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  • 01 Jun 2022
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Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables

Colombian energy firms manage frequent fluctuations in the weather by diversifying their energy sources: During the dry season, when the cost of hydropower can increase as much as tenfold, firms increase their reliance on fossil fuels.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes

make that senior person make the decision so if they ever turn you down, you can get angry at them. There's all kind of interpersonal ways to try and manipulate outcomes. What we did is, I figured out all the ways a system could be manipulated, and stop it. Fortunately... View Details
  • 08 Jan 2016
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Investing in Sustainability

about how things could be done better. That’s definitely outside of your purview as a portfolio manager.” Tiller saw a need to diversify away from oil, not in 50 or 100 years, but right now, for the sake of the environment and national... View Details
Keywords: April White; Agriculture
  • 01 Oct 2002
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Andrew H. Tisch

things like helping the pool attendant put towels on the chaise longues. It was a family business, so we were all involved.” Tisch Hotels evolved into the Loews Corporation, one of the largest diversified financial enterprises in the... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2008
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Balanced Equation

restructure and diversify the giant family firm and turn it into a global enterprise. How do you see the role of business now and in the future? Consumers are demanding a new template for corporations. They are not satisfied with glossy... View Details
Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over

radically transformed them. Jesse Philips (MBA '39), for example, bought a small manufacturing firm in 1957 and parlayed it into a diversified billion-dollar corporation. Similarly, Robert Cizik (MBA '58) developed Cooper Industries, a... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2025
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Alumni and Faculty Books

shows you how to set yourself up for investment success by creating an optimal nest-egg withdrawal strategy to ensure you never run out of money; maximizing returns through tactics like reducing your tax bill and making full use of View Details
  • 27 May 2021
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History’s Future

government hopes that the tourism industry will revitalize the region and account for 10 percent of the country’s GDP in a decade, up from just 3 percent. The work of drawing global attention to this forgotten swath of the country is part of Saudi Vision 2030, a... View Details
Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Sep 2018
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An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers—the lack of manufacturing deprives the region of an important source of jobs and economic growth. “It is critical for economies in this region to diversify beyond the usual sectors, such as agriculture,... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
  • 01 Sep 2024
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Next Level

trajectory,” Frei says. “The threat is to any company in the industry: If someone else is improving at a faster rate than me, even if I’m better than them today, I won’t be better than them tomorrow.” But as Frei knows firsthand—she has worked with Uber and Riot Games... View Details
Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

Companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, Sun, Genentech, Amgen, Dell, and Compaq didn't exist in 1975! Once these managers decided to allocate a percentage to venture investments, they typically increased that percentage by investing in multiple venture funds and... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

office products, building products, and paper, had expanded production capacity to meet the strong demand for paper in the late 1980s but bore the brunt when demand began to taper off in 1990. The company — which started up in 1957, rapidly View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 01 Mar 2010
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Sole Mates

and enforcement of existing laws and legislation. I would also utilize the country’s wealth to benefit both the Mongolian people and the business sector, while diversifying the economy into animal husbandry, food processing, light... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government
  • 01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

processing), while a few continue to offer diversified products and services. Many, he noted, are becoming global retail or wholesale businesses. "Time will tell which strategy will succeed," Mendoza concluded. View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
  • 26 Jun 2025
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The Vinyl Revival

pandemic, such that we went from a six-week turnaround time to a twelve-month wait on any products put in at Gold Rush. It forced me to look at how we pivot the business model and also how do we diversify the business model, because we... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2014
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

meaningful, they are by definition hard.” Weeks has led Corning through some of the brightest and darkest times in the company’s 163-year history. After investing heavily in fiber optics, Corning’s stock plummeted when the telecommunications bubble burst. Weeks’s... View Details
  • 01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

is a diversified financial services holding company with more than 2,500 offices around the world, 14,000 associates, and a market capitalization of $5.1 billion. James has always had an independent spirit. In college he and Mary... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 11 Jul 2013
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The Good Writer

your own business. You have to diversify and be flexible, especially in this economy.” During the 2007–2008 writers’ strike, Dick was the strike captain for the staff of House. “I may be the only member of my class to walk a picket line,”... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Mar 2011
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Local Hero

was critical to the team’s economic well-being. “Our 2008 partnership with Comcast was as transformational as building the park,” stresses Baer. “The economics of major league sports have been ratcheted up to the point where even winning teams can struggle if they... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

pins. The key to success, says Herzlinger, is to diversify income streams, which GSUSA did by expanding their fund-raising activities and finding new sources of income. Herzlinger continues to investigate various topics in the nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
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