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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
levies on pollution, which is by definition an indicator of waste and inefficiency. Gore, who has long argued that carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming, said that solving the environmental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
investors, or other members of development teams. Firing Back by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld (MBA ’78, DBA ’81) and Andrew Ward (HBS Press) The authors lay out a novel five-step recovery process to rescue a career:... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
Michael and I think about that question,” says Gordon, adding that with the privileges they’ve had, if they don’t take risks in life, they’re wasting it. So, yeah, maybe her parents think she’s a little bit... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Don’t Be Atlas: Get the World off Your Shoulders; Dig Deep for the Root Cause; Get Ready for the Long Haul; Never Waste a Good Crisis; You’re in the Spotlight: Follow True North; and Go on Offense, Focus on... View Details
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
the uncomfortable moments. The ability to have a difficult conversation is a necessary social skill that mature leaders have to develop. Knowing someone is deceptive is quite different from knowing the truth. It’s important to recognize that difference. We don’t have a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Feb 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
produced in the United States is never eaten; 3.8 million gallons of fuel are wasted everyday from unnecessary idling. The nonprofit’s investment strategy is far less typical. Sustainable America makes direct investments with the goal of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
walking billboard. I’m serious. And it’s in a positive way.” The students are quiet. Lunch forgotten, Langford is motoring through with the same quiet intensity he showed at the SARA meeting that morning. Like so many people devoted to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
problem—we die very expensively. It is pretty well established that 30 percent of our lifelong health care occurs in the last year of life and the majority of that in the last 30 days. The second is that the medical profession is... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
Business Administration Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow But that value made it difficult for Cedar Environmental to survive in Lebanon. Though he could move to another country, Lebanon is home for Abi Chaker and he is committed to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
meaningful relationships with their people, they also create loyalty and an environment where employees feel secure enough to take chances and suggest innovative and sometimes... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Candy That Is Good for You
yet I wasn't able to find an all-natural gum out there. Our goal with Simply Gum is to create products that are healthier and better for both your body, as well as the environment. “Gum, for example, contributes to actually millions of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
there is only Box 3. But very quickly, you get into Box 1. Take Square. Its Box 3 opportunity was micromerchants who want to take credit cards but don’t generate enough sales to have an expensive, big credit card processing machine.... View Details
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
ZALEZNIK: “I don’t think it’s useful for people to worry about the rules of leadership or command. I think the central concept is character and character in the uses of power.” Leadership is best studied from the inside out, declares... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Managing Family Assets
internal evaluation of your values, your resources — financial and human — and your ability to communicate with your family. How should people’s values influence the way they manage their money? If you have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
period projected at five years or less. Any Harvard unit or department may apply for the interest-free loans, which are repaid out of the savings generated by reductions in energy consumption, utility usage, and View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Feedback
issue: A talk with Clay Christensen about how his business theory has affected his home life, Jennifer Raiser on the business of Burning Man, and Bill Tai on his accidental ascent to kiteboarding entreprenuer. You can subscribe to Skydeck... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
and shareable infographics to illustrate startling statistics: 40 percent of the food produced in the United States is never eaten; and 3.8 million gallons of fuel are wasted... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
organizations waste $2.8 billion every year powering unused PCs. In 2009, these unused PCs emitted approximately 20 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent — equal to the annual emissions of 4 million cars. Transportation accounts for... View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
technologies and providing services that are designed to improve water management worldwide. Already, the fund has invested more than $9 million in 12 companies that address such pressing problems as flood tracking, water View Details