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This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

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 are vital, and that no one else... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

24 Apr 2014
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Recasting environmentalism as a smart financial investment

A former managing director and partner for Goldman Sachs, where he spent 24 years, Mark Tercek (MBA 1984) is inspired by the opportunity to help businesses, governments, and environmental organizations work together in new, innovative ways. Tercek left Goldman Sachs in... View Details

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1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values | MBA

1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values 1.1 Community Values Harvard Business School’s statement on Community Values lays out the principles that enable us to realize our mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world: “an View Details

18 Apr 2011
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Capitalism Meets Conservation

compensate. If all Spring Reunion classes participate fully, it would result in a 15-acre forest of 7,600 trees, absorbing over 5.8 million pounds of carbon dioxide. Attendance at an HBS Business and Environment Initiative conference in... View Details

Keywords: Accommodation; Hospitality; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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Investing in Distresses Situations: A Market Survey

By: S. C. Gilson

Keywords: Investment; Situation or Environment; Markets

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2021
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Investment as the Opportunity Cost of Dividend Signaling

By: Zach Kaplan and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos

We provide evidence that firms with weak investment opportunities (those whose current earnings justify a greater valuation than firms with strong investment opportunities) signal their permanent earnings level through their dividends. In the cross-section, we show... View Details

Keywords: Dividend Signaling; Investment; Opportunities

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