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- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
growing: There are now nearly 1,000 space companies worldwide according to industry analyst NewSpace Global, and they are touting revolutionary (and mostly unproven) new concepts in rockets, space tourism, and even space services, ranging from orbital refueling to... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Leadership for Executive Education
Executive Education welcomed a new executive director in April, when Patricia Bellinger stepped into a role left vacant by Ralph James (MBA ’82), who became executive director of HBS External Relations last July. From 2000 to 2007, Bellinger was based in London as one... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
Capturing industrial carbon dioxide and pumping it back underground to help extract energy from old, unproductive oil fields seems like a plan that might be good in theory but is probably too complicated to pull off in the real world. Just don't tell that to Justin... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)
"Unfortunately," he says, "hockey is the one sport that aggravates my old injury. Fans hear about big contracts but they should remember that careers like mine can be cut short in an instant. These days," he smiles, "the only... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are chemically identical and shine just... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
enjoying incredible coffee in the cafés of Milan, I came back to the United States and began looking around, trying to figure out what I was going to drink,” he says. “And a friend of mine told me about Peet’s.” Known for its flavorful... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
activities—such as space mining and microgravity manufacturing of specialized materials like semiconductors and optical fibers—could take a while to develop. “If you want to stay alive as a startup, one place where there are stickier... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
statistical norm of two children. Her in-laws were appalled when she went back to work when her youngest started school; no one blinked when I went back to work after an eight-week leave. Her career options were nurse, teacher, librarian (her choice); View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
partial corporate funding could then be sold to prospective investors as a way to kick-start things. — HBS Senior Lecturer Jeff Bussgang I do like the idea of offering an upfront prepay deal. Like your business, mine (different industry)... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
1979), Minnick is pressing for a simple solution to curb emissions by putting a tax on carbon that would be assessed where the carbon enters the market, at the mine mouth or oil refinery, and then passed on to the consumer. “You want it... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
Mexico, which runs Mexico's 58 airports. He has held deputy secretary positions with the Mexican departments of Energy and of Mines and Basic Industries. In 1980 he was a visiting professor of finance at Harvard University, and from 1978... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
see is that there is no one path,” says Stevenson. The team’s research has been mined for a book for the HBS community that was released in 2019. The book—titled Problem Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World—describes the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
expected to work for a big company like Kodak for my entire career." Arthur D. Little, 1968-76 Becton, Dickinson and Co., 1976-94 Why HBS? "I learned that an engineer whose desk was close to mine at Kodak had been accepted by the School.... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
Utah’s coal country, where three generations of Rileys have mined and where his family still lives. But Riley thinks Guzman Energy has a role to play in that transition. “I’m trying to cultivate a culture inside the reusable-energy sector... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ink
not nearly enough are aiming to be market leaders in 2025. Foresight is a muscle that can be developed.” —Alison Sander (MBA 1986), director of Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Sensing & Mining the Future, from her October 2014... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
biotech companies—as a function of cost, time, and failure modes—tend to risk pivot on one program, one clinical trial, one outcome,” he observes. “Our company is the leader in mining muscle biology for drug discoveries that translate... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
passing motorists. Hustead acquired the T. rex, for example, to drive demand for the fossils, rocks, and dinosaur-related products for sale in the Wall Drug Mining Company, one of 21 separate retail departments that generate over $12... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was considered the most logical path for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
at home.” Futures market: “Australia is in its 24th year of consecutive economic growth; over the next 10 years I believe the country will achieve even more due not only to our mining and energy assets, but also to our capacity to harness... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma