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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
contending with fallout from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989. “As a general manager you’re going to get letters from organizations that say do X, Y, or Z,” Oberholzer-Gee observes. “How should you think about them? There are a number... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
fragmented and on their own. “I cannot think of another industry as large or as fundamental as agriculture that is structured that way,” says Baron. “It’s as if every oil well was owned by a different family, while the industry is... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
Playing by the Rules, Ethics at Work, a new series of video case studies of business ethics, aims to teach people that there’s a direct link between morality and the bottom line. Joe Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at HBS, consulted on the series,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
to clean oil spills Bickley Stevens II (MBA 1969) Stevens Capital Advisors Cambridge, Massachusetts Advisory and investment banking services to clean-technology companies and investors Alexander Taussig (MBA 2009) Highland Capital... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
Harold M. Brierley (MBA '68), chairman and CEO of Brierley & Partners, describes himself as "an accidental entrepreneur," having entered HBS as a chemical engineer planning to pursue a management career in the oil industry. "HBS... View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
overlooked, giant industry that is at the base of society. Water is essential to our ability to exist,” he says. “[The sector] employs 10 times the number of people who are employed in oil and gas.” Water problems have also become more... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
first of four sons born to Larry and his wife, Billie. The firm is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the United States, with interests in commercial insurance, offshore drilling, oil and natural gas production,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Long and Winding Road
workload? The job market confronted us with a reality check during our second year - factors that weighed in were income, location, personal satisfaction, and professional growth, to name a few. Having grappled with these decisions, we graduated into a changing... View Details
Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
the café. “It’s the oil that makes the engine move,” Marietta says of Appalachian culture. “It took over 150 years to develop, and it’s dependent on the geographic isolation and biodiversity of the area. You can’t replicate it.” “It’s the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
business boot camp. Around the time of our last reunion, his extensive, twenty-year study of our class culminated in The New Rules, a book that not only documented our careers but also revealed the cataclysmic nature of the changes taking place in American business.... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
BP oil spill,” the 2010 disaster that devastated the environment and businesses along the Gulf Coast, including in the small town south of New Orleans where he grew up. Bagala watched his father’s business falter and then fail in the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
public service. He worked as the administration’s point man in dealing with that year’s crisis in the world oil supply. After Nixon resigned in 1974, he went to the White House to serve as counsel to newly appointed Vice President Nelson... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
strategic execution, and beneficial stakeholder participation. Successfully replacing the oil resource curse requires several factors, including unwavering political will, market and trade focus, and access to finance—all complemented by... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
teachings of Muhammad prohibit Muslims from accepting or charging interest. As oil prices and the individual incomes of many Muslims in the Middle East skyrocketed in the 1970s, so too did the need for financial instruments that allowed... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
personal data collection have a surprising ally: Scott Howe. Why? Because it's good for business. "How people think about data is going to change seismically in the coming years," says Howe. "Each of us will manage the data that is created around us. We'll think of it... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
masterminded a unique way to provide Singapore's oil refineries and chemical companies with the land they desperately needed to keep growing. By joining seven of Singapore's southern islands with landfill to form what is now known as... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Entrepreneurs Win in Global Competitions BioMine CEO, Privahini Bradoo (MBA '08) Related Links View photos from the contest Meet the 12 regional finalists Listen to the faculty webinar series Learn about the 2011 host clubs Winners of the second annual Alumni New... View Details