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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Flying High
According to the Boston Globe (December 12, 2002), Ellyn McColgan (MBA ’83) “is not a household name in mutual funds. But that’s about to change.” Recently appointed president of Fidelity Brokerage Co., McColgan oversees $700 billion of the Boston-based firm’s assets.... View Details
- 18 May 2012
- News
Where Venture Capital is Heading
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
Swearengin: Leadership with the game on the line. Photo courtesy Julian Swearengin Julian Swearengin (MBA 2003) has loved football ever since he began playing the game at age 5. “Growing up poor and on welfare in Detroit, the classroom and the field were the only two... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Breyer Elected to Harvard Board
Jim Breyer (MBA 1987), a leading venture capitalist known for his expertise in innovative technology and media, has been elected to join the President and the Harvard Corporation as of July 1. Breyer is a partner at Accel Partners, a venture capital firm with offices... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
High Yields
Illustration by Chris Philpot Hobbyist drones might make headlines with their crashes on the White House lawn, but the market for unmanned vehicles is rapidly expanding beyond the niche: Over the next decade, according to industry trade... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A commitment to conservation supports the bottom line
firm, achieves that balance, in part, through a vehicle known as a “conservation easement.” The firm buys land and then sells the development rights to conservation groups. The sale of these rights generates an early, partial return to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year begin selling battery-powered... View Details
- 19 May 2023
- News
Quiet Acceleration
company aims to sell 20 million electric vehicles a year by 2030—about a quarter of all new auto sales worldwide. (Last year, the company delivered 1.3 million EVs.) The company’s valuation, now at more than $500 billion, has increased... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ensuring a business’s profitability enables it to serve society
utilities, and trucks—each with the best quality, fuel efficiency, safety, smart design, and value.” Global demand and increasing vehicle production in North America and Asia have resulted in the addition of thousands of jobs in order to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Harbus Foundation Supports Community Projects
vehicle for learning about constructive philanthropy. "The same spirit that makes Harvard Business School students successful business leaders is also alive in the Foundation," says Trustee Daniel F. Curran (MBA '00). "Students use their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
wherever they go. In 1993, Darren and Faith were badly injured in a vehicle rollover accident that seriously damaged Darren’s spinal cord, resulting in quadriplegia. Afterward, they found it difficult to plan trips, because accessibility... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
recognizing this, BMW Group several years ago began issuing a Sustainable Value Report detailing the energy and water consumed, waste removed, and volatile organic compounds per vehicle produced. BMW believes that its reputation as the... View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sea of Dreams
Illustration by Shutterstock I've always loved boats. When I was just a few years old, my grandfather set me up in a small sailing dinghy and sent me on my way. I have no recollection of the instruction that must have come before, but the exhilaration that came from... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus
(photo by Local Motors) (photo by Local Motors) The Jetsonian era may be upon us. A recent NPR piece details how 24-year-old Colombia native Edgar Sarmiento worked with Local Motors to build a vehicle called Olli—a self-driving electric... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Local Customs
ROGERS WITH CONCEPT CAR: “Technology has changed over the past 100 years. We no longer need to build cars the way Henry Ford once did.” Matthew West/Boston Herald Jay Rogers (MBA ’07), whose grandfather once owned the legendary Indian Motorcycle company, also has some... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
L. Paul Bremer: In His Own Words
a city on fire, literally. There was no traffic in the streets except for military vehicles of the coalition. There were no shops open. I slept at night in those days with earplugs in my ears because otherwise I was kept awake by the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
Photos courtesy of Mobius Motors Driving in Kenya can be a rough ride, over bumpy dirt roads and potholed urban streets, made worse by dust, heat, and torrential rain. And that’s if you’re lucky enough to own a vehicle that will stand up... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee