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Summer 2019
Article

Breaking Even: Political Economy and Private Enterprise in the Norwegian Glass Industry, 1739-1803

By: Rolv Petter Amdam, Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert

Using internal debates and surviving account books, this article traces the 18th-century history of the Norwegian glass industry, created to exploit Norway's immense natural resource wealth, and of the chartered company that would later become Norway's iconic... View Details

Keywords: Glass Industry; Natural Resources; Profitability; Political Economy; Cameralism; Liberalization; Patriotism; Profit; Natural Environment; Business History; Norway

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October 1992
Case

Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Developing An Environmental Statement and Strategy

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carla Koppell

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy

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August 1979 (Revised March 1984)
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Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Pesticide Exemptions

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Pollutants; Chemicals; United States

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04 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Advice from a Career Switcher: The Value of Informational Conversations with Alumni

In the fall of 2019, Adam entered HBS in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program ready to test a career hypothesis. “I wanted to understand why we have climate change and what I can do to mitigate it,” Adam recalled. “What are the... View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program

Students in the new joint MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program have the opportunity to participate in five design cycles, which build the skills needed to take a product concept from hunch to launch. Students in the new joint MS/MBA:... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations; MS/MBA

10 Jul 2016
News

Georgetown Dean Thomas Returns to Teaching

Business Experience elective for undergraduates and the Global Fellows Program. He also developed an online Master of Science in finance degree and opened centers of study on markets and ethics and global... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

@Soldiers Field

Harvard alumni, faculty, or student with a life science or biotech startup. Residency will also offer access to the adjacent i-lab’s programming and resources. For more details on Harvard Life Lab eligibility and to apply online, visit... View Details

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

Alex Iskold

(acquired by TIBCO). Alex currently serves as a Coach and a VC in Residence at the Harvard Business School. Alex previously taught an award-winning undergraduate computer science class at NYU. He holds a... View Details

Keywords: Bioinformatics;#13;#Biotech & Life Sciences;#19;#Digital Health;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#75;#Venture Capital

01 Mar 2004
News

Harvard’s Future in Allston

campus with cutting-edge science and technology facilities, campuses for the graduate schools of public health and education, and student housing. Ways the new campus can contribute to a vibrant community, with cultural attractions,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

performance," says Harvard Business School associate professor George Serafeim. To create more understanding about the position, Serafeim wrote the paper "Chief Sustainability Officers: Who Are They and What Do They Do?"... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen (MBA 2020) Talks Family Business, Bringing Children to HBS, and Agribusiness - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details

14 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

public service, because it makes this data, most of which exist in archival databases of the EPA, much more readily accessible," says Michael Toffel, an expert on industry self-regulation and an assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical

01 Dec 2013
News

To Market, to Market

BLAVATNIK Photo courtesy of Blavatnik Family Foundation Universities are ripe with new advances in science and technology, and Harvard is no exception. But developing those findings into breakthrough therapies and cures for disease is a... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

1992
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Issues of Participation and Rights Allocation in Tradeable Permits Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By: James K. Sebenius and Michael Grubb

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Climate Change; Pollutants; Science-Based Business

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15 Nov 2016
News

HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking

Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) was the subject of the schools’ first joint research symposium in May 2016. Held at HBS, it sparked excitement about what could be achieved when View Details

01 Aug 2013
News

A Cure for Cold Storage

student, a third-year law student, and a Kennedy School student with experience working in the United Nations. "It was the perfect blend of backgrounds," says Schrader. In 2012, the fledging company won both the HBS Business Plan... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; vaccines; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2007
News

Rediscovering America

thinking. You see a pattern through a kaleidoscope, but it’s not fixed. Imagination and the ability to change the pattern have been main elements in the prosperity that Americans have enjoyed, and we need to value them highly. Science is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
Case

C12 Energy

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade

C12 aimed to build not only a company, but an entire industry around carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). "You change the world by building a market, and you build a market by building a profitable company that other people copy," said Dawe, C12 Energy's CEO. "In... View Details