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- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
the old-fashioned Washington way: by hiring lobbyists. The big winner of the Department of Energy's battery funding orgy, A123 Systems (with $249 million in awards), spent about $1 million on Washington representatives between 2007 and... View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
infectious, and the topics range all the way from climate education to grid scale battery storage to 3D printing. One of the core issues is that our carbon utilization is all over every system that we interact with and so there's untold... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
talking about companies that make physical products. When the MacBook Air came out, for example, Apple knew that to make it lightweight, there would be a tradeoff when it came to battery life and memory. Apple didn’t have any angst or... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
The new electric car is being introduced with lead-acid batteries that may be recharged at home with a special charging system. "One of the most important advantages of the EV1," says Schweibold, "is that because it doesn't require... View Details
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
knew that to make it lightweight, there would be a tradeoff when it came to battery life and memory. Apple didn't have any angst or shame about that, and what we are saying is that the same thing should be true in service organizations.... View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
125+ projects totaling ~4GW solar and ~6.5GW battery capacity across all major energy markets in the United States and Ontario, Canada. Faisal's role prior to HBS was Associate Principal at CrossBoundary Mini-grid Innovation Lab. Anish... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
products like the Kindle e-reader, high-end servers, solar panels, and the batteries that will power the next generation of automobiles. To rebuild the commons and restore its wealth-generating machine will require government and industry... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
rental. Things are looking up: the car's a hot red convertible, and it's gorgeous out. I cruise through the Sumner Tunnel left hand on the wheel, right hand on my 166 MHz laptop, which I wouldn't have minded playing with on the plane, only the View Details
- March 2019
- Article
Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details
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Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen." Nature Energy 4, no. 3 (March 2019): 216–222.
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
occur. Less variability, meanwhile, reduces the need for storage, which carries its own costs. In a world where wind and solar were the only carbon-free energy options, it would take an awful lot of batteries to keep the lights on when... View Details
- September–October 2022
- Article
Should Your Company Sell on Amazon?: Reach Comes at a Price
By: Ayelet Israeli, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Matt Higgins and Sabir Semerkant
Selling on Amazon allows brands to reach millions of consumers—but that exposure comes with costs. They include smaller margins, more competition, the risk of commoditization, and less knowledge about customers.
In this article, the authors present a scorecard to... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Retailing; Online Business; Ecommerce; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Omnichannel Retail; Omnichannel Retailing; Amazon; Amazon.com; Sales; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; Battery Industry; United States
Israeli, Ayelet, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Matt Higgins, and Sabir Semerkant. "Should Your Company Sell on Amazon? Reach Comes at a Price." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 5 (September–October 2022): 38–46.
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
rights as the need for new technologies like electric vehicle batteries expand. More crises and less peace are bad for everyone, certainly including businesses. As Lise Grande explained in an interview with Climate Stories: “The stakes... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
percent battery power. Your brain is your most vital asset; it is a physical organ that, like any other piece of equipment, requires maintenance and care. Both physical and mental hygiene practices need to increase right now, because both... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
of 10‐year sustainability‐related goals. In an effort to meet such goals, the company invested a total of $1 billion in environmentally beneficial products such as new seeds and traits in Dow's AgroSciences business, solar shingles, and advanced View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
is associated with a 3.8% decline in new firm births. The effect is similar in size and significance when aggregating to the household level and when including a standard battery of covariates. The instrument is orthogonal to private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
than commonly believed. Using a battery of performance tests, we find that loans securitized before 2005 performed no worse than comparable unsecuritized loans originated by the same bank. Even loans originated by the bank that acts as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Place, is in the midst of planning a paradigm shift in clean transportation. In an attempt to wean the world from using gasoline-powered vehicles, his company is playing the role of innovator and integrator for new vehicles, charging spots, and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
Weinstein (MBA '00), who was given a three-month leave by her employer after she was asked by the NYCIF's Maria Gotsch to oversee ReSTART's day-to-day operations. "Businesses seeking help are first interviewed at ReSTART's center in View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711543-PDF-ENG Aquion Energy Thomas R. Eisenmann and David KironHarvard Business School Case 811-047 Leaders at Aquion Energy, a Pittsburgh-based battery start-up, are deciding on a market entry... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne