Doug Parks, General Motors (GM)’s Vice President of Autonomous Technology and Vehicle Execution, talks about electric vehicles (EVs), self-driving (autonomous) cars, and GM’s vision of the transportation in the future in this EDGE Chats video, one of more than 40 video interviews with executives in the series. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos […]
by Paige Swofford, MEM/MBA’18 This article was written in response to a seminar given by Gareth Burns, Vice President and Managing Director of Statoil Energy Ventures, in an EDGE Seminar on Oct. 11, 2017 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This article voices one student’s perspective and does not necessarily represent the views of […]
Patrick Doherty, Co-Founder and President of Long Haul Capital Group and co-author of the book The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century, talks about investing for a secure and sustainable future in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
by Shannon Griesser, MBA ’19 This article was written in response to a seminar given by Doug Parks, Vice President of Autonomous Technology and Vehicle Execution at General Motors (GM), in an EDGE Seminar on Nov. 1, 2017 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This article voices one student’s perspective and does not necessarily […]
by Sarah Reinheimer, MPP’18 This article was written in response to a seminar given by Patrick Doherty, Co-Founder and President of Long Haul Capital Group in an EDGE Seminar on Sept. 13, 2017 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This article voices one student’s perspective and does not necessarily represent the views of either […]
Many countries, including the U.S., are in the midst of thinking about changes to their electric power and transportation energy systems as new technologies, new sources of energy, and new energy and environmental policies reshape energy sector dynamics globally. Cuba is one country where change will come perhaps most quickly. The reestablishment of diplomatic relations […]
By Dan Vermeer, Associate Professor of the Practice and Executive Director, EDGE Cuba’s energy infrastructure, like its fleet of pre-1959 vintage American cars, is an amalgam of old and new, based on efforts to evolve the system with limited resources. A decentralized network consisting mostly of diesel and fuel oil generators is connected to a […]
Paula Alexander (Duke MBA ’98), Director of Sustainable Business at Burt’s Bees, shares her thoughts on the evolution of corporate sustainability and challenges ahead in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
Chris Vlahoplus, Partner and Clean Tech & Sustainability Practice Leader with the management consulting firm ScottMadden, shares his thoughts on the outlook for cleantech in today’s policy and technology environment in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
In this EDGE Chats video, Alan McGinty, Senior Director of Cisco’s Global Workplace Innovation Group, talks about the energy efficiency opportunities inherent in designing better workplaces, the evolution of the corporate workplace, and Cisco’s views on corporate social responsibility and sustainability. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives