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Barr Even
had always cared about public health and environmentalism. On my old path, would I have acted on those passions? Now, with a traditional career no longer the default, suddenly it felt easy to dive in. Hard work and determination have... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
reliance on petroleum-based fertilizers and sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide in the ground. With his extensive background in green businesses, finance, and turnarounds, it seems almost inevitable that Wiviott would help found a business like SFP. The firm... View Details
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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
item in the collection is the memoir Jay Cooke wrote late in life. Also noteworthy are the agreements Cooke made with other firms, in particular an 1869 contract between Cooke and the Northern Pacific Railroad. Collection Guide Legislative History of the National... View Details
- Portrait Project
Mark Cicirelli
nights researching, writing business plans, and using a lot of caffeine. My startup experience taught me big and small lessons about myself. First, I realized I still love gadgets and want to be around technology. More important, whether View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public
selected six individuals who, to our mind, suggest the breadth and depth of the class as a whole. Judging from their demonstrated leadership abilities, business achievements, dedication to community service, and, in some cases, acts of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Buried on... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
How the US’s Inflation Reduction Act has opened new business opportunities across multiple sectors Re: Julia Brady (MBA 1997); Christian Weeks (MBA 2010); Matt Arnold (MBA 1995); Heather March Takle (MBA 2006); Monica Varman (MBA 2016);... View Details
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Sacha Yabili
will continue to challenge the status quo. I will act as a catalyst for others to stand up for their ideals and follow their own wild and precious dreams. View Details
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Jen Porter
need 19 years of in-prison education to earn her GED; James, who begged for mental-health services while serving his sentence, only to be told that he would have to act out to be given proper medical attention. The prison system is... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kristen Forecki
recognized and genuinely appreciated just for being me. Her simple act of kindness changed my perception of who I thought I was. Suddenly, I believed that I had value to offer the world, regardless of my status—in a theatre production or... View Details
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Xavier Paternot
I want to build things and blow them up. I want to act irresponsibly. I want to play music. I want to be rewarded with a Nobel Prize if I save people lives and go to jail if I cheat. I want to keep on being fascinated every time I look at... View Details
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
non-compete status in Michigan, they discovered a natural test bed, thanks to an inadvertent policy change. In 1905, during the initial automotive industry boom, Michigan passed Public Act No. 329, which prohibited "all agreements and... View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
sector. This is a big problem when product development cycles and election cycles don't mesh; government funding may be available with one administration and gone with the next. Consider California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
about your own internal motivations behind acting prosocially; giving in is acting prosocially but only because you feel obligated. There are tactics that you can use to increase giving in, in the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
behavior? Can we imagine firms mutually agreeing not to try and capture their regulators? To support appropriate environmental or social legislation? If a significant faction of the private sector started to act in this way consistently,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
business case be made for acting in an environmentally sustainable way, defined as acting in any way that reduce a firm's environmental footprint. Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental... View Details
- 26 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Business and the Environment
Governments, business, and consumers must act to address climate change. The actions must deal with resource supply issues and renewable energy, as well as with demand issues. Ultimately, these actions will lead to a transition from a... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams
with helping to reduce her financial needs. “The act of giving to the next generation is a remarkable thing. I’m very thankful for his support, which enables me to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams.” View Details
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Lavinia Teodorescu | MBA
Violence Against Women Act – and got to better connect people in our community in need of our services. I am now working on the launch of our TPS screener for refugees, and our vision is much bigger. We want to create a virtual legal... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
act as a trim tab, in part by recognizing the potential downstream influence of small, high-leverage actions pointing in the right new direction. The trim tab's tiny movement has leverage. The right shift in the right place at the right... View Details