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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Toward a Life Well Lived
Illustration by Valerie Chiang Illustration by Valerie Chiang In many states, you’re required by law to get your car inspected annually, and if there’s something wrong, you get the car serviced, says Professor Leslie Perlow. But how many of us bring that level of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist
Saladrigas managed to save $400 -- by mowing lawns, delivering newspapers, and waxing cars -- to help his parents get settled when they arrived from Cuba in 1962. Tragically, his mother then developed cancer, and Saladrigas dropped out of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
electrification—from the car manufacturers and utility companies to government agencies and the public, who often have a say in where and how charging locations are implemented. An ongoing partnership with GM, for example, is enabling... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
where differences in government, religion, and culture can vary greatly, despite proximity. “Doing business in Singapore is nothing like doing business in Malaysia, which is a 30-minute car drive from here,” says Cui. “And it’s nothing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
of law enforcement and the impact you can have. I decided I wanted to learn the heartbeat of the street and know more about that side of life.” The heartbeat of the street can quicken in an instant. At a stoplight on one of El Monte’s main drags, a View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
shareholder in our business. I think we are really showing that horizontal integration and synergies can work. I am also very proud that we are one of the first real cars on the information superhighway. People talk about it a lot, but we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Corn likes people. It benefits from human contact, when it’s thinned out and hand-pollinated, explains Taylor Keen (MPA 1996/ MBA 1997). Corn thrives when sung to and spoken to—something Keen does in the language of his mother’s Omaha Tribe, where he is known as Bison... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
percent of cars from the city. We also completed a significant recapitalization of Altus Power, a market-leading solar power company that provides clean electricity to clients across the United States. We know that every sector of our... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
front, you had us building satellites. The entrance was a garage door that couldn't really close. The car that was standing there was like the single most beat-up Toyota Corolla, in white, that you can imagine, which was our phone... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
businesspeople of all kinds, as well as with medical workers, teachers, creatives, airline pilots, firefighters—you name it. We are all working parents.” Working from: “As a busy working parent writing a book in a pandemic, I did my typing in the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Sharing the Road
Sakshi Vij (GMP 23, 2017) is the founder and CEO of Myles, an innovative car-sharing company operating in 21 cities in India. In this interview, she talks about the potential growth in the car-sharing space and how new technologies enable her to connect View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
have not taught managers and marketers we have a problem, and so, if you think that more data will solve the problem of what is not in the data, then we are misleading people in a serious way. How would cars work as an example of a job... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Deal on Wheels
CarLotz Guys: Ready to sell your car for you in a new, hassle-free way. Photo courtesy CarLotz Last April, inspired by the recent spike in demand for used cars—as well as a growing number of used-car owners looking to profit from that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
Tigers. "Consumer product markets in Vietnam are starting to reach capacity, but if you look at companies in the intermediate manufacturing sectors, such as those that serve the car and television industries, there will be many... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
Kim Reynolds (MBA ’79), the weakness of the dollar is a good thing: It makes Markel’s products — insulated wire and tubing for cars — attractive to buyers from Europe where locally manufactured goods have grown pricey due to the euro’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
purchasers to explore categories and products, compare brands in the same category, and browse buying guides, helping customers make an informed buying decision. vinsnap is a mobile automotive marketing company. The application organizes View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
a buy-American pitch to sell cars anymore (American Public Media’s Marketplace, July 6, 2009). “Despite the hype about Google’s innovation prowess, the company hasn’t proven that it can build sustainable new growth businesses.” — Scott D.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Faculty Books
from choosing experiences over stuff to spending money on others. They describe new research revealing that luxury cars often provide no more pleasure than economy models and that commercials can enhance the enjoyment of watching... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
get in and try at a basic level to understand human beings. Once we understand the culture we try to figure out how to play within it and hopefully shape it into something that’s better suited for our client. Here’s an example. We just launched the GTI for Volkswagen.... View Details