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Featured Topic: Business & Environment

A collective of featured works, most recent HBS publications, and the School's approach to research on the topic of business & environment. View Details

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Business & Environment Initiative

The Business and Environment Initiative seeks to deepen business leaders' understanding of today’s environmental challenges and to assist them in developing effective solutions. View Details

2022
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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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1989
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The Creative Environment Scales: The Work Environment Inventory

By: T. M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz

The Creative Environment Scales Work Environment Inventory (WEI) is a new paper-and-pencil instrument designed to assess stimulants and obstacles to creativity in the work environment. Unlike many instruments that are designed as comprehensive descriptions of the work... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Working Conditions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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Business & Environment

What is the Business & Environment Initiative? What is the Business & Environment Initiative? Inspiring innovation and action at the intersection of business and environment... View Details

25 Aug 2016
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Energy & Environment Club

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Energy & Environment Club

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech; Sustainability

1967
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Organization and Environment

By: Paul R. Lawrence and J. W. Lorsch

Keywords: Organizations; Environmental Sustainability

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1990
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The Intra-organizational Environment

By: D. A. Leonard-Barton

Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Culture

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February 2014 (Revised June 2014)
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Safety, Environment and Health

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

In January 2014, Gary Bald, senior vice president of Safety, Environment and Health at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL), prepared for a review meeting with the company's chief executive, Adam Goldstein, and chairman, Richard Fain. Prior to joining RCL in 2006, Bald... View Details

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January 23, 2017
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Trump Has a Great Opportunity to Save Our Environment

By: Vanessa Burbano, Magali Delmas, Marian Chertow, Glen W. S. Dowell, Rodolphe Durand, Andrew J. Hoffman, Guy Holburn, Andrew A. King, Michael Lenox, Lin Lerpold, Thomas Lyon, John W. Maxwell, Eric Orts, N. Craig Smith, John Sterman, Michael W. Toffel, L. Beril Toktay, David Vogel, Judith Walls, Frank Wijen, Jeff York and Maurizio Zollo

Keywords: Environment; Regulation; Regulator Leniency; Regulatory Enforcement; Environmental Policy; Environmental Regulations; United States

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January 2006 (Revised December 2006)
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Wal-Mart's Business Environment

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

In 2004, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. proposed to build a new supercenter in Inglewood, a low-income community near Los Angeles. The proposal was a part of Wal-Mart's strategy to bring its supercenter format to California. Introduced in the late 1980s, supercenters added a... View Details

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Strategy; Labor Unions; Conflict and Resolution; Retail Industry; Los Angeles

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1 Apr 1989
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Assessing the Environment for Creativity: The Work Environment Inventory

By: Teresa M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz

Keywords: Creativity; Working Conditions

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03 Sep 2024
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Energy & Environment Club

change. At HBS I took on a leadership position in the Energy & Environment club motivated by a desire to help others increase their impact in the fight against climate change, and to engage with a vibrant climate community. My... View Details

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Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & View Details

11 Jan 2016
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Meet the Business and Environment Initiative

The Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS launched back in 2010. It was founded in order to educate business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting businesses today and to help them design... View Details

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European Case Clearing House (ecch) Award in the Economics, Politics and Business Environment Category

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Won a 2012 European Case Clearing House (ecch) Award in the Economics, Politics and Business Environment category for his case with Carole Carlson, "United Cereal: Lora Brill's Eurobrand Challenge" (HBS Brief Case 114-269). View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

Events Events Apr 23 Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience + Networking Reception Organizers: Business and Environment Initiative; The Salata Institute for Climate and... View Details

20 Apr 2017

Energy and Environment Webinar

Join current HBS students from the Energy & Environment Club and the Business & Environment Initiative for an online discussion. This webinar will highlight the HBS resources available to students coming... View Details