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- 01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution
when energy is relatively cheap — or mispriced, critics would say, as happens when the deleterious environmental and other costs of energy are excluded. Macomber estimates that in the developed world, at any... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Realizing a Dream
Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990) “I give back to express my gratitude,” says Ted Ferrara (MBA 1990). “The School is in the business of changing lives and it certainly changed mine.” Before coming to HBS, Ferrara had never lived outside of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
an especially promising area for studying the effects of top executives' social capital on their ability to secure resources. "In biotech, it can take eight to ten years to developa product and cost hundreds... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
their yields. The findings were promising, Cole says: Those who received a weekly call about weather forecasts or pest strategies, for example, saw their yields increase by 8.6 percent for cotton and 28 percent for cumin. As a result,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
would ship it for us,” she says. “And you didn’t have to sell anything on Amazon. So they would store it and ship it, and it was really cost effective.” Ultimately, realizing... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
afford these patients a better quality of life for a longer period of time. It could be the first new treatment for ALS in nearly 25 years and the first one to potentially affect muscle function and strength... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
to really transform the organization.” That drive for increased efficiency and quality at lower cost resonates with many of the institutions represented at MHCD, which include the Cleveland Clinic,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
partisan issues. But we do advance science and document the consequences of decisions that we make as a society. And while businesses like GE, Wal-Mart, View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
BEFORE AND AFTER: Step one involved removing the stones (top) that covered the old, leaky roof. Areas not suitable for a green roof were covered with sheets of white PVC (above) that reflect the sun’s rays. A living roof can View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
Since when do the taxman and the shareholder agree? IRS Commissioner Mark Everson and SEC Chairman Christopher Cox (MBA 1976) have advanced a simple, but controversial proposal. Companies would be required... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar
increasingly must make sophisticated financial decisions. Last November, Robert C. Merton, the George Fisher Baker Professor of Business Administration at HBS, discussed this problem and elaborated on the importance of risk management in... View Details
Keywords: Elizabeth McNair
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
call, Masha knew he would be returning home. Ndidi and Mezuo Nwuneli Cofounders, AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. In a country where 90 percent of processed food comes from imported ingredients, AACE sources its spices from local... View Details
- 23 Aug 2017
- News
Developing Leaders Behind Bars
them. If we don’t help them, they will likely not break the cycle of recidivism. And the cost will be much more than dollars – it will be the lives of them and their families.... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
choice is horse racing, not baseball, and the heroes are mostly of the four-footed variety. Just across the road is Keeneland, a sprawling auction and racing complex where Robert Clay (OPM 4, 1980) recently... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Numbers Talk at Tesla
When Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) became CFO of Tesla in early 2019, few envied him. The electric carmaker had just reduced headcount by 7 percent. Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
Business of Sports course and has conducted research for both professional teams and leagues. In a new HBS working paper, he and Isao Okada—a journalist View Details
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
The 2018 New Venture Competition started last fall with 360 teams. By Wednesday, April 18, just 12 teams—four finalists from each of the Alumni, Student Social Enterprise, and Student Business tracks—were left standing, vying for $315,000... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
science of Novacem, Evans is completely engaged by the strategic aspects of a high-stakes, capital-intensive industry. “A cement works is expensive, lasts a long time, and has to be built in just the right place, or you’re completely... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
The Good Writer
Dick: From Les Bizerables to Hollywood and the Emmys. Courtesy Leonard Dick It’s been “a very kooky couple of weeks” for television writer Leonard Dick (MBA ’90). Season Three of the critically acclaimed CBS show The Good Wife premieres... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna