a tsunami that ravaged the Tohoku region of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power facility and releasing sufficient radioactive material into the air and ocean... View Details

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02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

in press Academy of Management Journal Compromised Ethics in Hiring Processes? How Referrers’ Power Affects Employees’ Reactions to Referral Practices By: Delfer-Rozin, R., B. Baker, and F. Gino Abstract—In this paper, we explore referral-based hiring practices and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Company, 1907–1925 Samuel H. Kress S. H. Kress Company, 1896–1924 Raymond A. Kroc McDonald's Corporation, 1955–1973 Bernard H. Kroger Kroger's Food Stores, 1883–1928 Daniel J. Krumm Maytag Corporation, 1974–1992 James R. Kuse Georgia Gulf Corporation, 1985–1991 L Alden... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

strategy. For transcripts and other resources, visit climaterising.org. Guest: Ingrid Irigoyen, Director, Aspen Institute Shipping Decarbonization Initiative; AssociateDirector, Ocean and Climate, for the Aspen Institute Energy and... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

drive donations to N of One; it was to change the direction of the ocean liner. He wanted to shake things up. “It’s guerrilla-warfare advocacy,” he concedes. “I don’t wake up every day and say, ‘How do I build the biggest nonprofit?’ I... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

01 Sep 2023
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Wheel Change

A serial entrepreneur, Paris Wallace (MBA 2007/MPA 2008) is founder of Ovia Health and Good Start Genetics. But he started his first business—an online store selling bike parts and accessories—at age 16. With his launch this year of the National Cycling League (NCL),... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; cycling; entrepreneurship; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

(oceans, lakes, rivers) via archeological documentation, research, maintenance, and survey. The SRC works closely with other ocean agencies within the government to help document and mitigate climate change related damages to underwater... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

Ocean Hall opens at National Museum of Natural History As a Mormon missionary in Wisconsin, Roger Sant enjoyed working with Native Americans. Innately curious, he liked spending time with the people, getting to know them, and helping them... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Tara Basu Trivedi

year of work in the real world. Being part of the HBS community is like Discovering that you’re a tiny fish in a giant ocean. But rather than focus on how tiny you are, you learn to appreciate how much your life can be enriched by all the other View Details

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Partners - Case Method Project

Pascagoula, MS Subjects: Problems in American Democracy, Field Experience in Social Studies, AP U.S. History MS 6 of 13 Laura Guidry Germantown High School Madison, MS Subjects: AP US History, US History 1877-Present MS 7 of 13 Megan Hawkins St. Martin High School... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)

destabilization. This new way of spreading information unfortunately included inflammatory pamphlets that incited violence against people with different religious beliefs. Four or five days a week at sunset, my husband and I go out into the ocean, hang onto a boogie... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; whistle blower; Facebook; leadership; social media

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

II NC Thomas Havener Scotland High School Laurinburg, NC MS Megan Hawkins St. Martin High School Ocean Springs, MS Subjects: U.S. History NJ Jeanine Hayek Fair Lawn High School Fair Lawn, NJ Subjects: Government, History MD Josh Headley... View Details

04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture

from 1901 to 1971. Heatwaves, storms, and droughts have all become more extreme. “Even if we stopped emitting CO2 today, there’s so much already in the air,” Sabin says. “It will take generations for it to be absorbed by the oceans and... View Details

Portrait Project

Yiwei Zhao

One month before starting HBS, my mom suddenly passed away. Her life was a rich tapestry of sacrifice and silent strength, where the splendor she wanted me to savor became my guiding star. Even with oceans between us, she encouraged my... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

business planning and control. Joe began his career at MIT's Department of Ocean Engineering as an Instructor in 1970 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1972. He developed and taught a course on marine mineral resource economics.... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

markets across Europe. The Covid-19 pandemic caused huge increases in the cost of shipping, so Sian launched experiments to ship roses by ocean using refrigerated containers. Chris Kulei, the Executive Director, was interested in not only... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

roles. ” Steven Henderson MBA 2016 | CEO, Fleetzero “Fleetzero builds and operates a fleet of batteryelectric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight. Our zero-emission and hybrid vessels deliver long-distance View Details

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Jain, OPM 2016, Founder & CEO Region: Asia-Pacific Collective Academy Education to re-evolve the future Patricio Bichara, MBA 2015, Co-Founder & CEO Region: International Track Favarr Earn cash from the spare space in your luggage Anil Taneja, MBA 2020, Founder Region:... View Details

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