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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)
Conservation International. "I'm not in a position to work directly on environmental matters, but I can put my money where my mouth is and support those organizations that are actively involved in this work," Horn explains. Horn's more... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
When Cecily Kovatch (MBA 2002) began her career working as a field engineer for Schlumberger, one of the world’s largest oilfield service companies, the all-male crews were often less than welcoming. Since those early engineering days, Kovatch has held multiple roles... View Details
- 15 Aug 2021
- News
You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America
The New York Times recently profiled Red Ventures, led by CEO and cofounder Ric Elias (MBA 1994), calling the company “perhaps the biggest digital publisher in America, a 4,500-employee juggernaut that says it has roughly $2 billion in annual revenues, a View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
Baker. “Together with the pattern that more conservative capital structures reduce the risk of equity, this finding suggests a cost of heightened capital requirements in the form of costlier equity.” (Published May 2015) View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
gain a better understanding of their migratory patterns. But that's just what Josh Haacker (HBS '03) did, in addition to strategic planning and numbers-crunching, as an HBS Summer Fellow at the Alaska Conservation Foundation, which placed... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Leveraging MBA Skills for the Public Good
conservation and historic preservation projects. “I wrote, coordinated, and administered the grants for a local land trust,” she says. “I never felt my education was wasted, even if it wasn’t paying work. I truly believe there’s a call... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Science Buddy
Hess Courtesy Sciencebuddies.org After seeing his daughter win a science prize, Ken Hess (MBA ’78), himself a science buff since childhood, wondered how he could help other young people with science projects and science appreciation. The founder of two successful... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Powering into the Future
Alexander Gruzen (MBA 1990) is CEO of WiTricity Corp., in Texas. In this video, he explains how his company is helping to lead the world toward a more sustainable future. “I wanted to create something very new and had a chance to join a young company that was founded... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality
restore the Blasket Islands in West Kerry, and that project has been going for 25 years. It’s a nonprofit conservation project; we’ve done great work on that and I think the confidence to do that came from here. “And then in my work, in... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
1984 Joins Bear Stearns, M&A Managing Director 1988 Named Partner, Gruss Partners 1994 Launches Paulson & Co. 2007 Makes what many call the “greatest trade ever” on subprime mortgage market 2012 Contributes historic donation to Central Park View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment The Earth At Night, 2009: Cities may occupy just 2 percent of the planet’s landmass but they hold half the world’s people and produce much of its carbon emissions. Image by NASA/Corbis Issue Focus The Business and Environment... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Sustaining a commitment to the environment
Paul Zofnass (AB 1969, MBA 1973) is a 24/7 environmentalist who embraces the synergy between good business and the conservation of natural resources. In 1990 he founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, which provides... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Greek Drama
Samaras: Enough pain. Photo AFP/Getty Images The debt drama unfolding in Greece is made even more gripping by the long relationship between two of the country’s leaders, former Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou and the head of the View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Edgar Koerner (MBA 1959)
I remember our class as a conservative bunch, concerned with falling in line, getting a job, and making a buck. I, however, wasn’t so sure what I wanted to do. After graduation, an uncle at S.G. Warburg in London suggested I come work... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time
When Raghu Yarlagadda (MBA 2014) visited his native India in 2009, signs of a persistent energy crisis were everywhere: villages going dark to conserve energy, youngsters inhaling fumes while studying by kerosene lamp, and candles posing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce the University’s environmental... View Details
- 06 Oct 2016
- News
“You Could Be Dead Any Second”
(CBS: 60 Minutes) (CBS: 60 Minutes) For anyone else, it would be enough—to somehow survive being taken hostage in Yemen. In 1998, Mary Quin (MBA 1988), a senior executive at Xerox and inveterate traveler was touring the conservative... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
have been disproportionately affected by the entrenched interests of utilities, Riley observes. The green-energy pitch isn’t always a politically compelling idea in these often more conservative communities, but, he says, “It’s not about... View Details
- 22 Oct 2009
- News