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- 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015
profitable customers who are the most attracted by superior quality alternatives. Our results appear to have long-run implications whereby sustaining a high level of service quality is associated with the incumbent attracting View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After? Authors:James E. Austin and Herman B. Leonard Abstract What happens when small iconic socially oriented businesses are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
Emerita Deborah Kolb. "Despite bodies of knowledge about social institutions and social issues at the institutional and organizational... View Details
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
in the country. (Note, this has nothing to do with the discussion around whether the debt level is sustainable; I actually agree with Syriza that the debt level is not sustainable and that the implemented... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
changes in IR, supporting a causal effect of IR on investor base. Finally, I find that investor activism on environmental and social issues leads to firms practicing more IR,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
an empirical analysis of the geographic, economic, and social factors that contributed to the spread of civil war in Nepal over the period 1996-2006. This within-country analysis complements existing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
particular social welfare decisions. Current research: "Is Brazil on the Path of Sustainable Growth and Development?" Laura Alfaro Alfaro: "I want to look at... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society
convened corporate leaders, sustainability officers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers in Paris to examine Europe's pivotal role in the global green transition. This groundbreaking roundtable explored how... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
agencies in 29 states as a tool to assist those who are unemployed bolster their skills. “Our workplaces are changing very dramatically,” Feerick says. “We can provide people with the most up-to-date courses to give them an edge.” A View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Letters Abstract Strategic orientation studies often provide 'best practice prescriptions' for firms in a given context-matching orientations to environmental conditions. While this perspective has value, empirical results are equivocal,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
Three decades ago, Energy Future, a bestseller written at HBS, declared that American energy independence and sustainability were critical to the country’s well-being. Today, the book’s analysis is still... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix
together a transportable lab that’s immune to the elements. “Weather conditions, power outages—they don’t matter to us anymore,” Kozachenok says. What does matter is advancing aquaculture, an enterprise that, when carried out poorly, can lead to serious coastal... View Details
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
American market. A successful engineer, entrepreneur, and sustainable development champion, Willums was CEO of Think Global AS (TH!NK), a privately held Norwegian maker of electric vehicles (EVs). Having... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
Thoren believes there doesn’t need to be a divide between for-profit and nonprofit missions. In December 2020, she joined outdoor-clothing brand Patagonia as director of Environmental Action View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
Social Psychology Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal By: Aknin, Lara B., Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Justine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Transportation - Business & Environment
such as electricity from renewables and sustainably produced biofuels. Well-designed public transit and freight rail infrastructure—alongside policies View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lcohen/pdffiles/pomalco.pdf Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Reporting Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Daniela Saltzman Publication:Stanford View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
firm-level, and that recording back-up solutions is most valuable at medium levels of environmental change. Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice Authors:N. Gregory Mankiw,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006
in markets around the world. They prided themselves on their sustainable fishing practices, which were not the norm for the industry. Seafood buyers traditionally bought on price. Clearwater's innovations View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production... View Details