water - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jan 2022
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Untapped Potential

Courtesy Tom Ferguson “Climate change is really water change,” says Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014). From the deadly floods that deluged western Europe in the summer of 2021, to the once-in-a-century drought conditions that have ravaged Brazil... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Up to the Highest Heights

multivariate equation in real time, all the time, in a super intense situation. The kite has enough power to change your direction from going horizontal across the water at 20 miles an hour to 40 feet in the air in a tenth of a second.... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2011
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The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS

Issue Focus: Business and the Environment Reinhardt and Henderson: On Shad Hall’s green roof. Issue Focus The City Solution Water for Life Green Day Related Links Visit the Business and Environment Initiative The City Solution Established... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Jul 2025
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Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

because the water level has been decreasing,” says Maughan, who organized the talk. Steed is the executive director of Utah State University’s Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air and in 2023 became the inaugural Great... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2005
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Desert Dust-Up

Simmons Photo Courtesy Simmons & Co. INTL. Oil and water don’t mix. That truism about elements at odds could also serve as an analogy for Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), who’s sometimes known as a petroleum-industry contrarian. But it’s the... View Details

Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

15 Dec 2024
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Kelp Is on the Way

Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustration by Melinda Beck; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

09 Sep 2016
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MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

water and fly. It's a very, three-dimensional sport. And it's just fulfilling, and exciting, and full of freedom. In the 2009 time frame, I went on a kite trip. I wanted to go kite the Western corner of Australia. And on that trip,... View Details

19 Jan 2016
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Electric Avenues

residents with tangible results: When a BOS:311 app user posts a photo of a downed tree limb, for example, the responding public works team often adds a photo of the clean street as well as the workers. “It closes the loop,” she says, “and allows us to reengage with... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

20 Jan 2011
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Oil Spill Solution

that has proven effective in pollutant absorption both above and beneath the surface of water. Smith has been working closely with fishermen in the Gulf area to help rid the affected waters of the propylene glycol (a chemical found in... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

In the summer when it got really hot, my brother and I would buy cases of water. We grew up in Queens near Linden Boulevard and we would stand on the corner and sell bottles of water to people who stopped at the light. We always had this... View Details

Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance

01 Sep 2010
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Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest

27. The winner of the business venture track, OsComp Systems, is commercializing an innovative technology that forces natural gas through pipelines at lower cost and with greater efficiency. The social venture track winner, Urban Water... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Oct 1996
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Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

became especially concerned about local air and water quality when their first child was born in 1988. Together, they helped found the Environmental Media Association, designed to encourage writers, directors, and actors to incorporate... View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

01 Jun 2009
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Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

the bully pulpit, President Obama should educate the public about the benefits of government partnerships with social enterprise organizations, said Jonathan Greenblatt, cofounder of Ethos Water and lecturer at UCLA’s Anderson School of... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?

Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) (Courtesy S’Well Bottle) Ollie Wilson (MBA 2017) (Courtesy Ollie Wilson) Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) is the founder and CEO of S’well reusable water bottles, beloved by everyone from the Kardashians to TED Conference... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 May 2020
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New Menu

second, larger fund to support companies developing ecologically efficient food production technologies—innovations that can reduce carbon emissions, plastics, and packaging in the supply chain and improve land and water use. "Many large... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man

BM takeaway: “The principle of gifting, which is the premise that if you look at the world from a position of abundance, there’s more than enough for everyone.” (Selling and bartering are verboten at Burning Man. Everyone brings enough food and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

12 Jan 2021
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Keeping the Coast Clear

Photo courtesy Save the Bay Photo courtesy Save the Bay As executive director of the non-profit Save the Bay, Jonathan Stone (MBA 1984) leads the organization’s efforts to protect the waters and habitats of Narragansett Bay, educate the... View Details

Keywords: Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture

07 Sep 2021
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Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act

utilities industries is privatized, water in particular. And I chair the organization that regulates water monopolies. They’re big companies. Many of them privately owned now by pension funds, infrastructure... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind

to take that first step.” Then one of the most successful investors in Silicon Valley—all 6'4" of him—plunges into the water clothed in suit and tie. The students follow hesitantly, until the water is... View Details