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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
figured that there had to be opportunities for other corporations to extract that same value,” says Leiman. The decision to base the business in Europe was driven in part by Ogden’s personal ties to his native England but primarily by... View Details
- 11 Mar 2020
- News
Making It Rain
weather services. “This market is not very innovative, and it’s one of the last industries where governments still lead the technology,” Elkabetz says. Most of the industry relies on data from three public... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
approximately the equivalent of a year and a quarter of the average American’s carbon footprint. While it feels like a technological magic trick in an industry known for tradition rather than innovation, it may not even be the startup’s... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
lower paying jobs . . . one look at the American auto industry gives us a glimpse into the future economy." As Daniel Hayes put it: "I see a shakeout coming among low-cost service providers unless they find ways to provide value... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
the union movement in North America. On a larger scale, sizeable groups of workers primarily in service industries recently disengaged themselves from the AFL-CIO, which they perceived as being dominated by smaller, more traditional,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg
lower operational costs. This transition is abundant with innovative solutions. The heat pumps used to extract energy from sea water and inject it into the town’s district heating system are custom designed and constructed. They utilize... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
increased its water efficiency by 21.4 percent between 2004 and 2012, recently announced a new initiative to increase that efficiency by another 25 percent. Or look at another example: extracting shale gas ("fracking"). It costs from 50... View Details
- Profile
Lauren Burrows
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I sought my MBA at HBS at a key moment of transition in my career, both in terms of industry focus and position. I was committed to pursuing a career in the energy industry, but wasn’t... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
in modular configurations, and then deploy them anywhere in the world to either extract CO2 directly from the air or from emission stacks from industries that would otherwise be impossible to decarbonize.... View Details
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
between the average interest rate on commercial and industrial loans and the federal funds rate, moved in opposite directions with merger activity. This spread, the researcher argued, enabled more M&A liquidity and easier financing.... View Details
- Profile
Tyler Todd
of the energy industry, but the HBS experience and my interactions with fellow classmates coming from that background have really shown me how private equity firms have the unique ability to create tremendous value while also shaping the future of the energy View Details
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
equities? What were some challenging or surprising aspects? After graduation, I returned to Singapore and the finance industry and I’m currently working for Nomura Securities. Since my time back I had a chance to do work on the side with... View Details
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
Chrysler once, have to do so again to the tune of $3 billion through the $3,500-$4,500 C4C incentives? This taxpayer money simply enabled the dealers to avoid having to offer discounts off sticker prices and to extract higher profit... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
partner is extremely important." Rayport and Hagel envision a new type of service company emerging in which certain firms - which they term "info-mediaries" - serve as trusted liaisons between customers and vendors, helping customers View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
the industry and dominated it for nearly 20 years, the well-respected company faces a bevy of new entrants from the banking, mortgage finance, and insurance sectors. In particular, management must decide how to respond to an aggressive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!
power source. Amager Bakke is located within eyeshot of downtown Copenhagen, and despite being an industrial waste management and energy production site, serves as a community gathering point. With the world’s tallest rock-climbing wall... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit
during this field course. From solar cell to module assembly, the processes showcased precision and commitment to quality. Tata Solar has been a leader in the solar industry for over 33 years, combining a legacy of excellence with... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
Knowledge is codified using a "people-to-documents" approach: it is extracted from the person who developed it, made independent of that person, and reused for various purposes. Ralph Poole, director of Ernst & Young's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Green Talk at HBS
Nyquist reported that such emissions could be cut by a third through greater efficiencies. He also noted, however, that meeting the lowered emission goals set for 2050 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will require a larger increase in productivity than... View Details
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
purchasing life. The CLV formula incorporates metrics that capture the outputs of three key customer strategies that firms employ: asset acquisition (attracting new customers to the firm); asset maximization (maximizing the value the firm View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert