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- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
science and engineering workforce and nearly 50 percent of those with science and engineering doctorates. And at the Ph.D. level, ethnic...
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- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
effort. "To maintain a leadership position globally, the United States needs high value-added products and services to be the engine of its economy," says HBS professor emeritus Kent Bowen, organizer of the colloquium. "One...
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- June 2024
- Simulation
Vehicle Lifecycle Emissions Calculator
This Vehicle Lifecycle Emissions Calculator calculates the greenhouse gas emissions over the lifespan of internal combustion engine (ICEs) vehicles, battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), including those associated with their...
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Keywords:
Decarbonization;
Environment;
Carbon Accounting;
Carbon;
Carbon Abatement;
Electric Vehicles;
Automobiles;
Environmental Accounting;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Supply Chain;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Climate Change;
Transportation;
Transportation Industry;
Auto Industry;
Battery Industry
- September 2012 (Revised September 2012)
- Case
Inkaterra
By: Diego Comin, Rohan Gopaldas and Diego Rehder
The case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru, and the different strategies the company can pursue to grow. Through the experience of Inkaterra the case studies two general issues. First, it discusses the potential...
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Keywords:
Inkaterra;
Ecotourism;
Tourism;
Environment;
Peru;
Informal Sector;
Regulation;
Economic Development;
Bottom Of The Pyramid;
Technology Diffusion;
Competitiveness;
Business Model;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Natural Environment;
Market Entry and Exit;
Conflict Management;
Tourism Industry;
Peru
Comin, Diego, Rohan Gopaldas, and Diego Rehder. "Inkaterra." Harvard Business School Case 713-022, September 2012. (Revised September 2012.)
- April 2013
- Case
Luca de Meo at Volkswagen Group
By: Linda A. Hill and Dana M. Teppert
Luca de Meo, chief marketing officer of Volkswagen Group, reflects on his time leading the marketing department at Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. In particular, he thinks about the environmental sustainability initiative launched by marketing called "Think Blue" and...
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Keywords:
Marketing;
Sustainability;
Branding;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Auto Industry;
Germany
Hill, Linda A., and Dana M. Teppert. "Luca de Meo at Volkswagen Group." Harvard Business School Case 413-124, April 2013.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Business and Green Knowledge Production in Sweden 1960s–1980s
By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Kristina Söderholm
This working paper contributes to the burgeoning historical literature that has transformed our understanding about the relationship between big business and the environmental regulation. Previously, it was believed that corporate managers resisted the extra costs...
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Keywords:
Environmental Sustainability;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
Research and Development;
History;
Sweden
Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, and Kristina Söderholm. "Business and Green Knowledge Production in Sweden 1960s–1980s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-050, December 2017.
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
Despite earning two engineering degrees at Stanford, HBS associate professor Lee Fleming says he always knew he "wanted to study more than electrons." Even so, the former professional musician and bike racer, who worked at...
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- March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution
By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
Computer science departments were new to universities in the 1960s, and the one created at the University of Utah by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland had a research mission to invent the field of computer graphics. Details the research process that led to many of the...
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Keywords:
Engineering;
Entrepreneurship;
Management Practices and Processes;
Mission and Purpose;
Research and Development;
Technology Adoption;
Computer Industry;
Education Industry;
Utah
Bowen, H. Kent, and Courtney Purrington. "The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 607-036, March 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
Publications August 2014 Management Science Smart People Ask for (My) Advice: Seeking Advice Boosts Perceptions of Competence By: Brooks, A.W., F. Gino, and M.E. Schweitzer Abstract—Although individuals can derive substantial benefits...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
workers with heterogeneous human capital interface with machine learning, relative to the older Boolean search technology. We randomly assign individuals with and without computer science and engineering...
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Dina Gerdeman
- January 2012 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Mexico City Water Shortage
By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar, Griffin H. James and Frederik Nellemann
In this case, a property company, a water privatizer, and municipal engineers explore the causes of and solutions to a severe water shortage in Mexico City, a great global capital. The protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the...
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Macomber, John D., Regina Garcia-Cuellar, Griffin H. James, and Frederik Nellemann. "Mexico City Water Shortage." Harvard Business School Case 212-044, January 2012. (Revised January 2014.)
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
and unemployment rates," the paper states. The researchers studied not only the program's effect on American jobs, but also its effect on innovation in general. "The bigger goal was to try to understand the impact of science and View Details
- January 2018
- Case
Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Aldo Sesia
It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a UK-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately held UK company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally friendly...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Venture Capital;
Investment Strategy;
Investment;
Strategy;
Ownership;
Valuation;
Energy Conservation;
Equity;
Technological Innovation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Performance Efficiency;
Manufacturing Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United Kingdom
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Aldo Sesia. "Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather." Harvard Business School Case 318-001, January 2018.
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
The UPower founders, Jake DeWitte and Caroline Cochran, were recent graduates from MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. They chose to attend Palo Alto–based Y Combinator's accelerator program to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- February 2011 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Product Development at OPOWER
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Rob Go
OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their customers in ways that reduce energy consumption, is scaling rapidly. The company's new head of product management has designed a system to address a point of constant tension: whether to build custom...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Customer Relationship Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Management;
Product Development;
Sales;
Customization and Personalization;
Energy Conservation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Information Technology Industry;
Utilities Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Rob Go. "Product Development at OPOWER." Harvard Business School Case 811-075, February 2011. (Revised November 2012.)
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to...
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by Rachel Layne
- February 2015 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Solar Geoengineering
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Stephanie Puzio
On December 8th 2013, as Dr. David Keith was leaving the set of the Colbert Show, he couldn't help but replay the interview over and over in his mind. Did he actually get his point of view on solar geoengineering across or had he just added to the stereotype that he...
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Keywords:
Geoengineering;
Carbon;
Carbon Emissions;
Energy;
Nuclear;
Nuclear Energy;
De-extinction;
Climate Change;
Engineering;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Energy Sources;
Green Technology Industry;
Energy Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Stephanie Puzio. "Solar Geoengineering." Harvard Business School Case 815-081, February 2015. (Revised June 2016.)
- August 2023 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
T.G.S. Transportation: Battery Electric or Hydrogen?
By: Willy C. Shih
Peter Schneider, the President of T.G.S. Transportation, Inc., faced a choice. His company operated drayage trucks that moved containerized cargo between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland to customers across the State of California, with a focus on the...
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Keywords:
Decarbonization;
Clean Technology;
Energy;
Energy Policy;
Renewable Energy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Truck Transportation;
Transportation Industry;
United States;
California
Shih, Willy C. "T.G.S. Transportation: Battery Electric or Hydrogen?" Harvard Business School Case 624-032, August 2023. (Revised September 2023.)
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
tackled the market for new medical residents, economists, and lawyers. (Forbes magazine named him one of the world's "seven most powerful new economists.") "Market design is the engineering part of game theory," Roth...
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- January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth
By: William W. George, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Amram Migdal
Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM’s global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company’s...
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Keywords:
Organic Growth;
Organizational Change;
M&A;
Mergers And Acquisitions;
Divestment;
Business Ventures;
Business Divisions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Restructuring;
Change;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Transition;
Engineering;
Chemicals;
Mining;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Finance;
Capital Markets;
Financial Markets;
Food;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Health;
Nutrition;
History;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Organizations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Ownership;
Public Ownership;
Performance;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Consolidation;
Corporate Strategy;
Value;
Value Creation;
Biotechnology Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mining Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Europe;
Netherlands
George, William W., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Amram Migdal. "Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth." Harvard Business School Case 317-063, January 2017. (Revised March 2017.)