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- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
Grasso of Urban Mining Industries, protagonists of the case, "Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain", facilitated by Professors Shirley Lu and Robert Kaplan. The case describes Harvard University's consideration to decarbonize... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making the Most of Government Upheaval
"increasingly act and look like world leaders in their respective industries," sometimes even taking "bold steps that surprise their 'first world' counterparts," Oliva and Suarez write in their working paper. For example, they point out, when Cemex,... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
often be greater. Brand preferences and consumption levels in emerging markets such as China, India, and Brazil tend to be more fluid. Consumer research is therefore critical to aid marketers trying to cement brand preferences early on as... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
Everyone points out that China-India bilateral trade, at roughly $19 billion in 2005, is a far cry from the $2 billion in 1999. Indeed, the increase is to be celebrated. Chinese President Hu Jintao's current visit to New Delhi cements the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
conglomerate and one of India’s largest steel producers. They are employing significant technology to build circularity into their production processes across both steel and cement production and are using their R&D capacity to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
have been a huge mistake. Two years earlier, she and her partner, Peter Strugatz, had purchased the assets of Great Harbor Design at public auction for $26,000. The former owner had invested $4 million in perfecting a durable building surface made from View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
logistics, marketing, and customer service. Over the past several years, we have identified and studied companies from developing countries that have overcome these formidable obstacles to become some of the most innovative in the world. Among them are CEMEX (Cementos... View Details
- Profile
Brett Gibson
to his legacy," Brett says. "That was cemented even further when I returned from my tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and my grandfather was once again on the parade field, waiting for me." Leadership through inclusion Brett... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
Photos by Nancee Lewis The kind of private schools Chris Crane (MBA 1976) invests in have cement floors, no glass in the windows, cramped quarters, and just enough food on hand for the students to eat. “I see mothers labor in the... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510032-PDF-ENG Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc. Peter A. ColesHarvard Business School Supplement 911-053 This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
in Holderbank: Begegnungen mit großen Künstlern und ihren Werken. 20 Kunstausstellungen (Art in Holderbank: Encounters with great artists and their works—20 art exhibitions) by Derrick Widmer (AMP 71, 1975) (Novum Pro Verlag) Widmer relates how a Swiss View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
for gasoline in the United States to consist of five distinct regions. Other large markets where transport costs are relatively high in relation to product value, such as cement in Brazil or beer in China, can be similarly broken down.... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 25 Jun 2019
- News
After the Storm
wanted to work with nonprofits, and Habitat offered a way to begin learning on-the-ground skills like transporting cement blocks over crumbling roads in time to build a house. The plan after graduating from HBS was to work in the... View Details
Keywords: Paul Flannery
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
focusing and winning with one choice protect for, or better enable, the latter—or does it actually make it harder? In Saga’s case, focusing on unlocking the individual user growth will create more credibility when working with partners. But bringing on partners without... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
pirates, who then manage to get the state to cement their gains and become legitimate," stated Spar. For their respective eras, she asserts, Sir Francis Drake and Rupert Murdoch are kindred spirits who played such roles. More recent... View Details
- Blog
How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America
often helped to cement valuable relationships with case protagonists. "These executives have become our friends and are often happy to attend HBS admissions or alumni events. They want to help HBS," explained Cal. That said, the team... View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
advisor to Liberian president and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a 1971 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, wrote the policy memorandum at the request of the Liberian government, which seeks fast growth of its own. To View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Profile
Arthur Rock
people can’t handle that stage and that is of course what happened at Apple.” By 1993, the board decided it was time for Sculley to go as well and Rock left the Apple board shortly thereafter. He continued to invest in startups and cement... View Details
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
commerce." A panoply of mortgage products (not all predatory, not all egregious) fueled the homebuilding industry, which kept the economy afloat during the last decade. While other sectors plummeted, housing stayed strong. Related industries such as wood, gypsum,... View Details