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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
company and biggest taxpayer,” Abdelal explains. Russia, he adds, also views Gazprom revenues as a means to make its economy less dependent on the energy sector in the long term. Abdelal notes that because natural gas is much cleaner than... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
Verdant Power cofounder Ron Smith (MBA 1979) stands aside the East River in New York, where his company launched the first commercially licensed tidal power project in the United States. It’s a muggy July day in New York City, and Ron... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
to clean oil spills Bickley Stevens II (MBA 1969) Stevens Capital Advisors Cambridge, Massachusetts Advisory and investment banking services to clean-technology companies and investors Alexander Taussig (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
first of four sons born to Larry and his wife, Billie. The firm is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the United States, with interests in commercial insurance, offshore drilling, oil and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
Illustration by Chris Gash The School’s US Competitiveness Project launched four years ago with a simple but ambitious goal: figure out how companies in the United States can better compete in the global economy while raising living... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations, which are companies that meet certain prescribed standards of social and environmental performance, public... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Greylock
One of the country's most renowned venture capital firms, for nearly four decades Greylock has emphasized building businesses rather than stocks, providing hands-on assistance to entrepreneurs, and helping companies contribute new... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
investors—and that’s what it’s all about for venture capitalists. You know, you could be an entrepreneur without getting outside funding, so just talking about companies that need outside capital and they need the capital to bring the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
BRADOO: Mining old tech for gold by Constantine von Hoffman When most people's phones break, all they see is a problem. Privahini Bradoo (MBA 2008) sees an opportunity. Bradoo is the cofounder and CEO of BlueOak Resources, a company... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
probability of being the wrong decision. If you can apply some data, you will heighten your probability of making a better decision." Howe isn't speaking theoretically. Today companies like his can capture, store, and analyze massive data... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
strategic execution, and beneficial stakeholder participation. Successfully replacing the oil resource curse requires several factors, including unwavering political will, market and trade focus, and access to finance—all complemented by... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
masterminded a unique way to provide Singapore's oil refineries and chemical companies with the land they desperately needed to keep growing. By joining seven of Singapore's southern islands with landfill to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
led it back to profitability during the oil boom of the 1970s. By 1983, however, boom had turned to bust. After restructuring the company to a more suitable size, Strassler cashed out and helped his brother... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
which can be broken down, processed into rocket fuel, and used to refuel these satellites—all without ever returning to Earth. The technology exists, Landon says; companies are just waiting for the first galactic View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Gregory Slayton (MBA '90)
working at McKinsey & Co. in the early 1990s, he cofounded its Multimedia Practice Group and was soon recruited to take over the New Media division of Paramount Studios. He then cofounded Worlds, Incorporated, an Internet software company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
bullet hole in his car Courtesy David Horgan David J. Horgan (MBA ’86) is the managing director of the oil companies Petrel Resources and Pan Andean, based in Dublin, Ireland. Baghdad last June was a crazy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
further objective is to support economic growth, with “affordable” prices for energy and avoidance of supply interruptions. The conflicts among these are apparent. ANWR drilling (Alaska) would be economical and reduce foreign oil... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
prospects and declining oil price outlook influence the timing and pace of the Fed interest rate normalization? —Tongurai Limpiti (AMP 181, 2011) One of the best things about serving on the board of directors at a regional Reserve Bank is... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
Harold M. Brierley (MBA '68), chairman and CEO of Brierley & Partners, describes himself as "an accidental entrepreneur," having entered HBS as a chemical engineer planning to pursue a management career in the oil industry. "HBS... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies are women, such an opportunity is indeed rare for female executives, most of whom have always worked in male-dominated workplaces. "While they're able to perform very well in predominantly male... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young