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- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®, a ground-glass material made with post-consumer recycled glass developed and produced by Urban Mining Industries. The case protagonists shared that they see themselves as a disruptor of the... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
to invest in the careers of politicians who will vow to keep our unfair tax advantages. —Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970) is president and CEO of Brooklyn, New York–based IceStoneUSA, which makes countertops out of recycled View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
to get away from that and to be able to make much smarter decisions. Morrell: But these are two different forces. You have a nice analogy where you say FOMO is kind of like a glass of wine, but FOBO's kind... 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.... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
organization to go beyond "very good" and attain and sustain excellence. In his latest book, he shares his hard-won insights and reveals what it takes to be best in class in any industry. Tech and the City: The Making of New York's... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
apprentice? Probably, but it will take time and practice to learn all the tricks and perfect the art, making a lot of mistakes along the way. Yet there are machines that do produce all kinds of glass objects... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
same, but the scope has expanded from just research to helping business leaders take action to make America more competitive. The number of faculty involved has grown from 15 to almost 25, and a host of HBS alumni and corporate partners... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
actually checked to make sure the students weren’t falling asleep! The previous record was 66 hours; ours was 72. Setting a record was really fun, so we did it again 10 years later, for our 50th anniversary: Most nationalities in an... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
motivated him and his wife Patricia to make an ongoing investment in HBS’s global efforts through their support of the HBS Fund, the School’s research outposts, and an endowed fellowship for international students. The Value of Being... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
influence that activist investors such as Icahn are gaining on Wall Street.) Carl Icahn made news last month when he announced he had accumulated a large ownership stake in American International Group (AIG) and said he wanted the company split up. His letter View Details
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
primarily by the sale of the glasses themselves. VisionSpring is what organization scholars call a "hybrid" social venture, since it combines the social welfare logic of a nonprofit and the commercial logic of a for-profit business. When... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
Photos by Nancee Lewis The kind of private schools Chris Crane (MBA 1976) invests in have cement floors, no glass in the windows, cramped quarters, and just enough food on hand for the students to eat. “I see mothers labor in the... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Mary Falvey
now advise early stage companies and help them achieve their "firsts." To today’s women leaders: Don’t beat yourself up because you can’t obliterate the glass ceiling; it will take a few more generations. Stay focused on... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
workforce ages, their skills “asset base” erodes, making the logic of relying on alternatives more compelling. That problem is compounded by the failure of many U.S. employers to cultivate relationships with local educators to help ensure... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
shared their latest research on US competitiveness and issued calls to action urging alumni to get involved in helping solve the country’s or their communities’ competitiveness challenges. “Hundreds of alumni attended these events, and since then many have stepped up... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
remain true to their art? —Perry Miles (MBA 1972) BUECHLER: Time will tell and each relationship will likely be different. Intellectually it makes sense for the big brewers to allow acquired craft brewers to remain true to their art. Keep... View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
where he makes his home and works as a partner at the mergers and acquisitions firm Architect Partners. A two-decade-long drought, a record-breaking heat wave, and a rare dry lightning storm had sparked 350 fires across Northern and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Portrait Project
Brian Sykes
Franciscan, I yearn to revitalize the city. Provide the mentally ill with help they so desperately need. Build affordable housing. Purge the sidewalks of broken glass and human waste. I’ll make San Francisco... View Details
- 11 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”
information.” As an undergraduate at William & Mary, he interned at Google, where he gained an insider’s perspective on a new technology, Google Glass. Bracaglia wrote SQL for the Glass team, whose challenging public response inspired... View Details
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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Who Make Steel. New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1936. American Steel & Wire. Welcome. New Haven: American Steel & Wire, [1956]. Backman, Jules, and United States Steel Corporation. Steel Prices, Profits, Productivity, and... View Details