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- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
and conservation, looking at waste management and water quality. All of these things are cost savings by the way. Your natural resources and land use, right. And any issues with hazardous materials, as well. Those are ways that companies... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
make-or-break imperative for leaders. There is a conversation that takes place within every company—whether company leaders know it or not, and whether they like it or not. At the nearest water cooler or at the virtual rumor mill,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
reinsurers as we do now, it's much better to have the gates be open like a conduit that would allow water levels to fluctuate according to the tide. If prices are too low, capital comes in; if prices are too high and returns going forward... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
improvements, and beautification. Since 2007, the DUMBO BID has done "small things that are collectively big" to improve the area and are in line with New York City's "plaNYC," a blueprint to become a "sustainable city" by increasing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
countries, that contribute to the quality of lives in other countries, whether it's clean water for an African village or it's sponsoring children in other countries. There are many ways that people get involved. Businesspeople are among... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
there were beautiful leaves coming down. I was looking out at the water and, you know, the sun was glancing off of the water, and I said, I can never do this again in my life. I can never have another meeting like this. What do I have to... View Details
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Flood Prevention Methods Reduce, Transfer, and Bear Show Hide Details Concepts Heat Water Scarcity Wildfires Storms and Floods Sea-Level Rise Changes in the Ocean Featured Exercises Consider how your firm assesses climate change’s... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
COSCO in the Port of Piraeus. The port, which sits on the sapphire waters of the Saronic Gulf, has been a strategic asset since the 5th century BC. The investment will transform it into the biggest port in Europe and create critically... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
money management. Moore herself has tested the global waters in a strategic manner. Time Inc. is already the largest publisher of magazines in the world, with an audience of three hundred million, but the bulk of its readers are still in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
1987) and Gary Grossman Beaufort Books Arctic ice is melting, the waters are warming, and Russian President Nicolai Gorshkov is one step closer to monopolizing the oil industry and funding his expansionism plans past Ukraine and Latvia.... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
water from asteroids. Space entrepreneurs need to work backwards, asking themselves the right questions. How can I get there? How can I make a sustainable business now so I’ll be in a place to be ready when it all happens? When you do,... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
their favorite watering hole and discussed the challenge of cutting $600 million out of the operating budget. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=503112 South Dakota Wheat Growers Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
can increase use. We test this hypothesis in a field experiment in Zambia using door-to-door marketing of a home water purification solution. Our methodology separates the screening effect of prices (charging more changes the mix of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
workers, and the city—or private actors—has to invest in resource efficiency. So how can our water, fuel, and transit go further? By having multifamily housing, by having some kind of mass transit, by having a common water extraction and... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
degradation, frequent natural disasters, and critical threats to water supply; population growth by the billions in the coming decades, along with increased urbanization; and a volatile and tentative world economy. In the face of such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
are three layers to the soil, Leiserowitz explains: a rich, dark topsoil, teeming with microbes, decomposed organic material, insects, and the mycorrhizal fungi that come together to create a vast, unseen ecosystem that helps plants better absorb View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
matter. This performance wasn’t going to be judged on technical proficiency or exacting execution. There was still no gas or drinking water in the Lower Ninth Ward. Tens of thousands of residents were still displaced. There was an ongoing... View Details
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Commencement 2018 Address | About
Springfest. The highlight of this event was a dunk tank. For those of you who have never seen a dunk tank, picture a large transparent tank of water with a person perched on a platform on the top. If you hit a target on the tank by... View Details