Alternative Energy Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

unions against alternative ways to achieve those objectives. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/312131-PDF-ENG The Kaesong Industrial Complex (B) Dante Roscini, Eric D. Werker, and Han-koo YeoHarvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

depression, led to a crisis in the industry. Nonetheless, the pioneering group of forecasters shaped the core problems, and invented many of the techniques, that influenced the maturation of the industry in the decades that followed.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part

saw that the reach of the Anti-Racism Fund had grown well beyond their networks and that there was something there they could harness to propel their efforts forward. Next steps would be to turn this fundraiser into a sustainable organization that would capitalize on... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

June 2010 (Revised July 2011)
Case

China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good

By: Christopher Marquis and Nancy Dai

In early 2010, cleantech investment pioneer Tsing Capital was planning for the China Environment Fund IV and considering how to maintain its commitment to social and environmental practices. Tsing Capital embraced its philosophy of "Doing Well by Doing Good" and... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Strategy; Balance and Stability; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Energy Conservation; Business Organization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; China

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30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

we could tap the wisdom of the crowd to help design them? When you start thinking about making cars this way, at some point you’ve ceased thinking about cars and started thinking about a modern alternative to mass production. People will... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

August 2001
Teaching Note

EnronOnline: Louise Kitchen, Intrapreneur (A) & (B) TN

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for (9-301-085) and (9-301-102). View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Diversification; Failure; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

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24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-414 Huaxia: Building a U.S.-Style Dairy in China In 2015, Charles Shao, chairman of Huaxia, considered the alternatives to ensure sustainable growth... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

out of the rut." 45 While ARD started out with an uneven performance, suffering some initial losses, it showed consistent gains by 1955. "We cannot depend safely for an indefinite time on the expansion of our old big industries alone,"... View Details

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Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting

based on the enthusiasm that person has for your organization. Quick Tips: Select inspiring speakers who are great at building personal relationships. Think of someone on your team who you are always excited to work with because they bring up your View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

global market, electric vehicles have become a government imperative. European Union member states, for instance, are preparing to implement the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive, which mandates the buildup of publicly accessible... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

20 Jan 2015
News

Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized

While his friends have retired, 79-year-old Merle Bushkin (AB 1956, MBA 1960), a laid-back guy with the energy of a man half his age, is rocketing full speed into the challenges of entrepreneurship—launching a startup company offering a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1999
News

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital, it's an industry that really owes its... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

we did,” says Stamps, who holds a BS and an MS in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech. Since passing the Summit torch to his partners in 2001, Stamps has focused his considerable energy on the family... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

and exit from the U.S. energy sector. The model's quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

create a global utopia by solving intractable problems like climate change, ending the need for humans to work for a living and bringing the cost of energy to zero. Why are normally balanced leaders taking such extreme and opposite... View Details

20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

crisis hit the Western markets. The use of project finance has grown at a compound rate of 0% over the last five years, 4% over the past 10 years, and 12% over the past 15 years. This note focuses primarily on private sector investment in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2006 (Revised December 2006)
Case

Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Dennis A. Yao and Masako Egawa

In 1995, Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., considers whether to push for a more aggressive launch of the Toyota Prius--an automobile that incorporates Toyota's new and technically advanced hybrid power train. This launch decision allows discussion of the... View Details