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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by three reactor explosions and two core meltdowns in the days following a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced waves as high as 17 meters. The world is familiar with Daiichi's... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

displaced, and millions left without electricity and water. Railways and roads were destroyed, and 383,000 buildings damaged—including a nuclear power plant that suffered a meltdown of three reactors, prompting widespread evacuations.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

US perspective, by evidence that the Soviet Union was installing nuclear missile sites in Cuba, 90 miles from the United States, the showdown is considered the closest to a nuclear war the world has ever... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

number of contexts. They are unconstrained by moral boundaries. Are these technologies different from other ground-breaking technologies such as electricity, nuclear power and computing? What commercial opportunities and risks will they... View Details

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

coordination that resulted in their developing self-regulation programs were sparked by crises, including the chemical industry after the Bhopal accident and the nuclear power industry after the Three Mile Island incident. We also... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

moment to our own time is how it ends—with mass destruction. Destruction that would continue throughout the twentieth century, with two world wars, with mass genocide, with numerous terrible civil wars, the Holocaust, the nuclear age, and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 May 2022
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Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

attend. They have insight into how to approach the application process. Kristin Wihera (MS/MBA Biotechnology 2023) Hometown: Littleton, CO Undergraduate university and major: Boston University; Human Physiology Military experience: Navy Surface Warfare Officer, View Details

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

a family business raises the stakes of—and often complicates—a family negotiation. Consider first what sets family relationships apart. Relatives (especially in nuclear families) typically have long-standing relationships that are based... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

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Electricity - Business & Environment

hydropower, and nuclear that emit far less or even no greenhouse gases. Yet 20% of the world’s population currently lives without access to electricity [21] , and meeting their needs and the growing global demand for electricity—while... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Rationing Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Military spending shifts to nuclear deterrents Small Business Administration created Influence: Medium 60 1960 s 19 Great Society Consumer and environmental protection movements strengthen... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger

separated and I want to get divorced,” what I was confronted with was not only the reality that the most important thing in my life was moving away from me, which was my nuclear family, but that I had no control to stop it. And so I think... View Details

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

proposals but invested in only a small percentage of them. The firm's prized portfolio companies included Circo Products (automobile tools); High Voltage Engineering Corp (high-powered generators and nuclear particle accelerators);... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

offered at most colleges. So, I settled and went to the Naval Academy to just fly jets. How I ended up underwater is a much longer story. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, a couple hundred men I helped train are operating the USS Nebraska, a... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

analyze and assess industry disruptions to develop business models that create shared value. Highlights Translating Brand Love to Profits The Current Energy System Transatomic: Bringing Nuclear Power to the Forefront Show Hide Details... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

sustainable fuel for the long term. When looking at decarbonization strategies, it’s important to remember that greenhouse gas emissions are just one part of the puzzle – and safety, availability, reliability are all important factors that must be considered as well.... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

traditional knowledge to restore ecologies and sequester carbon. Still others are working on breakthrough new ventures in direct carbon capture, nuclear fission, and arctic rewilding. These entrepreneurs share a deep commitment to... View Details

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