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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment

“ Materials: Refrigerant Management ,” Project Drawdown, 2019, accessed on October 6, 2019. “ Materials: Alternative Cement ,” Project Drawdown, 2019, accessed October 6, 2019.... View Details

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

the North American charging standard. Anish's role prior to HBS was Project & Product Portfolio Management at Mercedes-Benz AG. Kate Swain-Smith (MBA 2025, Section I), Summer Internship: Growth and... View Details

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

Bullard suggested that "Ruthless realism is, itself, pathological . The professional pilot denies a crash is inevitable until a second before impact, and that ability to believe one can save the ship is critical to the attitude of actually saving it."... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Apr 1996
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"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

the permanent sections that will carry them through the required curriculum," Schlesinger notes. "Through exercises in teamwork, applied personal skills, and project management, we provided both the process and View Details

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

How will my children learn via Zoom? We interviewed 10 CEOs in July about how they are managing the unprecedented stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then checked in with them again at the end of 2020. The interviewees hail from... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

12 Jan 2021
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Keeping the Coast Clear

recently featured in the Harvard Gazette’s To Serve Better Project. Before landing at Save the Bay, Stone worked as an investment manager and securities analyst in financial services; he also co-founded an investment View Details

Keywords: Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture

01 Aug 2001
News

J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)

after graduating from HBS. "He struck a chord with me because of the way he could identify and analyze complex problems, then develop implementation plans to solve them." In 1960, Livingston and Fox founded Management Systems Corporation,... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; J. Sterling Livingston; George P. Baker; Government

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

mistakes") while attempting to achieve the goals. Joe Violette advised that, in his experience, stretch goals "have only succeeded (when) they are developed by the project team" (vs. management). The downside of stretch as... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2012
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1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners

months of classroom preparation, teams of MBAs arrived January 8 in 12 cities in 10 developing countries, where they worked to complete new product or service projects for 140 partner organizations. (A small number of students who could... View Details

Keywords: Professor Youngme Moon; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

September 2006 (Revised April 2007)
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Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (C)

By: Boris Groysberg, Christopher Marquis and Ayesha Kanji

Supplements the (A) case. The (C) case includes Keller's actual 2006 mid-year and self evaluations. View Details

Keywords: Projects; Management; Leadership; Organizations; Situation or Environment; Competition; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Evaluation; Consulting Industry

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01 Oct 2021
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Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region

With the help of HBS’s Japan Research Center, Professor Hirotaka Takeuchi hosted a virtual reunion to mark the 10-year anniversary of an annual Immersive Field Course in Japan. A decade ago, a group of 22 MBA students from Japan asked Professor of View Details

February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
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Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board

By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari

A real estate developer decides whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal to develop a township on farmland. The decisions include whether to expand operations from the company's base in Kolkata to Bardhaman, 100 km away;... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Decisions; Private Equity; Design; Housing; Infrastructure; Projects; Real Estate Industry; West Bengal

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01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life

develop alongside the company through our Vendor Management program. Since 2007, Manila Water has generated more than 20,000 jobs through these local enterprises. Similarly, Manila Water gives community-based cooperatives sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services

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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

managing organizational risk and, in a joint project with Michael Porter, measuring the cost of delivering health care and linking patient costs to outcomes. Learn more about Professor Kaplan’s work Learn... View Details

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Campus Vehicular Access | About

campus prior to 7am in accordance with city ordinances. Vendors must be authorized by the project manager in Envoy in order for access to be granted. If a subcontractor is being used, both the name of the... View Details

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Matt Segneri

projects and serve as advisors to the Bureau's senior leadership." Once he completes his MBA, Matt may continue with consulting. "Consulting helps you become a better leader because you are compelled to consider all the... View Details

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IT Strategy: Empowering the Future of Generative AI Innovation at HBS | Information Technology

responsibly. The impact of the project has extended throughout HBS IT and the larger School community. HBS IT’s AI Alliance works to champion experimentation with AI tools and share collected knowledge with HBS IT to encourage continued... View Details

08 Dec 2020
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Brooke Carter (MBA 2019)

other environments where you present and defend your ideas daily in front of 90 people. How long was your deferral (2, 3, or 4 years)? My deferral was 2 years. I considered deferring longer, but I felt like I was at a natural point in my career to go back to school. I... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

competitiveness over the next three years, although pessimism has eased somewhat from an earlier survey conducted in 2011. "They see the boat as sinking more slowly, but still sinking," says Jan Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration and... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

the intrapreneurial effort fails, you'll still have a job tomorrow, said HBS assistant professor Clark Gilbert, who served as moderator. And for managers of the start-up, a corporate benefactor can make starting a new organizational life... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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