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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies
the world who said this is the only way to listen to music. But today a new generation raised on digital music is also taking notice. Is reemergence a short-lived trend? Reemergent technologies often communicate authenticity, community,... View Details
Keywords: April White; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
insulated, eco-friendly composite tile, enabling electrical interconnection and assembly with other tiles via “plug & play” connectors. Crossover Energy is an energy services company, helping organizations reduce their energy costs and... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
Long before HBS professor Karim R. Lakhani used crowdsourcing to develop pioneering research on the science of innovation, his experiences working at General Electric and the Boston Consulting Group piqued... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
Business Review, how the United States has lost or is in the process of losing the ability to manufacture many of the cutting-edge products it invented. These include the batteries that power electric and hybrid cars, light-emitting... View Details
- 08 May 2014
- News
The Sky's the Limit
Jeanette Eaton (PMD 72, 1997) is helping a new generation of women take flight. A helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft pilot, Eaton has become an advocate to youth, especially girls, who are considering careers in aviation. "I see a lot of... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
function caused by the tumor and its treatment, Susan had survived the unsurvivable. It was then that Sontag made a promise to himself and his wife: “If I ever get a chance to do something about this disease, I’m going to do it.” In 2002, he had that chance. Sontag... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
Get What You Pay Them Case: Lincoln Electric Company Written: 1975 Copies Sold: 284,826 With a tradition of innovation and technological leadership, the Lincoln Electric Company of Cleveland, Ohio, was the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
breakdown was hastened by Enron’s turbocharged incentives, which offered executives enormous bonuses tied to estimated future profits and a very generous stock-option plan that paid out richly as Enron’s stock became increasingly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
Much hope and plenty of money are riding on the idea that batterypowered electric cars will help slow global warming by reducing tailpipe emissions. But when it comes to reducing the greenhouse gases produced by heavy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
next generation must be formally groomed to ensure we remain globally competitive.” As a group, the Chirchirillos have attended the weeklong HBS Executive Education offering Families in Business. Daughter Trisha (OPM 36, 2007) and son... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
longitudinal cases, where single companies like Nike and General Electric are followed over several decades. This allows students to see how the issues facing the company have evolved over 30 or 40 years,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
reasonably to expect. Nobody wants to play a game where they find out after the final whistle whether the high or low score wins." Stevenson, who joined the HBS faculty in 1968, developed two real estate courses with a general management... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
continues to have, a major impact on me." Stevenson, in fact, also helped Maddy make high-level contacts in Mexico for Ezuza, as has another HBS alumnus and former Stevenson student, Alfredo Elias Ayub (MBA 1975), the former director View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Sky’s the Limit
launch last fall with “two ex-Microsoft guys.” All three are pilots, and fittingly, their first product is a flight-planning software program called Voyager. “It’s for general aviation pilots — private pilots and commercial charter... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
engineers to tweak preexisting medical instruments or develop entirely new medical devices. The general deep brain stimulation procedure is now established practice: For over a decade, neurosurgeons have placed electrodes in the brains of... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
their membership. This year's candidates are: Thomas E. Everhart, AB '53, magna cum laude; MS '55, UCLA; PhD '58, University of Cambridge, England. President Emeritus and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, California... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
accountability, transparency, and trust; those three things will be even more important in the future.” When he was tapped to head GE in 2001, Jeff Immelt had already built an impressive nineteen-year career at the storied company that pioneered the development of... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the local electric utility came together with foundations and educators to ensure digital access for all citizens. They addressed a specific issue, connectivity. They did not take the stance that, “We're... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
to implement innovative, money-saving measures, such as generating electricity via hydropower, recirculating heat from manufacturing processes to warm the factory complex, and using water from his own wells... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European... View Details