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- 25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Professor Karim R. Lakhani and Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992) Karim R. Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration, started his career at General Electric in the 1990s. At that time, he recalls, a young MBA graduate could be successful...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage
note. Nohria explained his belief that people’s life stories deeply influence the way they conduct themselves as leaders. In his own case, he described the profound effect his father, the CEO of a large electrical equipment manufacturing...
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Roger Thompson
- 01 Sep 2008
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Letters to the Editor
one of my sectionmates (I wish I could remember who it was!) and said something like this: “I was out at the company this week and had lunch with the brass. We were all at one oblong table. Mr. X, tell us where everyone sat.” It was the most View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects
Judith Kates; and brothers Seth and Paul. Memorial donations may be made to Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83rd St., New York, New York 10024. Donald A. Peterson (2nd OPM) Donald A. Peterson (2nd OPM) of Spring Lake, New Jersey, was the retired president of...
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2005
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WATER Ltd.
General Electric and its CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82). GE has announced its intention to reach $10 billion in water-business sales over the next decade. Worldwide, as water becomes increasingly precious, it is often predicted that more...
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- 09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the local electric utility came together with foundations and educators to ensure digital access for all citizens. They addressed a specific issue, connectivity. They did not take the stance that, “We're...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2017
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Life in Lockdown
day, plugging in laptops at a table in front of a wall-mounted white board. Another table provides more sustenance for an epic brainstorming session: chocolate-covered pretzels, sesame-flavored pita chips, a tub of almond butter, skinny pretzel sticks, and an View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) [Editor's note: This article was updated November 25, 2019] As former dean of External Relations, longtime faculty member Howard Stevenson met individually with more than 1,000 alumni...
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- 28 May 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further accelerate...
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- 01 Dec 1996
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Starting Up and Starting Over
scrape together the cash to start what would eventually become a multibillion-dollar company. Recalls Nomikos, "My good friend George, who was an MIT student, had invented a compact and effective device for converting heat directly into View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
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The Accidental Innovator
something that makes the content and the tools of a world-class education available to everyone, the way that clean drinking water and electricity are things that everyone should have in their lives. Even now, a student can have that...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out
was created and popularized by the global facilities management company JLL [Jones Lang Lasalle]. It’s intended to show a company’s relative per-square-foot costs across three factors—utilities, rent, and people. The rule goes like this: for every $3 a company spends...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
existential problem—as an investor, an advocate, and a philanthropist. Fifteen years later, despite breakthroughs in batteries, electric vehicles, plant-based proteins, and solar and wind power, global warming continues to get worse. Its...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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The Accidental Innovator
electricity are things that everyone should have in their lives. Even now, a student can have that experience for a few cents a day—we’re free, but the computer and bandwidth are a relatively small cost—and every year it’s getting...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Back in Business
generators were brought in, many donated by General Electric and its CEO, Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82). Next on Lhota's agenda for the business community was getting the New York Stock Exchange - closed for four days - up and running. "We...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
there. The company also used an innovative community security model, employing local villagers to ensure that fuel for its generators wasn’t stolen and its towers weren’t blown up by the Taliban. If these goals were met, bonus electricity...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do
French government subsidies. Since 90 percent of a conventional resort’s electricity bill would go to air conditioning, Bailey calculates the SWAC system saves about $500,000 per year; thus his investment will be returned in about 7.4...
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- 05 Mar 2020
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Green Light
Chief among vertical farming’s costs is energy. “It’s the industry’s dirty little secret,” says Lo. So noticeable is indoor farming’s drain on a local grid, she notes, that law enforcement used to monitor spikes in electricity demand to...
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