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- 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation
of the most technologically advanced and cost-effective equipment, and the ever-present internal requirements of running a well-disciplined organization all help contribute to greater competitiveness. "The resulting enhancement of pride...
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- 01 Sep 2003
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These Are the Good Old Days
materials served up to Americans was exploding: In 1978, Time Inc. published 6 magazines; today it publishes 132. Technology transformed broadcast media as well. In the late 1970s, most Americans had three networks on their TV sets: ABC,...
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- 01 Sep 2009
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Rich Wilson
their wings; they circle the world and spend months at sea. Why did you sail this race? I started sailing in Marblehead, Massachusetts, as a kid and have always loved it. I’m severely asthmatic, on four medications a day, so the clean air...
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- 16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany
resilient, more competitive energy system in the future is something we should pursue. And you look at the speeds at which the new technologies of our energy system are now becoming a reality, it is nothing short of the next Industrial...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade
Only one brand, Chanel N° 5, now over 80 years old, holds strong market positions across the world. People in different countries like quite different scents. In the words of one executive, “American women tend to prefer fresh, clean...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback
firms explore new areas of opportunity, such as nanotechnology, fuel cells, solar power, clean technology, and even entertainment. “Each partner is stretched to look at more areas and to constantly examine new opportunities,” notes...
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- 01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business
sync with the larger interests of the nation. Paul Healy: We may have been through these experiences before, but it's shocking where we have ended up, given all the advances in technology and improvements in governance. In spite of all...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Vive la Madeleine!
Georges Viana surveyed a factory floor filled with silent, outdated machinery. Then, a quick, scuttling movement caught the corner of one eye: rats. He hadn’t known what to expect when he arrived in the city of Caen, 150 miles west of his Paris home, but rats were not...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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A Boomtown's Echo
scenario—that there will be a few people who make a lot of money and leave behind a mess for others to clean up. And the main thing is that the expectations of a long-term production boost are unfounded. That goes for the Bakken and this...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down
many players who believe they can beat the odds." Advances and Advantages Technological advances made since the early 1990s continue to play an important role in exploration and production for all oil and gas companies, regardless of...
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- 13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
provide electricity that is affordable, and reliable, and sustainable, using a technology called solar-powered mini-grids. What that means is, we provide electricity to people who don't have it in rural villages across West Africa....
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- 04 Oct 2018
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“A Shout Through Time”
by the metal detectors as a piece of potentially silver. So after they started to clean it, little by little the name appeared, and then the code appeared and the emotion was very strong, because suddenly they started to realize this was...
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- 31 Jul 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
options without discarding them, that's where you get stuck in a negative sort of loop. Anybody here know who Marie Kondo is? Marie Kondo, we love her. She's this expert on cleaning your house. And she says, "When you get rid of...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
includes laughter, music, eating well, and finding joy at any age; the role of caregivers and their critical impact on extending your lifespan; how your environment and demographics affect aging, and how to adopt new technologies and...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
complex and a science museum, renovating the theater district, cleaning up the waterfront area, restoring the city's NFL franchise, securing the rights to house the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and developing affordable...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
Let's take it in two buckets. One, the companies. I have even more profound respect for technology and innovation now. You know, I just think we live in such a golden age of innovation. And even though I was an advocate when I was at GE,...
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- 01 Sep 2017
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History’s Lessons
immediately became a bestseller, with total sales exceeding 1 million copies by mid-1964. Often credited with kick-starting a range of governmental actions in the United States and abroad, including the Clean Water Act and the founding of...
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- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
information junkie, but I did generally know every answer to every nit-picking question that the higher-ups threw at me (e.g., the cost of capital at Playboy was 10 percent). I even developed a working knowledge of things as abstruse as the View Details
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- 01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life
up with Margaret Glover, she had just left her position as director of planning and information services for Clean Sites, Inc., a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit involved in hazardous-waste cleanup, to become an environmental consultant....
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