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Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change

By: George Serafeim, Debora L. Spar, P. Tufano and Julia M. Comeau

In 2016, Swedish entrepreneurs Carl-Erik Lagercrantz and Peter Carlsson founded an electric battery company called Northvolt with the dual goals of creating a company to address climate change and bringing battery manufacture to Europe. Northvolt, which succeeded in... View Details

Keywords: Batteries; Climate Change; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Green Technology; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Green Technology Industry; Battery Industry; Sweden; Europe

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18 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Applying HBS Lessons in an African Context

continent and the trip allowed them to see the country from a local’s perspective. In my second year, I worked with classmates on projects ranging from solar energy in Kenya and Tanzania, to an economic development plan of Ethiopia, to a... View Details

10 May 2015
Blog Post

Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

a career change? From Day 1, orient your time, energy and mental space to where you want to be. Note: In November of 2015 unshrinkit appeared on Shark Tank and received a $150,000 investment from Mark Cuban. View Details

04 Jun 2008
News

Whistle While You Work

goals because it’s enlivening, “spirit-giving,” and all about shared energy and a sense of possibility. “Imagine,” he mused, “if Martin Luther King had said ‘I have a dream — I wonder if people will be up to it?’” Dr. Michael Gold is a... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

13 Dec 2011
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Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

Charnovitz, George Washington University; Stacey M. Childress, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Mihir A. Desai, HBS; Daniel C. Esty, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Yale Law School; Robin Greenwood, HBS;... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

race. "Make the effort to meet up face to face, spend unscheduled long stretches of time, and (gasp) just hang out." Here are a few of the benefits of slowing down, and where entrepreneurs may want to focus their energies this summer: 1.... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

05 Jan 2011
Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

old, on average. Lab leaders spend a great deal of their energy recruiting the right people for their lab, nurturing a portfolio of interesting projects, and raising money. Most principal investigators, even the most successful ones in... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

cases, from city to city. "There is no single Asian market," agreed Mark Takahashi, vice president and treasurer of Intergen, a global energy company specializing in greenfield development. "The rules consistently change,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

10 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis Cover image features Rosario Bazán (left) and Anil Jain (right). Between March 22 – 24th, world and business leaders from sectors spanning agriculture, View Details

02 Dec 2021
News

Learning Curve

Courtesy Patti Melcher Patti Melcher (MBA 1986) never intended to open a school. After getting her start in investment banking in Houston’s energy sector after her time at HBS, Melcher became an early employee at SCF Partners, helping to... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Ink

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015 Raje breaks C-suite workplaces into four categories: space used to enhance personal energy (think Zen gardens, cloth journals, and pictures of the family pup); space to create organizational... View Details

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 Jan 2008
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John Doerr, MBA 1976

attention has focused on clean energy and the climate crisis. In May, KPCB announced its second fund in green technology, bringing its total investment in green solutions to $1.2 billion. Doerr describes green tech as “the largest... View Details

02 Aug 2011
News

A Fearless Force for Change

and Matt Spielman chronicles the remarkable start-up story of how an annual, one-day, grass-roots indoor cycling event (which initially raised $250,000) grew to become a multi-city international event that has raised more than $9 million in less than four years. Driven... View Details

10 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Pay for Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon Emissions

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou, Shelley Xin Li & George Serafeim

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

he learn for “Labs 2.0”? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318068-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-023 Accounting for Political Risk at AES As a global energy generating company, AES frequently faces... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2024
News

Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Feb 2025
News

How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

products. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)... View Details