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“The ‘Carbon Club’: Oil Companies, Climate Change & the Shaping of Public Policy”. Conspiracy theories abound, but the roles of the major oil companies in influencing public policy on climate change remain largely obscure. This... View Details

January 1985 (Revised November 1987)
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Progressive Corp. (B)

By: Michael Beer

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09 Apr 2014
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Satisfactory Academic Progress - MBA

Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress Tuition Assistance Summer Fellowships Career Support & Exploration Funds Fast Facts MBAid Stories Consumer Information RISE Career Fellowship Overview Per Federal Regulations, students must... View Details

June 2001 (Revised April 2004)
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Innovation at Progressive (B): Homeowners Insurance

By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar

Analyzes whether Progressive, strictly an auto insurer, should enter the home owner's insurance market. The critical decision is whether the competencies that made Progressive succeed in the auto insurance industry can translate to the home owner's insurance industry. View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Insurance Industry

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May 2024
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Chris Ernst: Purpose, People, Progress

By: Boris Groysberg

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-097. View Details

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January 1981
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AT&T: Adaptation in Progress (A1)

By: Paul R. Lawrence and Leonard A. Schlesinger

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January 1981
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AT&T: Adaptation in Progress (C)

By: Paul R. Lawrence and Leonard A. Schlesinger

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June 2024
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Reimagining Enel: Enabling Sustainable Progress

By: Michael L. Tushman and Kerry Herman

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 423-001. View Details

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15 Sep 2011
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Three Ways to Turn Setbacks into Progress

02 Jan 2019
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Not Waiting for Progress

Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took shape in 2006 after... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

April 2008
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The Progressive Corporation (TN)

By: John R. Wells

Teaching Note for [707433]. View Details

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February 2016 (Revised February 2017)
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Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy

By: Rebecca Henderson and James Weber

In 2005, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, launched a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing waste and making the company more environmentally and socially conscious. By 2015, the company had made progress on multiple dimensions: energy efficiency in its... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Reputation; Environmental Sustainability; Retail Industry; United States

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21 Sep 2015
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Funding Progress Back Home

“Harvard gives you powerful tools for getting things done in the world,” observes Eric-Vincent Guichard (MBA 1990). “Over time, you more fully appreciate the responsibility that goes with that education.” Guichard, who grew up in rural Guinea, is founder and CEO of... View Details

21 Sep 2011
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Progressing toward a better inner work life

09 Oct 2015
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Putting Social Progress on Par with Prosperity

February 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Saudi Arabia: A Vision in Progress

By: Kristin Fabbe, Adel Hamaizia and Tom Quinn

In 2016, when Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a long-range economic and social transformation plan called Vision 2030, he faced Western skepticism about how the oil-rich and religiously conservative country would accomplish its ambitious goals.... View Details