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19 Nov 2015
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A Hard Sell: Bringing Cultured Beef to Market

16 Jan 2020
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How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems

06 Sep 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

Keywords: Re: Vincent Pons; Manufacturing; Mining

01 Feb 2021
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Locally Grown

Inspired by the natural beauty he found when he moved to Boulder, Colorado, Robert Fenwick-Smith (MBA 1988) created Aravaipa Ventures, an unusual venture capital fund to support environmentally sustainable technology businesses in the state. “When I set up Aravaipa... View Details

01 Jan 2021
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How to Talk to Your CFO About Sustainability

13 Jul 2020
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Locally Grown

photo by David Tejada Aravaipa Ventures was inspired by the smell of clean, crisp Colorado air. Founder Robert Fenwick-Smith (MBA 1988) and his family had moved from France to Boulder in 2007 as he contemplated his next professional move after a successful private... View Details

Keywords: April White

21 Feb 2018
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Can Farming Save the Planet?

There may be a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a combination farming operation and private equity group that is buys high-production conventional farms in Iowa... View Details

21 Apr 2014
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When you see an opportunity, follow what you believe in

Scott Smith (MBA 1991), CEO of Cellect Technologies, talks about how entrepreneurs see opportunities and follow through on their beliefs. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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A passion for the sea doubles the percent of ocean set aside for conservation

Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993), an America’s Cup–winning sailor and avid scuba diver, understands the importance of protecting marine ecosystems. The former owner and CEO of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Serono has provided funding for the Chagos Island... View Details

27 Jul 2022
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ESG Reports Aren’t a Replacement for Real Sustainability

01 Sep 2005
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Taking Flight

IN HIS ELEMENT: Peter Thayer has spotted nearly 3,500 species of birds...and counting. Peter Thayer (MBA ’73) didn’t recognize the little bird hopping about in his backyard outside Cincinnati. His parents had given him a field guide for his 11th birthday, but he hadn’t... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

09 Feb 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

Keywords: by Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson & Tiona Zuzul

06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

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Criminal Recidivism after Prison and Electronic Monitoring

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky

We study criminal recidivism in Argentina by focusing on the re-arrest rates of two groups: individuals released from prison and individuals released from electronic monitoring. Detainees are randomly assigned to judges, and ideological differences across judges... View Details

Keywords: Crime; Prison; Recidivism; Behavior; Situation or Environment; Crime and Corruption; Argentina

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Oxfam America

By: James E. Austin and James Kondo

Oxfam America, a nongovernmental organization providing grant assistance to organizations fighting hunger, poverty, and their causes, was engaged in a new strategy formulation process, led by its new president. View Details

Keywords: Change; Situation or Environment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Strategy

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Winter Age of the Japanese Steel Industry

By: Kim B. Clark

Describes the situation facing the Japanese steel industry in 1984. Two strategies for coping with the world steel situation are presented: diversification and globalization. The actions of Nippon Steel and Nippon Kokan are used to illustrate these strategies. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Situation or Environment; Business Strategy; Diversification; Steel Industry; Japan

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