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September 2023 (Revised October 2024)
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Forecasting Climate Risks: Aviva’s Climate Calculus

In late 2021, Ben Carr, Director of Analytics and Capital Modeling at Aviva Plc (Aviva)—a leading insurer with core operations in the UK, Ireland and Canada,—was preparing for an upcoming presentation before the company's board which included its CEO, Amanda Blanc,... View Details

Keywords: Climate Risk; Climate Finance; Forecasting; Insurance; Risk Measurement; Climate Change; Risk Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Insurance Industry; United States

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Beyond Platinum: Making the Case for Titanium Buildings

By: Jock Herron, Amy C. Edmondson and Robert G. Eccles

Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Energy; Attitudes; Environmental Sustainability; Construction Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States

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4 Things You Need to Know about Immersive FIELD Courses at HBS - MBA

experience during the January immersions. In some instances, IFC faculty develop projects with companies and organizations that are well-suited for a group of MBA students, and which will potentially add real value to participating firms.... View Details

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

administrations would do well to standardize the time of day that students take standardized tests. But barring that, the research at least highlights the important role of time of day. “I see two potential implications,” says Sievertsen.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
Technical Note

Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by... View Details

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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) - MBA

services via International SOS. Students are responsible for confirming the details of their personal international health insurance coverage, which includes verifying the details of benefits, the claims submission process, and potential... View Details

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Competitions & Challenges - Health Care

Student Activities Competitions & Challenges Business plan challenges and case competitions offer an engaging way to collaborate with students from within HBS and from other schools to develop presentation/pitch skills, work with faculty, and View Details

06 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

“transaction,” and “information.” If we take “users” as a proxy for “customers,” we see that Bezos’ patenting activity reflects his customer-centric viewpoint. Putting it together Our analysis suggests that examining Bezos’ patenting activity has the View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

01 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 1

benefiting their performance irrespective of whether these decisions negatively affect other profit centers. However, the firm implemented a third system that would potentially lead managers to benefit other profit centers. The firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

a quick pulse check before the day begins. 9:30 AM: Our first class today is Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA), which examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. Today’s case was particularly interesting, focused on the... View Details

16 Jun 2020
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Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

offering refunds, deferred payments, and no charges to small businesses experiencing financial hardship, knowing these companies are likely to continue as long-term clients. Turn threats into opportunities. Instead of waiting for their customers, firms need to... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

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Generative AI - Alumni

can help you in your interview practice by serving as an interviewer, offering potential interview questions so that you can have answers ready for the real thing. Read more Of course, preparation with ChatGPT can only get you so far.... View Details

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

doubts were expressed by readers of this column about whether it even qualifies as a Black Swan. Let’s turn to some of the responses. “We are not dealing here with a Black Swan,” Tom Coyne commented. “The potential for, and impact of, a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Sep 2023
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2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

response services by connecting customers’ distributed energy resource assets (DERs) to every wholesale electricity market in North America. The Product Partnerships team is responsible for conducting market research for partnership opportunities, coordinating with... View Details

14 Mar 2018
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Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt

suggests that cortisol reactions may represent energy mobilization within the metabolic system in preparation for a potential threat (the ‘fight or flight’ response), and that this cortisol reaction may not be accessible to the subjective... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

graduation. In each year that a recipient's GO Fellowship is renewed, the maximum potential award amount for which they are eligible decreases by $10,000 USD. Example 1: a graduating student in the Class of 2024 applies for a GO Africa... View Details

09 Jan 2012
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Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

they don't have much choice but to cozy near the competition, especially when they need to plug into unique knowledge that exists in certain areas. Biotech companies, for instance, often operate close to top-notch universities to interact with scientists and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

analyze potential policy solutions. Overall, their analysis suggests that the two key issues will be court congestion and excess liquidation and failure of small firms. See Robin’s other research here , Benjamin’s other research here ,... View Details

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

become the hubs of the network. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-043.pdf Private Equity and Industry Performance Authors:Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen, and Per Strömberg Abstract The growth of the private equity industry has spurred... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2024
Working Paper

Does the Case for Private Equity Still Hold?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Philipp Chvanov

Private Equity (“PE”) received a 10-fold increase in capital flows since the Great Financial Crisis (“GFC”) Investors sought higher nominal returns relative to those they could obtain in the public capital markets. This paper questions the fundamental assumptions... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Financial Markets

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