Green New Deal - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Sep 2024
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The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

her start-up, VitaRi Energy, that extends green energy access in West Africa. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA, and why HBS? After my undergraduate studies at Georgetown University, I worked in private equity for four years. I loved... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning

Photography by Neal Hamberg If your middle-school science class is studying New England’s green crab population, chances are you’ll get a lot more excited about the origin, life cycle, and environmental... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

sequencing moves on you. Most parents quickly wise up to the household version of this gambit: To get Dad to say "yes," Junior will claim that "Mom said it was OK," then scurry to tell Mom that Dad has given the green... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

01 Sep 2004
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Hollywood Story

Ruth Epstein (MBA ’88) never went to film school, but nine years at Goldman Sachs proved to be great training for her new career in Hollywood. With fifteen-hour workdays filled with legal and financial negotiations, and the uncertainty of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

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Baker Old Class Collection | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details

Jerry Yang

money in 1995, Yang and Filo launched the search engine, Yahoo! By including advertising on their site (one of the first to do so) and by structuring deals with Netscape Navigator and others, Yahoo has been able to profitably grow... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

hoped to start a new life with their young son in their adopted country, but the immigration process would not be an easy one. “Everything was opaque and scary,” Wang says. “It was our one shot at being able to stay.” Stymied by the... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Oct 2012
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Answering the Doctor's Call

located in Copley Township, Ohio, and the younger Downing wanted to help take the family business to the next level. So instead of medicine, Downing studied business at Bowling Green State University, and later earned his Harvard MBA, all... View Details

Keywords: resumed education; nontraditional students; Health, Social Assistance

03 Aug 2020
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A Clean Start

other chemicals) from carbon dioxide. His goal was to demonstrate—through research, discovery, and good business—a new way forward in reducing CO2 emissions. The first step was to lay out the photosynthesis process in black and white on a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2018
News

Combating Climate Change

problems. Supply chains will be disrupted. There will be new conflicts over water, resources, and human migration. The very physical integrity of factories and buildings will be threatened. So what can businesses do? For most firms,... View Details

William H. Gates III

In 1980, Gates signed a contract with IBM to develop an operating system for their new personal computer. Gates retained the rights to his operating system, MS-DOS, and struck deals with nearly all other... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Mar 2011
News

Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation

engineering institute. And in 2004, he gave $25 million to support the HBS Doctoral Programs. Wyss has also endowed several professorships at Harvard.) Last December, Wyss figured prominently in what news accounts hailed as the largest,... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

13 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Summer Snapshot: Interning in the Sports Industry

HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) asked students to describe their career interests and what they are up to this summer. Name: Matt Duarte, MBA 2018 Current Position: Corporate Development and Strategy Intern Company and Location: The Madison Square... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

demonstrates the first television 1929 Forced deportation and family separations of 2,000,000 Mexican-Americans. Estimates indicate 60% were American citizens The New Deal in Three Minutes Anti-Latino... View Details

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Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library

profit in the new era of prosperity , The roaring 2000s : building the wealth and lifestyle you desire in the greatest boom in history . Lowry, Philip (Phil): Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of... View Details

01 Oct 1998
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A Business World Gone Global

Today, even small firms dare to think globally and invest accordingly - closing deals in Dubai has become almost as commonplace as doing business in Dubuque, thanks to quantum leaps in travel and transport, geopolitics, and... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Smartphones Get Smarter

When Apple’s Steve Jobs announced a new licensing deal for Microsoft software that makes Apple’s iPhone more attractive to businesspeople, venture capitalist John Doerr (MBA ’76) of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

customers over long periods of time. What's the secret of long-running megabrands such as Mountain Dew, Nike, and Budweiser? The magical sweet spot when a brand delivers imaginative stories that are perfectly attuned to society's desires. His View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

scarcity Nicole Sherwood (MBA 2005) Jonathan Rose Companies New York Green real estate policy, planning, development, civic-development, and investment firm Scott Smith (MBA 1991) Opflex Solutions West... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

17 Sep 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills

Knowledge for a decade-and-a-half. Here are a number of articles and working papers you might find beneficial in upping your negotiation game. Negotiators Should Remain Cool And Collected. Right? The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations Andy Wasynczuk, a former... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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