Sustainable Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2004
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The Business of Babies

commercial and scientific promise, sustaining legislation has to be put in place to allow the market to achieve its potential,” Spar commented. “The best technology in the world won’t help you if it’s illegal to use it.” Another... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

when people hear the story, when they hear there’s a sustainability benefit, when they hear there are potato genes in our potato, we get a positive reaction.” The company has seen that positive reaction in practice: The 8-million-pound... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits

presidential skybox for her research into the entertainment industry's most successful stars and products. Her brand-new book, Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment (Henry Holt), examines the behind-the-scenes decisions involved... View Details

Keywords: Patrick Kirchner; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

resilience while changing your relationship to stress, and shares a roadmap for sustainable performance in the face of ongoing change. How to Wash a Chicken: Mastering the Business Presentation by Tim Calkins (MBA 1991) Page Two This is... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena

William H. Draper III (MBA 1954), one of America’s first venture capitalists, financed hundreds of high-technology companies. He also was chosen by President Reagan to be president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, where he helped to View Details

01 Mar 2015
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A Boomtown's Echo

Dakota, was the site of the state’s first oil discovery in 1951. Since then, the region has gone through two boom-and-bust cycles, and city officials are increasingly insisting that current development slow down. “There was a boom in the... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Jun 2004
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Life Lessons

California, graduating from Live Oak High School in 1993. Despite the dangerous, backbreaking nature of migrant life, Curiel values the work ethic he developed and the long periods of time spent with his family, naming his father — killed... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Sep 2020
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A Righteous Path

organization to meet this growing need means managing growth—recruiting talent, developing office culture, finding room for everyone to sit, and, of course, fundraising to sustain the work—all while staying... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

24 Apr 2014
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Preserving Patagonia

recognized that conserved land has many embedded values: limited development (environmentally friendly real estate), sustainable agriculture, carbon sequestration potential, recreation (eco-tourism), water... View Details

15 Nov 2018
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Don’t Be Afraid of AI

what is being created, are things that want to do evil in the world. That being said, certainly these are powerful tools that can be used for evil. I would say the same is true of many other technologies that have been developed over... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged

contends, these low-end manufacturers could grow under the radar of more established automakers until they become “too big to fight—or too big to beat.” But the Chinese market—like its European and American counterparts—is being sustained... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

27 Oct 2016
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Paying It Forward

problem. So everything we’re doing is based on providing affordable solutions for our targeted market. It’s a different approach, and not how technology guys typically think.” Kundu would know, as he himself is a technology guy. After earning his bachelor’s and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2002
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Books

boardrooms, academia, and the business press to examine their roles in sustaining or promoting worrisome flaws in the process corporations use to fill their top office. — Laura Singleton (MBA '88) HBS Press Books in Brief As the recent... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

financial crisis, students from the HBS Asia Business Club and the Harvard Asia Law Society hosted "Phoenix Rising," a two-day conference with some seven hundred participants that focused on the future of sustainable economic growth in... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Nov 2019
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Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

hits its mark in sustainable and responsible sourcing efforts. You personally are in the midst of developing a task force in central Florida to combat the opioid epidemic. Talk about why social... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 2017
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Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

by publicly traded health care IT company Allscripts. Rumi Spice Cofounder and CEO Kimberly Jung (MBA 2015); Founded 2014 With the goal of spurring development in rural Afghanistan, Rumi works with 80-plus farmers and hundreds of saffron... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs

Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA/MPA 2007) founded a business that improves the health and hygiene of millions of women. But her goal is much bigger: empowering women by fostering entrepreneurship. Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) brings... View Details

28 Jun 2024
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Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories

proceeds go toward the club’s high-impact programs, including pro-bono consulting through Community Partners, workforce development through the Skills Gap Initiative, entrepreneurship through the regional Alumni New Venture Competition... View Details