Materiality - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2023
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Batteries Included

Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven Henderson (MBA 2016), CEO and cofounder of Fleetzero,... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2013
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A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash

Africa, and India, where workers, frequently children—with no safety equipment—tear the electronics apart, exposing themselves to lethal doses of toxins. Then the raw materials are shipped back to where they are needed. Prior to founding... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; recycling; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2004
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Corey, Lombard Remembered

and coauthored several books and other materials on human relations. In 1962, he largely put aside teaching duties when he was named associate dean for educational affairs, a key position from which he guided the development and... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

01 Sep 2007
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Letters to the Editor

that many people (including people a lot smarter than I am) have about the basic feasibility of sustaining and spreading current American habits of material consumption. I have spent some considerable effort trying to get a handle on the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
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AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

specific tumor cells. We can target these receptors with radioactive material to detect tumor cells with a very high accuracy and also see the distribution of tumors in the body. We then target the same receptors with another radioactive... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2012
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Reinventing Radio Days

musicologists to codify pieces of music, ranging from classical to unknown indie bands, according to 450 distinct musical characteristics. This digital “Music Genome Project” matches the musical “DNA” of pieces listeners say they like with kindred View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; internet radio; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

14 Oct 2020
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Sewn with Love

2020, Hanazawa headed to her drafting table in her Los Angeles studio to study a medical gown given to her by a friend in the medical profession. She broke it down, rebuilt it, and put all the information—from material to construction—in... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

16 Dec 2021
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A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic

numbers of people, providing meals to the impoverished, and giving groceries, clothes and school materials to those who have lost their jobs,” says Anjali Raina (AMP 174), executive director of the HBS India Research Center, based in... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2000
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Three Promoted to Full Professor

Entrepreneurial Finance elective in the MBA curriculum. In the Executive Education Program, he has developed materials for and served as codirector of courses in Conflict and Evolution in Private Equity, Corporate Venture Capital, and... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

a computer monitor, Associate Professor David M. Upton displayed materials from his course, Designing, Managing, and Improving Operations, available on its World Wide Web home page. Upton first presented an electronic case, featuring both... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

15 Jun 2021
News

The Path Ahead

together the two experiences. It makes me very optimistic and enthusiastic about what we can do, because I have great faith in the innovativeness of our faculty and our community. For example, I could imagine that alumni interested in learning new View Details

15 Dec 2024
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On The Case

few times I teach a case, I see where people gravitate naturally. I take detailed notes about how the students make sense of what they’ve read. You also must teach a case in a few different spots in a course to figure out where the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Feb 1999
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Short Takes

errors. These teams were also judged to be better performers by nonteam members assessing their work. In addition, they were better able to overcome roadblocks to success such as a lack of material or financial resources. "The team... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Feb 2000
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New Releases

textile dyes so that its customers could reduce their use of other raw materials and their costs for end-of-pipe waste treatment. Ciba could then capture some of these cost savings. Another example is the Ventura, California-based... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Surviving Success

material was there,” says Wasserman. “An added plus was the issue of how involved Lew should be in the search for his replacement.” After an extensive search process, the company offered the position of CEO to Dick Williams, an industry... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

Inc's model—designed to be replaced as scientific advances produce materials that can capture carbon more efficiently and more cheaply. MK: We as an organization fully believe that the best sorbent or the best technology has not yet been... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Inside the Revolution

consume carbon dioxide (i.e., greenhouse gas) and turn it into raw materials that could replace petrochemicals. The energy business, it seems, is destined to become driven by biology-based innovation. Developments such as these are all... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Eileen McCluskey; Jonathan West; Life Sciences Project; LSP; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

a race and diversity expert partner in the School’s ambitious plan to develop and disseminate course material on advancing racial equity in business. Courtesy Damon Phillips Damon Phillips, Robert Steinberg Professor of Management,... View Details