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- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
by Avery Forman
| What's on your vacation reading list? Harvard Business School faculty members plan to explore not only sober themes, such as philosophy and climate policy, but classic mysteries and hip-hop history. |
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
by Danielle Kost
| Millions of people have been harmed by cigarettes, defective merchandise, pollution, addiction and other business by-products. now, pioneering companies are exploring healthier ways to operate, say Amy C. Edmondson and Dr. Howard K. Koh. |
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- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
by Geoffrey G. Jones
| Companies have thought for decades about business-focused solutions to fix the deteriorating environment. But judging by continually rising waters and temperatures, we may need a rethink about what sustainability means, suggest participants at a recent conference at... |
- May 2016 (Revised August 2016)
- Teaching Material
Sustainability at Siemens
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Emer Moloney
- January 2016
- Cases with Notes
Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
| This case study examines the open innovation journey at Fujitsu, a global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location decision between Tokyo, Japan, downtown San Francisco or Sunnyvale, California, regarding establishing a small... |
- 2015
- Book Chapter
The Role of Multiplier Firms and Megaprojects in Leading Change for Sustainability
| In both the private and public sectors, organizations around the world face increasingly pressing questions about how to stimulate and manage change for long-term environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the roles... |
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
by Amy C. Edmondson
| Often depicted as greedy and shortsighted, business leaders face a crucial opportunity on the issue of climate change to change that perception, says Amy Edmondson. |
- 24 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Climate Change
Re: Multiple Faculty
| What is the role of business and its leaders in creating positive climate change? In the middle of Climate Week, Six Harvard Business School faculty provide different perspectives. |
- August 2013 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
Sustainability at Siemens
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Emer Moloney
| Describes sustainability efforts at Siemens since arrival of Chief Sustainability Officer, Barbara Kux, in 2008. Asks students to evaluate success of those efforts and outline what the company should do going forward. |
- 2013
- Book Chapter
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... |
- March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Sydney Ribot and Mary Saunders
| Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions to green-building conundrums through consulting, research, and policy-related activities. Emphasis is placed on the... |