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  • 13 Jan 2021
  • Blog Post

Welcome to the BEI Blog!

Is business the answer to the climate crisis? Here at the Business & Environment Initiative, we believe that it is the responsibility of View Details
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

By: Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul
Two trends are likely to define the 21st century: threats to the sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Investment; City; Infrastructure; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Urban Development; Information Technology; Green Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry
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  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

Business Policy area, are economists with particular expertise in competitive strategy. Professor Stephen P. Bradley, who heads the unit, is enthusiastic about the group's influence: "We are at the forefront of our field," he says, "doing... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • January 1980 (Revised October 1993)
  • Case

Renn Zaphiropoulos

By: John P. Kotter
Focuses on the management style of Renn Zaphiropoulos in the context of a rapidly changing business environment within Xerox Corporation. To be contrasted with the case, Fred Henderson and the videotape, A Day with Fred Henderson (9-881-502), which are appropriate for... View Details
Keywords: Situation or Environment; Management Style; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
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  • 2012
  • Case

Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Hong Zhang
The case "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A)" completed in early 2010 described the strategic path of Beyondsoft over its history of more than 10 years since its foundation in 1995, containing its major business lines and the relations with the major customers at that time, the... View Details
Keywords: Computer Software; Entrepreneurship; Outsourcing; Strategy; China; Information Technology; China
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  • November 2002 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Charoen Pokphand Group: A Renewed Focus

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Cate Reavis
As one of Asia's biggest agriindustrial conglomerates, Charoen Pokphand, although solidly positioned in Thailand, was facing an increasingly competitive and complex business environment in China, where it made 30% of revenues. A change in management of the family-owned... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Business Conglomerates; Family Business; Competition; Restructuring; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Thailand; China
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  • 15 Dec 2015
  • News

The Year in Ideas 2015

From social media to the grocery store to the corner office and all the way to the stratosphere, the research and entrepreneurial adventures HBS faculty, doctoral students and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White
  • Web

I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram... View Details
  • Web

Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012) - Recruiting

clean water access was a light bulb moment for me, clarifying the ways in which business and social impact can work together to be a force for good in the world. Business is a... View Details
  • October 2019
  • Case

Kaspi.kz IPO

By: Victoria Ivashina and Esel Çekin
This case follows Kaspi.kz, a private equity (Baring Vostok) co-owned retail bank in Central Asia that evolved into a fintech, payments and e-commerce company. It provides insights into private equity financing, portfolio company management, and initial public offering... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Central Asia
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  • 16 Apr 2013
  • News

New Guidelines to Help Companies Report on Sustainability Issues

  • Web

Chinese Competition and Emerging Technologies - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge... View Details
  • 12 May 2023
  • News

Students Strive to Solve Climate Change

    Jeremy Yang

    Jeremy Yang is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Marketing in the MBA required curriculum. He develops data products for... View Details
    Keywords: advertising; media; entertainment; information; consumer products
    • July 2008 (Revised February 2009)
    • Case

    (PRODUCT) RED (A)

    By: Youngme E. Moon, Michael I. Norton and David Chen
    Describes the launch and initial results of the (PRODUCT) RED campaign, a social marketing initiative conceived by U2's Bono and Bobby Shriver to combat AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The company licensed the (RED) brand to partner companies, which initially included Gap,... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Social Enterprise; Africa
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    • 09 Apr 2021
    • Blog Post

    Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

    In November 2020, three HBS student clubs hosted three separate virtual conferences that drew over 600 attendees, demonstrating the strong and growing interest in the critical connection between business... View Details
    • 21 Feb 2024
    • Blog Post

    Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

    For Harvard Business School students eager to make a positive impact on the world, one exciting path forward is investing in mission-centered businesses. Areas like healthcare, education, energy, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
    • 05 Oct 2010
    • News

    Banks Pile Into Safer Bets

      Rafael M. Di Tella

      I received my first degree in Economics in 1990 from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina and a D.Phil in Economics from Oxford University in 1996. After a short stay in Argentina I joined Harvard Business School in July 1997, where I... View Details

      Keywords: broadcasting; state government
      • 18 Feb 2022
      • Blog Post

      Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

      co-developed with the Business and Environment Initiative. SIPs are an important way for faculty to build out and test new materials View Details