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Academy of Management. Organizations and Natural Environment Division. Best Dissertation Award

By: Michael W. Toffel
Runner up for the 2006 Academy of Management Best Dissertation Award from the Organizations and Natural Environment Division for "Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives: Smoke Signals or Smoke Screens?" (University of California at Berkeley, 2005). View Details
  • 2022
  • Chapter

Capitalism and the Environment

By: Geoffrey Jones
Capitalism drove the environmental decimation of the planet. The environment was seen as a free good, while the consequences of dirty industrial and agricultural processes were seen as external to the firm. Public policies largely allowed this to happen, as politicians... View Details
Keywords: History; Environment; Sustainability; Capitalism; Ethics; Business History; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Climate Change
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Capitalism and the Environment." Chap. 8 in Evolutions of Capitalism: Historical Perspectives: 1200–2000, edited by Catherine Casson and Philipp Robinson Rössner, 187–211. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press, 2022.
  • 2012
  • Book

The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment

By: Pratima Bansal and Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental issues now loom large on the social, political, and business agenda. Over the past four decades, "corporate environmentalism" has emerged and been constantly redefined, from regulatory compliance to more recent management conceptions such as pollution... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Policy; Governance Compliance
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Bansal, Pratima, and Andrew J. Hoffman, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment. Oxford University Press, 2012.
  • 12 Mar 2019
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Acting Naturally

Canmore is this amazing, small, 15,000-person town nestled in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. I'm constantly inspired by, first of all, all of the natural ingredients that are growing in the mountains. As well, we're constantly reminded... View Details
Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • February 2003 (Revised March 2003)
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The Nature Conservancy

By: Allen S. Grossman and Jane Wei-Skillern
Almost immediately upon being appointed CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Steve McCormick undertakes a radical reorganization of this global institution. TNC is the largest and, by most measures, the most successful environment organization in the world, with... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Natural Environment; Nonprofit Organizations; United States
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Grossman, Allen S., and Jane Wei-Skillern. "The Nature Conservancy." Harvard Business School Case 303-007, February 2003. (Revised March 2003.)
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Business & Environment

student at HBS, you will prepare yourself for leadership in a rapidly changing world in which natural resources are increasingly scarce and the threat of climate change ever more urgent. How organizations can connect with students Alumni... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2010
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Natural Causes

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
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Art Nature Business

Skip to Main Content Art Nature Business Search Baker Library Search Search Search Overview Art, Nature, and Business: Perspectives on the Environment October 2019–December 2020 (extended through 2023)... View Details
  • 2012
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Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper examines the creation of the global natural food and beauty categories before 2000. This is shown to have been a lengthy process of new category creation involving the exercise of entrepreneurial imagination. Pioneering entrepreneurs faced little... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Consumer Goods; Entrepreneurs; Environment; Food; Globalization; Business History; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-024, August 2012.
  • 01 Sep 2010
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The Natural World

TERCEK: A tight strategic focus. Courtesy The Nature Conservancy Two years ago, Mark Tercek (MBA ’84) left his job at Goldman Sachs to become head of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the habitat-preserving... View Details
Keywords: Conservation; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 01 Apr 2001
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The Natural Advantage

“polluting” pressures such as stress and fear. Problems should be “composted” — by turning negative feelings into constructive output, “waste” becomes a source of future growth. “It’s already obvious that the natural View Details
Keywords: Crop Production; Agriculture; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business

Mark Tercek Mark Tercek likes a challenge. As CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), he has led the global nonprofit to fearlessly take on conservation projects that no one else would. "We are trying to tackle those global challenges that... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 11 Jan 2016
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Meet the Business and Environment Initiative

do you think the Business & Environment Initiative is an important part of the HBS ecosystem? Environmental issues are by nature general management issues, with implications for every aspect of the... View Details
  • January 1994 (Revised May 1995)
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Xerox: Design for the Environment

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
In 1990, Xerox undertook an "Environmental Leadership Program" designed to make Xerox an industry leader in non-polluting operations, recycling, and products actually designed for the environment. This effort flowed naturally out of the system of total quality... View Details
Keywords: Product Design; Production; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Design; Environmental Sustainability
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Vietor, Richard H.K. "Xerox: Design for the Environment." Harvard Business School Case 794-022, January 1994. (Revised May 1995.)
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Curriculum - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Curriculum 2ms Required Curriculum (1st Year) Cases Environmental opportunities and challenges are embedded in most Required Curriculum courses so that all students understand the importance of the natural View Details
  • 2018
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Business and the Natural Environment: A Research Overview

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Susse Georg
The fields of corporate environmentalism, green business and corporate sustainability have grown significantly over the past twenty-five years, such that the academic research domains of business decision-making, accounting, organizational behaviour, and the protection... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Regulation; Research
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Hoffman, Andrew J., and Susse Georg. Business and the Natural Environment: A Research Overview. Routledge, 2018.
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Clubs - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Clubs 1ms Student-led clubs and activities give students the opportunity to become better informed about and engaged in issues and possible career paths. A number of clubs focus on the link between business and environment... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment

that the renewable energy market represents a $16 trillion investment opportunity by 2040. [20] Challenge One of the biggest shifts needed to respond to climate change is rapidly transitioning from fossil fuel-based electricity generation (coal, View Details
  • 13 Jul 2017
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Making Friends with Mother Nature

Donald K. Clifford Jr. wrote the book on how high-performance, midsize companies beat their competition, but growth in the world of nature has always been closest to his heart. “The natural world was always... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
  • 26 Sep 2018
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Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure

centuries from now. As cofounder of the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, Coady has helped to conserve almost 4,000 acres of the peninsula, creating the Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve, a popular destination for hikers, kayakers,... View Details
Keywords: April White
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