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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
Massachusetts. During the bubble, the most valued skill was the presumed ability to predict what hot concept could go public fast. Now the pendulum has swung back to valuing entrepreneurial skills first and foremost. There’s also a View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
in promoting electric vehicle (EV) adoption. As acting director of Global E-Mobility at the research non-profit, the World Resources Institute, she straddles the intersection of the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
suited to analyze these developments and initiate a discussion. As Michael Sandel recently remarked, the decision when to use markets is "a political question" that requires debate (Sandel 2009). He added, "The hope for moral and civic View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
of opportunity, America could instead be closing it down—unless we create a positive agenda to renew the American spirit," she writes in the book's introduction. Kanter believes America at the start of the 21st century has lost its... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2019
- Case
Shell: A Company of Opportunity?
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Emer Moloney
The Opportunity Hub was a cloud-based platform that enabled managers to market projects they were working on and associated resourcing needs as “Opportunity Owners” and employees, or “Opportunity Seekers,” to browse these statements of need and engage when they had... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Change Management; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Energy; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Human Resources; Employees; Retention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Labor; Human Capital; Labor Unions; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Performance Productivity; Strategic Planning; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Technology Platform; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; Netherlands
Fuller, Joseph B., and Emer Moloney. "Shell: A Company of Opportunity?" Harvard Business School Case 320-025, September 2019.
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
measures would work. But the only fixed time frame we know for sure is death. Everything else is subject to moving targets. If you wish to live with a continually renewing sense of success that really seems worthwhile and lasting on all... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
the planet rather than consume it. Jones explores the social and religious beliefs of these individuals, how they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural... View Details
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
practitioners. Researchers have built upon the work in behavioral decision theory, examining the ways in which negotiators may deviate from rationality. The 1990s brought a renewed interest in social factors, as work on social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
interest in renewable energy. “It’s an area we’re going to have to tackle over our lifetime,” she notes. “From my perspective, there’s going to be a huge number of opportunities in this area going forward.” Recently, she made a more... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Abstract—Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
US could make rapid improvements. It's going to take time, but we believe America is eminently capable of renewing its competitiveness. We are discovering an increasing awareness in the business community: they have a role in American... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
first-in-the-nation smart grid plan aimed at reducing energy use in the central business district. With worries about a renewed downturn in the financial sector, Rogers and the other leaders in attendance hoped that rallying around a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
on renewable energy, clean technology, waste management, water and sanitation, food and agribusiness, affordable housing, healthcare, and education and livelihood creation? Is the board ready to incorporate development banking into the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewable technologies. CEO Laura Formusa felt Hydro One's risk profile had shifted, to the extent that she... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
construction activity at Klarman Hall, which was substantially completed during the year. Maintaining its commitment to sustaining the residential campus, the School also increased its investment in facilities renewal and maintenance,... View Details
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2020
are highly sensitive to fluctuations in the economy. Consequently, maintaining an ample balance of unrestricted reserves outside of the endowment is crucial in providing HBS with sufficient liquidity to finance ongoing campus renewal and... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2019
benefited from improved renewal rates for its flagship product, Harvard ManageMentor; and delivered blended learning programs to a record 23,000 participants. Higher Education sales of course materials grew 5 percent from fiscal 2018. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
the School. It retains the ability to keep asking itself, “How do we renew ourselves and make ourselves respond to society’s needs more effectively?” — GE Walter Salmon Walter Salmon: “As a student, I lived in Gallatin Hall, in a two-room... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
MaterialsGoldwind USA: Chinese Wind in the Americas Regina M. Abrami, and Iacob Koch-WeserHarvard Business School Case 912-416 Many Chinese firms have struggled in the United States. Renewable energy is a fledgling, high-risk market. Can... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
Symphony Orchestra, its Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, and the YOA Orchestra of the Americas—not to mention a busy guest-conducting schedule. He signed his second contract renewal with the LPO two years ago, and is now set to lead the... View Details