sustainability - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

recruiters are looking for in the energy and environment field? Interest is exploding! In the last four years alone, the number of students interested in careers in energy, cleantech, and sustainability has grown fivefold! At the same... View Details

20 Feb 2014
News

Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

There’s no problem the business world can’t solve. That’s the thinking of Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2008), who believes companies—and the great minds who run them—can find sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises. “For whatever reason,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

27 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

they turn to product gurus, technology experts, and folks with sales and marketing, fund raising, or operations backgrounds. But for guidance on how to create and sustain a high-performance company culture–the softer side of startup... View Details

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR

complex and multi-dimensional. We connect faculty, alumni, students, and staff to grapple with questions such as, “Are our students prepared to lead sustainable organizations?” “What do our alumni need to know about climate risk?” “How... View Details

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

patients, and 12% of total Medicare spending are associated with physician beliefs unsupported by clinical evidence. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49218 Stock Price Synchronicity and Material View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Career Coach

Sarah Bua

public sector, health care consulting, venture capital and new business creation. Sarah helps her coachees identify, strategize a path towards, achieve and sustain their unique career visions. Her skills and interest span the entire... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entrepreneurship; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Government; Health Care; Clean Technology; Energy

November 1974 (Revised September 1984)
Case

Environmental Pressures (B)

By: Norman A. Berg

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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Article

Transition to Clean Technology

By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William R. Kerr

We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and dirty technologies compete in production and innovation, in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry

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May 2004
Article

Environmental Implications of Wireless Technologies: News Delivery and Business Meetings

By: Michael W. Toffel and Arpad Horvath

Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Information; Environmental Sustainability; Business Ventures; Technology Industry

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November 1988 (Revised December 1988)
Case

Tejon Ranch and California Water Use

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Energy; Utilities

1982
Other Unpublished Work

Financing the Cleanup of Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites

By: Dutch Leonard, Henry Lee and Susan Bender

Keywords: Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Finance

Citation

Keywords: Architecture and Urban Conservation

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2024

is shaping industries and markets, where the biggest financial and operational risks lie, and what promising innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities are emerging. The theme for ClimateCAP 2024 was Sustainability in Motion which... View Details

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration

integrating climate and sustainability into the MBA curriculum, career paths, and co-curricular experiences. Educator group at the 2024 ClimateCAP Summit: Sustainability in Motion, held at University of... View Details

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

School’s Digital Initiative under the title Sustainability is an Innovation Problem. About the Author Rebecca M. Henderson is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, where she has a joint appointment at the... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

28 Apr 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

Keywords: by David Vogel, Michael Toffel, Diahanna Post & Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon

2023
Working Paper

Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency

By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein

Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent... View Details