Business and Environment Initiative - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2023
Teaching Note

CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 623-006. 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,... View Details

Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Ship Transportation; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Regulation; Trade; Energy Conservation; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Europe

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22 Jun 2022
Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

argues Timothy Butler, senior fellow and faculty advisor to Career and Professional Development Programs at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on career decision... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

November 2010
Article

Beyond the Deal: Wage a 'Negotiation Campaign'

By: James K. Sebenius

While negotiation scholars primarily take the individual transaction as the "unit of analysis," this article characterizes the (new) concept of a "negotiation campaign" in which a number of individual deals must be put together, often on multiple "fronts," to realize a... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Management Practices and Processes; Value; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Sales; Partners and Partnerships; Venture Capital

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26 Sep 2023
Book

Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

faster decisions. Big data analytics also allow businesses to improve their operations and efficiency, explore other new waves of big data use opportunities, and eventually... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

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General Management - Faculty & Research

Technology ; Finance ; Venture Capital ; Private Equity ; Investment ; Investment Funds ; Science-Based Business ; Financial Services Industry ; France ; Paris ; Italy Citation Related Gandhi, Vikram S., and... View Details

24 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Dispelling Myths About HBS Through My Summer Venture in Management Program Experience

Madeleine Diagne is an International Business student at the University of Houston – Downtown, and a Summer Venture in Management (SVMP) 2022 alum. Graduating high school during the height of the pandemic... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

President George W. Bush on the urgency of addressing global warming. Since 2015, he has chaired the Clean Tech Initiative at Barclays, a firm that embraces Paris Climate Agreement goals and has committed... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax

29 Sep 2016
News

On Pointe with Leslie John

10 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology

19 Jun 2018
Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy

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HBS - The year in Review

Alumni Conferences Held In May 2023, External Relations (ER) and the Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) hosted Accelerating Climate... View Details

04 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

banks, both large and small, from ever fully returning to the small business market. Cyclical Factors Linger From The Recession In the recent recession small-business sales were hit hard View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

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Asia Pacific - Global

March 2025 EVENT 2025 New Venture Competition Asia-Pacific Regional Final On March 9, at the 2025 New Venture Competition Alumni Track Asia-Pacific Regional Final, eight teams from China, Australia, Indonesia, and India presented their... View Details

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Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Promoting excellence and innovation in case method teaching What is the case method? The case method places students in the role of decision-maker, confronting real-world business situations complete with... View Details

24 Sep 2014
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Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

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Business, Government & the International Economy Faculty - Faculty & Research

Business, Government & the International Economy Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students Unit Head David A. Moss Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Business,... View Details

14 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

Flows in the Global Economy Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows By: Horton, John, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—We review the rapid development of digital labor markets that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

Friday night and they were on their way home. The streets were packed. As he drove, he watched a car approach in the distance, swerving and traveling at a very high speed. The car ultimately hit a telephone... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

11 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

Publication:Harvard Business Review 89 Abstract Private moments of doubt and fear come even to managers who have spent years on the job. Any number of events can trigger them: an View Details