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- 24 May 2017
- News
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979
for their first fund and bought 12 companies: airports, ports, pipelines, power plants, and a wind farm, to name a few. “We found that by applying some basic business techniques we could really make a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
innovation. Mainstream suppliers of tabletop radios, which were made with vacuum tubes, couldn't figure out how to use transistors because they couldn't initially handle the power requirements of these components. Then in 1955, Sony... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
indeed, Scott became a martyr, a great hero for English history. This meant that Shackleton was perceived to be out of the loop when he started to raise money. And as the winds of what would become World War I started whipping across... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
to Empowering Everyone Around You, Frei and Morriss argue that a true leader is focused on empowering others, not on their own power or prowess. Through helping to unleash the full potential of those they lead, a brave leader increases... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
Qcells, General Electric Vernova, Enel Green Power Equitable access to resources: Chargerhelp!, BlocPower, Volta Financial investment: Bank of America Conclusions U.S. policies provide an opportunity for businesses to address... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
each coming into play to a varying degree at different times. The best leaders can sense the winds of change and adapt with the times. Great American Business Leaders: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s the 20 th... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
The pandemic is winding down, and the world is moving toward an endemic approach. In the world's COVID-19 epicenter, New York City, businesses, restaurants, and Broadway have reopened now that 4 million New Yorkers have been vaccinated.... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
power and status, not desire, and symptomatic of a dysfunctional workplace. “That kind of environment isn’t good for anyone, so we all should have a stake in trying to fix this,” Ammerman adds. “It amounts to a huge loss for businesses... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
key role business leaders have to play in confronting climate change—and the power of HBS alumni to make a positive difference. Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) President, J Adams Strategic Communications; co-author of A Blessing: Women of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
boutique-filled neighborhood and ending in another. Over at Niedlov’s Breadworks, there are iced lattes and avocado toast—the litmus test for millennial happiness. And humming through it all is a citywide 10-gigabit network, courtesy of the Electric View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
invest in for their own operations. This innovative model was thoughtfully constructed and sparked many questions from our group. Key Takeaways: The Challenges of Decarbonizing Dairy One of our most powerful takeaways from this visit was... View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
"I don't want to take people off their urgent duties, but at some point in the next hour or so I need a full update. Williams will get wind of this soon " "He has already " " and I need to know what to tell... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
analyze in advance exactly what would happen the day the article came out and what precisely he should do to channel fear, anger, and confusion into a determination to act fast and succeed. The day came. A full-blown crisis was created. The CEO waited for a great View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
e-methanol) by buying 19 massive ships that will be powered on green methanol over the next three years. This sends a signal to suppliers to develop more of the fuel by guaranteeing that they will purchase it. One of our speakers... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
propose to her and secure our future together. Now, as HBS students, we fondly reflect on our long and winding journey that showed us that our love is enduring. No matter what lies ahead, we’ll always have each other. Rabbiya Hanif &... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
surface, a green roof, or supporting solar panels or wind turbines when possible,” Carty says. “And building wastewater can be treated and reused for flushing toilets and watering plants, for example, which has the added benefit of... 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
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
fuzzy logic, and you have the makings of Nicholas Carr's article. Carr's examples of railroads and electric power played out over eighty years, (not forty, as he suggests), turning society, business organizations, and lifestyles inside... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
photo by Brandon Thibodeaux Chris Riley (MBA 2008) didn’t have any experience with renewable power when he cofounded Guzman Energy in 2013. Riley, who had spent most his career as an officer in the US Navy and then as director of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
districts in Texas. Let’s just say the outcome of the election was that I was the recipient of the silver medal!” he reveals with a rueful laugh. By all indications, the defeat did little to dampen Skelly’s idealism or entrepreneurial spirit. In a 2008 View Details