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- 31 May 2013
- News
Seeing the Light
Opal, moved to New Hampshire, where Opal opened an art gallery. When Evans's work, some of which was on display in the gallery, began outselling that of the other artists, the Evanses decided to decamp to Woodstock, Vermont, where they purchased the prestigious Gallery... View Details
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in the Transportation Industry
concrete initiatives which the European Commission adopted for the next decade to build a competitive transport system to increase mobility, remove major barriers in key areas and fuel growth and employment. At the same time,... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
companies, on communities, and, most of all, on employees. "The initial drive was to build empathy around the decisions that are so core on a human level," Sucher says. "They wanted people to learn about that." View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
explore CEO decision making. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2326452 Government Green Procurement Spillovers: Evidence from Municipal Building Policies in California By: Simcoe, Timothy, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
such rifts, language training must include cross-cultural education. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1 September 2014 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Government Green Procurement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
Vacuum is commercializing technology developed at Harvard that mimics the ocean's natural process of absorbing C02 using renewable electricity. Click Here to Watch Alumni Track Winner: FleetZeroSteven Henderson, MBA 2016Fleetzero is View Details
- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
intensity fuel of the future. Integrated Dynamics - Jake Sweed (MBA 2024), Henry Markarian, Niranjan Kulkarni - Turning food waste into green hydrogen using hyperthermophile archaea. Latent - Rourke Pattullo (MBA 2025), Tom Walkinshaw... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power Episode 7 of Climate Stories focuses on Janice Tran and her first two years as CEO and co-founder of Kanin Energy. Trained as an accountant, the Canadian-born 35-year old daughter of Vietnamese refugees is driving... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
The authors propose a practical and sustainable approach to one of the greatest challenges facing leaders today: transforming a business in the face of imminent disruption. They build upon the lessons of Xerox, Apple, and Barnes & Noble... View Details
- Profile
Tawanda Sibanda
Tawanda Sibanda has “always been interested in creating valuable things,” he says. “Initially, my approach was technical – building things. But over time, I didn’t feel the social impact was as great as I would’ve liked. Now, I see... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)
her start-up, VitaRi Energy, that extends green energy access in West Africa. Why did you decide to pursue an MBA, and why HBS? After my undergraduate studies at Georgetown University, I worked in private equity for four years. I loved... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
flourish.”2. The second major obstacle is one that’s familiar to readers of Climate Stories: locating and/or creating a green workforce to build and maintain the EV charger infrastructure. “We need concerted... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
that there might just be too many activities available and too much to do, thus decreasing the serendipity of chance social encounters among residents as they crisscross the community’s lush green grounds. Even so, Marshall, a marketing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Zanzibar: Something for Everyone
like overgrown green beans. After several guesses, we learned that this was one of the most popular flavorings: vanilla. Then we learned that cinnamon is the bark of a tree whose roots have a surprising menthol scent. Nutmeg, on the other... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
development, fluid teams of individuals with different sets of experience are tasked with projects that are critical to the success of their organizations. Although building teams from individuals with diverse prior experience is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
more efficient building codes and for the nation's largest public real estate organization, the GSA, to convert facilities to high-performance green buildings. Extended and expanded tax deductions for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Maasai Village
Our first introduction to the Maasai came as we drove from Arusha to the Ngorongoro crater and saw members of their tribe off in the distance. Often alone or in pairs, their tall figures were clad in bright red cloth, a stark contrast to the View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
organization, the GSA, to convert facilities to high-performance green buildings.Extended and expanded tax deductions for commercial buildings to deploy clean energy technologies will also accelerate the... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
increasing in the "strength" (i.e., relative presence) of related industries. Building on Porter (1998, 2003), we develop a systematic empirical framework to analyze the role of regional clusters-groups of closely related... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology
studies, things wrong with the world, you name it. That night we talked about what we’d each do in our career if there weren't any barriers (perceived or real). For me it was working in an area such as space technology and helping push the bounds of what it means to be... View Details
Keywords: Technology