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- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
"The best-laid schemes of mice and men go often awry." - Robert Burns, 1785 An entrepreneur starts a company with plans to go public, but ultimately accepts a low-ball acquisition offer from a competitor. A newlywed husband... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
an upcoming meeting with the group that made new product decisions within the firm. The objective of the meeting was to review the backtesting and real-time investment results View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
penetrated the field of negotiation and then presents a framework for bridging the gap between these two literatures. The paper notes that one of the reasons for its limited View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
for example — we are working to influence the environmental choices global companies make in the large-scale production of commodities such as palm oil, pulp, livestock, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
Conservation International in 1998 to help coffee farmers improve production quality, while minimizing the impact on some of the world's most ecologically sensitive areas. Two... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
long careers, these legendary faculty members not only helped shape the School and personify it to generations of students and alumni, they were also eyewitnesses to its evolution. When they began their careers, after World War II and at... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
grounding in every aspect of the business. “I like to tell people that I rose up the ranks through the sheer force of nepotism,” he deadpans with self-deprecating humor. He made HBS his last training stop... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
that cross the line. Sarbanes-Oxley is a recent example of that. But managers also need to view strategic compliance as a way to convert what appear to be constraints into opportunities. This idea has been explored in a number View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
though "no product has had a more significant impact on the world of business and trade," the personal computer is "still only a precursor to the 'information appliance' that... View Details
- Web
Policy - Business & Environment
fossil fuel industry has known since the 1960s that their products “were almost certain” to cause dramatic changes to the Earth’s climate. “ Significant temperature changes are almost certain to occur by the year 2000 a number View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
illustration by Marcos Chin illustration by Marcos Chin It’s hard to overstate the impact that antibiotics had on medicine after they became widely available in the 1940s. In the United States, the leading causes View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
earned prestigious awards. This is the kind of benchmark I want Anglo to be known for. In Alaska, we’ve spent over $100 million on environmental and socioeconomic impact... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
sustainability initiatives in their supply chain, including a pilot program equipping commercial trucks with solar panels that power the trucks loading and unloading chain, we remain curious about other supply chain initiatives. Specifically, we wonder about the View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
come to fruition and become real, productive companies. “I remember my dad visiting ViaCord in the early days, when I had only 10 employees. He came in and said, ‘Where’s your cash register? I don’t hear the cash register ringing.’ That... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
accelerating the impact of climate change and threatening many on this planet. Our leaders face energy’s Gordian knot. They must find a way to cut it. "We need to deliver real economic alternatives to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
to hone and manifest to become a powerful, impactful leader no matter where you work. She also examines the key traits of being a transformational leader, focusing on the gaps she has seen in leadership that... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
role to play in shaping toward that future. References 1. Pinto, Richa, “72.60% of Mumbai’s Daily Waste is Food Waste, Shows BMC Environmental Report”, Times View Details
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Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
participants understand the impact they can have on their community and the world through business leadership. 87 Participants More on SVMP Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning GloColl seeks to build an international... View Details