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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
government will lead to heightened tensions with the United States and allies such as Japan and Taiwan by 2020. What about Europe? The European Union poses a less immediate challenge, but a real one... View Details
- 22 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability
firms invest in when emissions are costly? With the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme in the EU, California's Assembly Bill 32, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the northeastern US, and now... View Details
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
"Both extremes offer useful discussion points," says Coles, noting that the Europe Union experienced a price collapse in 2006 that called the stability of the entire market into question. "As a class we can talk about... View Details
- May 2023
- Case
CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping
By: Willy C. Shih and Emilie Billaud
Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details
Keywords: Container Shipping; Logistic Regression; Trade Links; Decarbonization; Environmental Strategies; Environmental Impact; Globalization; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Logistics; Supply Chain; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; European Union; Asia; North America
Shih, Willy C., and Emilie Billaud. "CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping." Harvard Business School Case 623-006, May 2023.
- October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Technical Note
Flight: Now without Humans Aboard
By: Mitchell Weiss, Karim Lakhani, HT Kung and Kerry Herman
This note provides an overview of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) industry in September 2015. UAVs offered many potential applications in industries as diverse as aerial imaging and photography, agriculture, construction, infrastructure inspection and... View Details
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
influence can equal any government’s. Based in Switzerland, UBS is a financial services company with no obligation to comply with the Kyoto Accord or European Trade Union restrictions on carbon emissions. It... View Details
- September 2023
- Background Note
Amager Bakke: Municipal Waste to Energy
By: Willy Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
This background note describes the Amager Bakke waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Copenhagen, which merges traditional waste incineration with a combined heat and power (CHP) plant and air pollution control (scrubbing) technology, and had plans to add carbon dioxide (CO2)... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Innovation; Innovation Focused Strategy; Environmental Operations; Circular; Waste Heat Recovery; Waste Management; Carbon Regulation; Buildings and Facilities; Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; Pollution; Climate Change; Wastes and Waste Processing; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Energy Industry; Denmark; Netherlands; Europe; European Union
Shih, Willy, Michael W. Toffel, and Kelsey Carter. "Amager Bakke: Municipal Waste to Energy." Harvard Business School Background Note 624-040, September 2023.
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
employment. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-079.pdf Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States Authors:David Vogel, Michael Toffel, Diahanna Post, and Nazli... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
Eurasia In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After President Yanukovych rejected the free trade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
easy to solve were more likely to be selected. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-047.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsMandatory Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure in the European View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
countries in the European Union explicitly reference financial accounting treatments in several parts of the tax treatment of corporations. Indeed, the European View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- October 2020
- Case
Fiscal Responses to COVID-19
For the first half of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis seemed on the verge of spiraling out of control. The business world struggled to figure out what COVID meant for macroeconomics. Extended restrictions limiting human interaction meant an end to normal economic production,... View Details
Keywords: Fiscal Policy; COVID; COVID-19; Economic Analysis; Economic Downturn; Economic Conditions; Economic Governance; Economic Systems; Economy; Health Pandemics; Finance; Policy; United States; Germany; France; European Union
Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, Vincent Pons, and Galit Goldstein. "Fiscal Responses to COVID-19." Harvard Business School Case 721-011, October 2020.
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Background Note
Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
This note reviews the basic rules for copyright protection in both the U.S. and the EU. It outlines the works and rights protected, the fair use and first-sale limitations on copyright, as well as the application of these rules to software, video, recordings, and... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Copyright; Laws and Statutes; European Union; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-052, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Vision: Sound Science
It was a milestone to celebrate: Earlier this year, designations from FDA and European Union regulators moved researchers at the Boston-based startup Akouos, Inc., a step closer to producing the first-ever... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
generate growth include relaxing financing constraints for both large and start-up Greek companies and by attracting FDI by reducing political uncertainty and strengthening property rights. So Greece must first help itself. But it is in everyone's interests for the... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- Web
Europe - Global Activities 2020
found itself “in a world of politically independent yet economically interdependent states,” the case explains. The country was on track to join the European Union (EU), but it also had ties with Russia and... View Details
- November 2021
- Article
Digital Infrastructure Is More Than Just Broadband: What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe's Open Source Technology policy study
By: Frank Nagle
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Infrastructure; Open Source Distribution; Economic Growth; United States; European Union
Nagle, Frank. "Digital Infrastructure Is More Than Just Broadband: What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe's Open Source Technology policy study." Brookings Series: Reimagining Modern-day Markets and Regulations (November 2021).
- July 2016
- Supplement
The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Law; Antitrust; EC Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations; Technology Industry; European Union; United States
Goldberg, Lena G. "The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-010, July 2016.
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
U.S. and EU Trademark Protection
By: Robert C. Pozen and Jordan Hirsch
Rules governing trademark protection in the U.S. and EU differ substantially. This note describes the primary differences and their implications. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Jordan Hirsch. "U.S. and EU Trademark Protection." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-021, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)