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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
manufacturing workers on a computer system used for data reconciliation. The assignment proved challenging. “I was a total outsider running a class designed to change the work patterns of an experienced manufacturing team,” she grimaces. “The class was a complete... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
So if fewer and fewer people are buying insurance policies, what are insurers going to do with their business? They should look at this as a changing market and realize that if they get in now, they could have a commanding mindshare of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
production facility that are different from typical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). And the vehicle’s design allows for an efficient production process at low volumes and with manual labor. Because of these innovations, Yong says... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
approximately the equivalent of a year and a quarter of the average American’s carbon footprint. While it feels like a technological magic trick in an industry known for tradition rather than innovation, it may not even be the startup’s most impressive conjuring:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
primarily for public schools serving low-income families. It has created an online marketplace connecting teachers with “citizen philanthropists,” who buy supplies or services the schools can’t afford. At www.DonorsChoose.org, teachers... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
transparency in the food industry, and the iterative process that created Clover’s different look and feel. READ MORE Julia Hanna: So how would you describe Clover Food Lab to someone who’s never been there before? Ayr Muir: At its most... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
group’s current challenge well from his own VC experience: “It’s time for us to put our foot on the accelerator and really scale up,” he says. The Arctic Ice Project recently hired a new executive director and is in the process of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
education may be able to buy a "contract" with a financial institution that will lock in the cost of tuition at today's rates. By making payments to such a contract rather than investing in growth funds, they will be able to avoid the... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
kicked out of the game?” The first case HBS Archives Photography Collection, Baker Library Special Collections In 1980, just as he was joining the HBS faculty, Bill Sahlman met an interesting character named Jeff Parker. Parker, then 37 years old, was in the View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
“We wanted to find a new home for the business.” As it happens, he continues, Clorox was in the process of a significant shift in its strategic focus to brands associated with more natural, healthy, and sustainable lifestyles, such as its... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
the 1950s were purchased under this process called contract buying. My grandparents had to buy a home this way. They first bought their home and they were not allowed to get a mortgage. And so for the first... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
Wiviott, noting that SFP can document up to 30 tons per hectare of carbon dioxide capture at its farms. In addition to capturing carbon dioxide, organic farming cuts down on demand for artificial, petroleum-based fertilizers. “This is the only thing I’ve ever seen... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
buying online. But even in the face of this—and what he sees as oppressive taxation and constraining bureaucracy—Beisert says the opportunity here is vast. In the United States, online purchases make up over 20 percent of the fashion... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Ndidi. To change people's minds, she and Mezuo have decided to change the marketplace. In 2009, the couple launched a start-up agribusiness called AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd., which buys bulk... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
application process is open, and qualified buyers are selected on the basis of lotteries and other methods. Our projects attract and retain people in the neighborhood, which contributes to stability, further investment, and a broader tax... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
many sectors that’s simply not true. The ability to develop very complex, sophisticated manufacturing processes is as much about innovation as dreaming up ideas. What does this reliance on manufacturing tell us about globalization?... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
Sasha Novakovich (MBA ’99) was in her second year at HBS when she and classmate Tracy Lawrence got the idea for what would become GetConnected, a company that processes voice, data, and video services transactions for retailers. Despite... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
of silver go from $5 to more than $40, then back to $5, then again to $15 and then back to $5. The pattern and ranges are similar to what Bitcoin has experienced, though Bitcoin’s volatility is compressed over a shorter period of time. That volatility creates some... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
Retirement Savings Accounts, making RSAs available to all Americans and the contribution level as high as possible. That would begin the process of ending the double taxation of savings and investment. Year three, go to first-year... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)
one-third of all the food in the world is wasted.” How does the company’s food distribution process work? “We focus on resolving the nutritional needs of community kitchens by distributing high-quality nutritious food and providing... View Details