Environmental Regulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design

Grundfos was able to turn a potential liability into a competitive advantage. Leveraging regulation for competitive advantage. Grundfos was one of the few companies we visited that had managed to use View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

created a fifth perspective solely to reflect environmental considerations. They argued: Our franchise is under severe pressure in many of the communities where we operate. Our strategy is to go well beyond what current laws and View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

modern container shipping, the ship is really a relatively small part of costs,” observes McCown. “Everything ship-related might only be 30 percent of the carrier’s total cost. The biggest cost is fuel.” Both economics and environmental... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

05 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom

Continuing Conversations are an academic offering developed by the Sustainability Club to fulfill a desire by MBA students to dig deeper into the environmental themes presented in cases taught during their first year. These faculty... View Details

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

is an innovation problem. That is, it is hard for exactly the same reasons that any really disruptive innovation is hard. "As the storms get stronger and the harvests fail more often, political pressure for carbon regulation will... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

12 Feb 2025
Blog Post

How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)

human health. During school, I co-founded a pet food company to purchase cell-cultured meat and convert it into premium dog food. Classes on entrepreneurship, the Rock Center, and the alumni network provided invaluable resources in the early days. When we first... View Details

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

wind? How will local residents feel about windmill farms on their horizon? What effects will regulators have on the energy industry in the future? What unexpected opportunities or obstacles will pop up along the way? The course examines... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

01 Sep 2007
News

How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

the less government involvement there is, the better,” says Oberholzer-Gee. “In fact, a number of the competitive advantages enjoyed by companies have come from the regulations that governments impose on markets.” In the course’s last... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

trade to non-NAFTA partners grew by 195%. Critics of NAFTA claimed that it had contributed to a loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico, increased inequality in all countries, and undercut environmental laws. Those who supported NAFTA,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges

Governance Issues. Pointing out the need for unified oversight similar to the Department of Energy, she said, “If I had a magic wand, I would create a centralized U.S. entity to tackle water issues. There is no Department of Water. Instead, we have numerous disparate... View Details

17 Nov 2015
News

Carbon Neutral

Eacho, left, and Minnick (Getty Images) Congress is at a standstill over carbon. One side wants to regulate emissions as a pollutant; the other fears that any move to regulate oil and gas will impede growth... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

30 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism

environmental issues, inadequate governance, and lack of transparency. But these same leaders have very different perspectives on the most appropriate path forward. Some feel the sole focus of business should be on building great... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

16 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

internalize products' entire life cycle costs into market prices, with the ultimate objective of reducing their environmental burden. This article provides a framework to evaluate the potential for take-back View Details

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

regulation of natural gas, nuclear power, and hazardous wastes. A Global Solution Professor Joe Lassiter The flame from a natural gas flare dances in the shadow of an oil pump jack near Keene, North Dakota. “Natural gas is not an economic... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

This process was different from the process between the environmental groups and the logging companies: Here, Eamer had to explain the parameters and regulations of the first agreement to the First Nations... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

over the past quarter-century. This article analyzes changing definitions of risk in U.S. environmental regulation and describes challenges posed by emerging detection techniques, government and NGO surveys... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

While Enron made the headlines, Mills says, these other actors were culpable as well. The title of Mills' book derives from a comment made by former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt regarding the actions of teenager Jonathan Lebed who broke federal View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

13 Jun 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

Death Star,’” recalls Crespin, the founder of CollaborateUp, a consulting firm that specializes in tackling big societal problems and bridging difficult, cross-sector relationships. He adds, “The environmental people had their arms... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

23 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their company’s core business. Distinct from nonmarket strategy and traditional corporate social responsibility, the recent wave of CEO activism focuses on social issues... View Details