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- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
Courtesy Steve Payne The Arctic Ice Project is pursuing a radical solution to climate change: restoring the Arctic ice. “The project’s scientists believe that a thin layer of hollow glass microspheres—spread in strategic, limited... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
Paine: “We want students to realize their full potential as business leaders.” Courtesy HBS Communications When Andy Mulkerin (HBS ’05), a chemical engineer by training, came to HBS he knew that his class would be the first to take... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
cattle ranching. To learn the value of his crop, a farmer could turn on the radio for regular market updates from commodity exchanges. But prices of the seeds and chemical fertilizer used to grow those crops... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
interest in the health of the soil. “If you restore soil and agriculture and don’t use chemical fertilizers to grow crops, and you change your... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
focuses on six worldwide corporate brands, including Nestlé, Nescafé, Nestea, Buitoni, Maggi, and Friskies, which are complemented by regional brands such as Stouffer's and Crosse & Blackwell. After... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
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 View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
which, when burned, releases more CO2 (a key greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere. C12 Energy's North Dakota project will instead capture industrial CO2 from a big chemical plant located about 50 miles away View Details
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
someplace similar is the obvious exception.” “How do I eat and drink at company presentations and receptions?” “Don’t,” Smith advised. “Eat in advance, or afterward.” Your drink is a prop that you hold in... View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
Beth Stewart Corporate America's glass ceiling doesn't stop at the C-suite. Only 16.6 percent of Fortune 500 companies have a woman on their board of directors. Beth A. Stewart (MBA 1982) is uniquely qualified to change that. View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
trying to punch out time.” An art and a science: “There are probably 30 or 40 different spotting chemicals and techniques depending on the fabric, the stain, View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
one his dad once drove. “These cars weren’t that reliable when they were new, and now well, things break on them that don’t normally break on a car.” Glass “The best way to learn more about View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
program and found a study group of alumni—especially Tom Shaffer (MBA 2005)—who were impressed with my poetry and writing. Their support during the pandemic helped me write View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring
downsizing at the Scott Paper Company under "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap and the merger of Chase Manhattan Bank with Chemical Bank. Based on interviews with CEOs, managers, investors, bankers, management... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Three Promoted to Full Professor
Harvard College, where he majored in biology, Gompers worked for a year as a research biochemist for Bayer Chemical AG before earning a master's degree in economics at Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship. He completed his Ph.D. in... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Pitching In for Female Leaders
yet I was one of the few women who made it through the glass ceiling to the top of international football. Until one day, the rug was pulled off from underneath me, and I found myself out of a job. There was... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
Harold M. Brierley (MBA '68), chairman and CEO of Brierley & Partners, describes himself as "an accidental entrepreneur," having entered HBS as a chemical engineer planning to pursue a management career... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
being the case with the craft beer revolution? —Roger Ellis (MBA 1967) BUECHLER: The next 10 years are going to be interesting. In the short term, expect both the production side and the support side to continue to do well. Tank... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
As a way to delve deeper into the link between motivation and creativity, Amabile and her husband, psychologist Steven J. Kramer, conducted a three-year study of 238 professionals from seven companies in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New Releases
glass ceiling that confronts most minority managers in large U.S. companies? In their new book, Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America, HBS associate professor David A. Thomas View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
middle skills jobs,” Worrell says. “We focused our research on that gap and the failure in the talent supply chain that’s leading to that gap.” HBS alumnus Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999) also stepped up to help understand the talent gap. As CEO... View Details