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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
combines academic and experiential learning and involves students in activities as diverse as constructing solar panels, producing maple syrup, and delivering emergency medical care in search-and-rescue situations. "Our educational goal,"... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
expected film to be in the cards. “Originally, I had planned on going to work for a solar startup, but I decided to pause the startup search after watching Chasing Ice, a visually compelling and beautiful documentary on the melting of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
solar power startup. In Lagos, they had dinner with Yemi Osinbajo, vice president of Nigeria. The immersion, which included faculty from nearly every unit at the School, was a weeklong deep dive and included meetings with business,... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
calling for using city investments in energy efficiency to generate savings that would be reinvested in solar power. Inspired by their success, Dawe took an 80 percent pay cut and moved to Colorado to work on green-power initiatives... View Details
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
genetic insights. Watch Crop Diagnostix at the 2024 New Venture Competition. 2024 Social Enterprise Track Winner: Solara - Rea Savla (MBA 2024), Vishesh Mehta - Providing an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing... View Details
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
world trade system founders it's going to founder in food." Other options were also discussed: moving out of California and buying land in more politically, geographically, and economically friendly countries; planting less thirsty crops; and giving up farming... View Details
- Web
SPACE: Space, Public and Commercial Economics - Course Catalog
the Market Class session 12: Planetary Resources: Property Rights in Space Summary: The founders of Planetary Resources wanted to give humanity access to the entire solar system’s resources and energy, not just our planet’s. The technical... View Details
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
Solara provides an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation. Team: Rea Savla, MBA 2024; Vishesh Mehta Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 Peter M. Sacerdote... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
companies out there in the world, whether or not they’re in the diamond industry.” For Aether, that means vertical integration, including the production of on-site wind and solar energy. And it means finding responsible partners such as... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
such as wind, solar and hydrogen. The company also is examining ways to reduce their chemical use. Onsite, they use cats (five!) to keep rats out of the facility without using rat poison. They primarily rely on “good insects” that eat... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
cameras are almost expendable devices, offering much less quality but good enough to be incorporated into cell phones and PDAs reaching mass markets. Solar cells met limited success as alternative energy sources to the power grid, but... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
Power Richard H.K. VietorHarvard Business School Case 710-013 Suntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the world. About 90% of its sales... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We’ve already seen the economics shift for a number of startups in battery development, battery recycling, carbon capture, solar development, and clean hydrogen. Within EVs, the IRA’s tax credit of 30 percent on commercial EVs (up to... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
Cummings is staying on as board chair.) On the lending side, Walden Mutual will offer commercial loans to sustainable food and farming businesses across New England. That means not only production farms but also retailers, processors, distributors, or even adjacent... View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
chemistry teacher that talked about how batteries and solar panels worked, which is where my interest started. I pursued chemical engineering for my undergraduate and master's degrees, with a focus on clean tech. I did consulting in the... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
risk “It’s unrealistic to say that coal corporations are going to transition to become solar installers,” O’Hanley said at the start of the day. “So, we need to be thinking about the disruption.” At the same time, he noted, “there will be... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
sustainability initiatives in their supply chain, including a pilot program equipping commercial trucks with solar panels that power the trucks loading and unloading chain, we remain curious about other supply chain initiatives.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
profitability in the name of sustainability? It remains to be seen whether this initiative is overblown, representing little more than solar panels on the roof of corporate headquarters. This topic comes at a time when an interesting... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
electrified transportation, waste/recycling and food/ag, we’re thrilled with the IRA. We’ve already seen the economics shift for a number of startups in battery development, battery recycling, carbon capture, solar development, and clean... View Details
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
worked for Duke Energy as assistant to the company’s CEO after graduation, but in 2013 he and McCready reunited and cofounded Double Time Capital, an investment firm focused on funding utility-scale solar farms in North Carolina. The firm... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli