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Curriculum - Business & Environment

incentive systems to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world's fourth largest dairy cooperative. Finance I Project Helios: Harvesting the Sun Key... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

difficult times How To Make Diversity a Reality ICV Partners cofounder Willie Woods (MBA 1993) on what companies can do to improve Black representation in their ranks What the Climate Change Movement Can... View Details

08 Sep 2022
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Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

‘The requirements have changed’ In a world where business is reckoning with issues like climate change, racial inequities, and gender bias, “we’re going through a massive transformation in leadership,” George says. “Boomers were trained... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

19 Sep 2023
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2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

a climate risk data provider that gives businesses and governments the analytics to build climate resilience. By leveraging state-of-the-art climate risk modeling, View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Technology ; Organizational Transformations ; Business Model Innovation ; Innovation and Invention ; Climate Change ; Transformation ; Leadership ; Business Strategy ; Environmental Sustainability ; View Details

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

frequently non-governmental organizations (NGOs), in locations such as Ghana, Tanzania, Romania, Philippines, and Vietnam. The case provides data for students to assess the first year of operation and recommend what changes IBM should... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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HBS - The year in Review

perhaps cannot—address societal challenges ranging from financial inclusion to climate change. The inaugural cohort of BiGS Visiting Fellows joined the School in fall 2022 to work with HBS faculty members on specific research projects—in... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Mortgage Convexity By: Samuel G. Hanson Most home mortgages in the United States are fixed-rate loans with an embedded prepayment option. When long-term rates decline, the effective duration of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) falls due to heightened refinancing... View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

to HBS Students Pursuing a career in climate change and sustainability? Join a panel of alumni working in this multi-segment sector to gain perspectives on various MBA roles and paths. You will hear their... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Accounting & Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Jonas Heese Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Joseph Pacelli Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General Management and Organizational... View Details

January 2012 (Revised September 2015)
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Tough Decisions at Marks and Spencer

By: George Serafeim

In 2007, under the leadership of CEO Stuart Rose, the iconic British retailer Marks and Spencer, with great fanfare, announced its "Plan A" initiative. Based on the five essential pillars of climate change, waste, sustainable materials, fair partnership, and health,... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry

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01 Jun 2023
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Bridging the ESG Data Gap

interdisciplinary perspectives required to create practical climate solutions,” she explains. As Metric’s customer base expands, providing a one-stop shop for ESG and impact data management is Murday’s goal. “From addressing View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

22 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

The idea of supporting social change has propelled impact investing assets to more than $1 trillion. But what if those funds aren’t as impactful as investors expect? Recent Harvard Business School research indicates that while impact... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

January 2017 (Revised August 2017)
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Weathernews

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Akiko Kanno

Tomohiro Ishibashi (Bashi), chief executive officer for B to S, and Julia Foote LeStage, chief innovation officer of Weathernews Inc., were addressing a panel at the HBS Digital Summit on creative uses of big data. They told the summit attendees about how the Sakura... View Details

Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Operations; Globalization; Weather; Forecasting and Prediction; Global Strategy

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13 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Dec 2023
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A More Accommodating Approach

Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

climate change goals. The global shift from fossil fuels to new energy technologies was fraught with challenges, yet filled with opportunity. Developed countries were pushing for a direct transition to new... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

news you can use to bring yourself and your business up to speed in the year ahead. Fundraising Forecast: Continued Clouds, Some Sun It isn’t news that the fundraising climate has cooled considerably in the past year. But as a startup... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Business History - Faculty & Research

primary form of global climate change governance. However, when environmental challenges first rose up on the scientific and political agendas during the 1970s, the initial emphasis was on states and... View Details

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