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- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally friendly process. The end product looked, smelled, and felt like natural leather. Scalable marketplace adoption of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond
76% reduction in waste disposed per person and a 36% reduction in water. We also have 17 LEED-certified buildings. A Sustainable Stay on Campus From your living quarters to the classrooms to the dining... View Details
I Moved Your Cheese
Now a Wall Street Journal Best-seller! Over a decade ago, the best-selling business fable Who Moved My Cheese? offered its answer to the question: accept that change is inevitable and beyond your control, don't waste your time wondering why things are the... View Details
- 29 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact
and dispose of them. The circular economy uses what is already there, which saves on the extraction and processing piece, then keeps those materials in the system. If you can... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
national security, and increased competition for land. The $1 trillion global financial loss is staggering. Despite these challenges, the authors call attention to the extraordinary social and environmental... View Details
- Research Summary
Giving Time Gives You Time
Four experiments reveal a counterintuitive solution to the common problem of feeling that one doesn't have enough time: giving some of it away. Although people's objective amount of time cannot be increased (there are only 24 hours in a day), this research... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
with practitioners. BEI-affiliated faculty explore topics ranging from regenerative agriculture, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable electricity, to transportation modes, waste reduction, View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
resulting co-creation of ecological damage by firms and governments. In the new global economy since 1980, renewed economic growth and consumerism resulted in mountains of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
The authors propose a practical and sustainable approach to one of the greatest challenges facing leaders today: transforming a business in the face of imminent disruption. They build upon the lessons of Xerox, Apple, View Details
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
privacy and security. Social responsibility in the broadest sense, roundtable participants said, has become a competitive “must,” essential for attracting talent and building trust with customers. Six... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
compass. Without that special information about ourselves we are susceptible to great periods of wasted time, pain and suffering. Forever Young by Scott Kyle (MBA 1993) and... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
find that the boss isn't interested in their suggestions? These are very real questions for anyone making the transition from functional to general manager. Last October, in Professor David A. Garvin's elective course General Management: View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
MountainMandy Xu, MBA 2023Luxury women's outdoor apparel offering sustainable pieces that will be in their wardrobes for life. KrnWtrDaf Dubbelman, OPM 2010With our sustainable water dispensers you can enjoy delicious water, without the aftertaste of unnecessary View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
their conditions and possible treatments, often sharing their experiences with others in online communities. They are more inclined to question authority, and to raise issues with their doctors, care... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
To develop more effective approaches, he is looking at chemical-manufacturing safety disputes, pollution permit-trading, redevelopment of distressed urban areas, hazardous waste site location problems, and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
food waste away from landfills by upcycling it into high-value sugar polymers using a combination of insects and microbial cell factories. PARTICIPANTS Algoma Homes - Josef Bromovsky (MBA 2023) - Algoma... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
financial losses, and a large amount of wasted time for everyone involved. This book was written to help a person, family, or team transform any challenge or problem using a proprietary six-step process. It... View Details
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
countries is attributable to small-scale farming. Eventually, we want to use AI to automate the financing process and evolve into the world's first digital Agri bank. Intrapreneurs with Purpose - Lingling... View Details
- January 16, 2020
- Article
How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
By: Mark R. Kramer, Marc W. Pfitzer and Helge Mahne
The corporate social conscience will soon be on full display in Davos, Switzerland, where global leaders from business, government, and civil society will assemble on January 21 for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Global Range; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy
Kramer, Mark R., Marc W. Pfitzer, and Helge Mahne. "How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 16, 2020).