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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
manufacturing industries has been identified by some observers as a key factor in the current economic crisis in that region, a collapse that has been called the greatest threat to the world's economic stability in fifty years.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
100 slaves—received death threats and was spit on in public. He did not win reelection to the council and found himself shut out of work opportunities in the area. “It was time to return to Omaha,” he says. “We were heading into the... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
short-term, bottom line thinking drive decisions contrary to the best interests of that business (and society) over the long term. Frankly, the threat that is posed by climate change to our planet must now be thought of as short-term.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
technology industries. His doctoral research assessed the newspaper industry's response to the Internet by looking at the new-media ventures of one hundred U.S. newspapers. He found that many newspapers perceived the Internet as a threat... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Sending a Message
its 3.2 million BlackBerry handheld e-mail devices in the U.S. market. RIM was essentially forced to settle the case because the threat of a court-ordered injunction that would halt BlackBerry operations was spooking established and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
Mead Treadwell (MBA ’82) sees global warming as both a threat to the environment and an opportunity for commerce in the melting North, where conflicting sovereignty and resource claims are heating up, too. The Wise Men For half a century,... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
India, and Bangladesh alone under threat from rising sea levels by 2100, “our ability to steward the water molecule is going to be fundamental to our ability to respond to whatever inevitable climate change we’ve baked into our future,”... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
rise. It’s one of the greatest threats that human health is facing today,” says Miriam Huntley, a DZD cofounder who focuses on computational approaches to genomic analysis. “Patients with severe infections can die within hours, but... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
braces itself against the prospect of another human influenza pandemic. The 1918 influenza pandemic, caused by a mutated avian virus, killed some 50 million people. How does the current threat compare? First, it’s important to remember... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
that make achieving the agreement’s goals so difficult. “I wrote the case to better understand how so many of us view climate change as both a global threat and one of the most important issues facing business in the 21st century, and yet... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
reservists—colleagues who have left active duty and have experience in the private sector—to bring some foundational business skills to bear. In marketing, you do strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Navy... View Details
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
We’re All Going to Get Hacked
they didn’t know what the threat looked like. They didn’t know where the threat comes from. Part of being resilient is having a policy that says we shall block this or protect that. That’s an important... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
misuse of social media, and cyber attacks are just a few of the threats to continuing prosperity that we see dominating the headlines every day. How can capitalism be sustained? And who should spearhead the effort? Critics turn to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
warning that antibiotic resistance presents one of the greatest threats to health, food security, and development worldwide. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States at least 2... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
partnership with the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB). The blunt, 90-minute dialogue featured a trio of experts looking at climate change from diverse backgrounds and perspectives. “It took me 20 years to wake up to what an existential View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
threats to the global economic system. It survived two world wars and the Great Depression. It won the Cold War. Doesn’t capitalism reign supreme in the 21st century? Looking forward, we certainly can see challenges that will have to be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
companies that are case studies in surmounting competitive threats and fostering community pride. Jim Knott Sr. (OPM 17, 1991) relishes a good fight. During his first prep school wrestling practice, his coach put the inexperienced... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Safe, Secure, and Prosperous
protect our nation by stopping all of the threats that might affect us: national security, criminality, human trafficking, and illicit drugs crossing our borders. “The job that I have has responsibility for the intelligence capability and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
trajectory, 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.” The company acquired gaming studio Activision... View Details