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08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

allow you to go off-roading (curb? no problem!). Plus, exercising with my daughter saves time, and she has a blast going fast on runs. Alice Liu | Class of 2021 Little(s): Mia (1) Pre-HBS Industry: Technology Investment Banking at J.P.... View Details

28 Feb 2025
News

Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank

This Friday night, Remento enters the Shark Tank. The startup, cofounded by CEO Charlie Greene (MBA 2021) in 2021, will be featured on this week’s episode of the long-running business show, pitching its “no-write life story book” vision... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info Generative AI (GenAI) stands at the forefront of a technological revolution, poised to redefine how businesses operate and deliver value. Understanding the complexities of GenAI... View Details

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

state of failure? Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl find a rigged American political system that limits competition and works against the public interest. Green Businesses Are Incredibly Difficult to Make Profitable. Try It AnywayMaking a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

24 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Introducing the HBS Heartland Club

Heartland Club leadership CFO Alex Green (MBA 2021) and President Heather Jackson (MBA 2021) are thrilled to be leading the club through its inaugural year. Alex Green and Heather Jackson Heather Jackson... View Details

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

governments take on a smart city project, it's often the private sector that's left to execute the vision—sometimes at the expense of good public policy. Green Businesses Are Incredibly Difficult to Make Profitable. Try It AnywayMaking a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology; Green Technology

December 2024
Supplement

Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change (B)

By: George Serafeim, Debora L. Spar, Peter Tufano, Hugo Etchegoyhen and Emilie Billaud

The (B) case explores Northvolt’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on November 21, 2024, highlighting the company’s struggles to scale operations amid a global EV market slowdown and internal production challenges. While the (A) case detailed Northvolt’s ambitious... View Details

Keywords: Batteries; Electric Vehicles; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy; Green Technology; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Technological Innovation; Risk Management; Failure; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Transportation; Green Technology Industry; Europe; Sweden

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By: Goran Calic

What makes some organizations more innovative than others? Innovation follows from strategy and structure. A good strategy allows individuals to impose their own imagination towards organizational goals in a coordinated way. Good structure adds incentives that... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Resource Allocation; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; Canada; United States; Europe; Croatia; Serbia and Montenegro

October 2022
Case

Single.Earth

By: Rembrand Koning and Emer Moloney

Estonian greentech company Single.Earth is launching a nature-backed token that is linked to and funds the protection of a specific plot fo land. The first landowners had been onboarded to the company's Digital Twin, a virtual representation of the planet's natural... View Details

Keywords: Alternative Assets; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Natural Resources; Pollution; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Estonia

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October 2022
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Single Earth: Science White Paper Supplement

By: Rembrand Koning and Emer Moloney

Science White Paper prepared by Single.Earth to give an overview of the models and solutions it has developed. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Natural Resources; Pollution; Analytics and Data Science; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Markets; Market Timing; Strategy; Green Technology Industry; Estonia

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01 Mar 2011
News

Child’s Play

skills, with more features, convenience, and portability than a stack of books. “We created this company to create child development apps on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad that help with the social, mental, and physical development of children,” cofounder Rupa Tak... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

01 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

with the opportunity to apply for an additional three-year extension. During this period, workers can request green cards and secure permanent residency status if they desire. The current annual cap for the "regular" H1-B category is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

case quotes Harvard University psychology professor Joshua Greene saying, “Were a friend to call you from a set of trolley tracks seeking moral advice, you would probably not say, ‘Well, that depends. Would you have to push the guy, or... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Technology; Technology

19 Sep 2016
News

A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming

marginalized spaces in Singapore—rooftops—rather than farmland, which wasn’t available in the city. “The kind of technology we use—using hydroponics, but also stacking the pipes—means we’re getting around 20 to 30 times what a... View Details

29 Jul 2021
News

A Clean Start

hydrocarbon (think gasoline). That epiphany became the foundation for OCO Corporation, named for the chemical formula of carbon dioxide. OCO, founded alongside his father and fellow green chemical engineer Terry Brix, could provide the... View Details

01 Aug 2002
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HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

FishLogic's Javier Segovia, Patrick George, Benjamin Vigoda, and Gonçal Pagan: producing programmable signal-processing chips that cost less and work faster. Lucas Klein, Matthew Mugo Fields, and Jason Green of BEST Education Partners,... View Details

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The Value of Environmental Activists

Leadership and Teaming

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

Introducing the HBS Heartland Club

The Business of Saving the Planet

Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change (B)

Overview

Single.Earth

Single Earth: Science White Paper Supplement

Child’s Play

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming

A Clean Start

HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive