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Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Watch our video putting this Fast Answer into action: we explore using the resources below to research clean energy in India. Country Information &... View Details

14 Dec 2022
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale

author Veronique Greenwood, both nonprofits and government organizations such as the Department of Energy estimate that “only 5 percent of plastic items disposed in the United States are recycled at all; the rest are burned up or go into... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World

parents busy, they are delighted with the rewards and responsibilities of raising a child. The energetic preschooler offers a very different set of challenges for Costan than did the World Bank, where she'd spent a decade working on View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan

01 Oct 2001
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David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High

To cap his already impressive business career, David Price is unabashed about his final goal. "I want to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company," he declares, exuding the energy and optimism reminiscent of a newly minted MBA. Price makes... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

25 May 2011
News

Race to the Finish?

and Environment Initiative noted that the climate’s future requires that cities, the dominant settlement model of the 21st century, be much cleaner and more energy efficient. Cutting urban vehicle emissions is a big part of that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

04 Feb 2025
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Leadership with Purpose: Redefining Success and Impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019)

Transformation at Legrand India and had spent years gaining diverse industry experience across the manufacturing, oil and gas, and energy sectors. My goal wasn’t just to refine my skills—I wanted to broaden my perspective on strategy,... View Details

February 2024 (Revised April 2024)
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CPP Investments—The Road to Zero

By: Vikram Gandhi and Radhika Kak

In February 2022, Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) Investments, the investment management organization that managed funds for the CPP, one of the biggest pension plans in the world, announced a net-zero commitment for its portfolio by 2050. Under its CEO, John Graham, it... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Asset Management; Investment Portfolio; Leading Change; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; Canada; California

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01 Jun 2017
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The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop

platform, delivering qualified workers in 24 hours. Alumna: Vera Makarov, MBA 2010 Region: Latin America FreeFlow Medical Devices LLC: Maker of medical devices that solve clotting, infection, and clogging issues. Alumnus: Andrew Jones, MBA 1997 Region: Mid-Atlantic US... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

25 Mar 2015
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The Greening of Houston

(MBA 1991). Skelly, president and founder of Clean Line Energy Partners, was asked by the Partnership to serve on its board, but declined because he had just been appointed to the Houston Parks Board. He suggested Gilbane, whose company... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Ridas Rimkus

Ridas is an international student originally coming from Lithuania. He has lived in 4 countries: Lithuania, the UK, Switzerland, and the US. His educational background is in engineering and energy sciences, however his working experience... View Details

04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

Editor's Note: Rapid urbanization and resource scarcity pose problems—and opportunities—for businesses and governments all over the world. But who can best lead the building and developing of these municipalities? One model: promotion and regulation by the private... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

07 Oct 2011
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What Environmental Ratings Miss

Keywords: by Auden Schendler & Michael Toffel

September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
Case

FJ Management Inc.

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Matthew G. Preble

In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company’s strategic direction. Maggelet, daughter of the company’s founder, has led FJ Management since 2009 when she stepped in as CEO... View Details

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Erik Dyson

Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters. View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Energy / Extractive Minerals; Energy / Extractive Minerals

03 Nov 2022
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Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

drastically reduce our carbon footprint, represented by advances in renewable energy such as with increased investment in geothermal power in Indonesia, or the construction of a pioneering energy-efficient headquarters in Chile that has... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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A Conversation with Dean Nohria

full-time MBA Program is providing us with a wonderful series of commemorative and forward-looking events. And all this only hints at the energy and activity unfolding around us every day. What are your thoughts as next year's capital... View Details

21 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 21

than any other company." The case ends with key decisions for the future. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/113001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-054 Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency Groom View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412050-PDF-ENG Envision Charlotte: Building an Energy Cluster (Abridged) William W. GeorgeHarvard Business School Case 412-087 Charlotte, North Carolina, was one of the leading economic centers... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

in the last 150 years of U.S. business history. Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy, and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max Bazerman Publication:Environment (in press). (Adaptation of a paper that originally appeared in K. Gallagher, ed. Acting in Time on View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911411-PDF-ENG CNOOC: Building a World-class Energy Company Joseph L. Bower, Nancy Hua Dai, and Michael Shih-ta ChenHarvard Business School Case 311-074 Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead... View Details