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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
environment requires understanding three key management factors: the interactive nature of strategy, organizational design, and individual leadership. Today's managers need to harness technological advances; manage and lead a dispersed,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Christensen Center: Open for Business
evolution of teaching styles over time, and the role of gender and ethnicity in the classroom. Research findings will be used in interactive media materials developed and distributed by HBS Publishing. A natural teacher himself, Emmons’s... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
the air outside New York City's JFK airport and eventually hitchhiked across the country." Merkl fell in love with California and decided to stay. Enrolling at the University of California at Santa Cruz, he studied environmental science, regional planning and View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
short-term nature of the stock market, while financial scholars find evidence that financial markets look deep into the future. But markets are only one source of information. Another is direct contact between boards and executives on the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sisto Merolla
plans for becoming CEO, I mess up the PowerPoint presentation due the next day? look at nature wondering "who can have made this?" regret that life is too short to see all the Impressionists' paintings, read all Hemingway's... View Details
- Fast Answer
How do I prepare thirty minutes before my interview?
affiliations, key people and their backgrounds, etc. Identify and understand the nature of company-to-company, person-to-person relationship connections based on events, transactions, and affiliations Orbis Global company databases unique... View Details
- December 2015 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
Woolf Farming and the California Water Crisis
By: Forest Reinhardt, David Bell, Natalie Kindred, Mary Shelman and Laura Winig
This case highlights the tough choices, competing interests, and decision-making mechanisms involved in California's management of its severe drought, entering its fifth year in 2015. Stuart Woolf, CEO of Woolf Farming, a grower and processor of almonds, tomatoes, and... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Natural Disasters; Climate Change; Resource Allocation; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Economics; Weather; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California
Reinhardt, Forest, David Bell, Natalie Kindred, Mary Shelman, and Laura Winig. "Woolf Farming and the California Water Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 716-038, December 2015. (Revised January 2016.)
- September 2012 (Revised September 2012)
- Case
Inkaterra
By: Diego Comin, Rohan Gopaldas and Diego Rehder
The case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru, and the different strategies the company can pursue to grow. Through the experience of Inkaterra the case studies two general issues. First, it discusses the potential... View Details
Keywords: Inkaterra; Ecotourism; Tourism; Environment; Peru; Informal Sector; Regulation; Economic Development; Bottom Of The Pyramid; Technology Diffusion; Competitiveness; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Natural Environment; Market Entry and Exit; Conflict Management; Tourism Industry; Peru
Comin, Diego, Rohan Gopaldas, and Diego Rehder. "Inkaterra." Harvard Business School Case 713-022, September 2012. (Revised September 2012.)
- May 2011
- Article
The Growing Power of Non-financial Reports
By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
We are exploring the value of forcing corporations to issue sustainability reports, which provide information about corporate performance in terms of social, environmental and governance issues. In a breakthrough study they asked, what is the effect of mandatory... View Details
- 2005
- Chapter
Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States
By: David Vogel, Michael W. Toffel and Diahanna Post
The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Climate Change; European Union; United States
Vogel, David, Michael W. Toffel, and Diahanna Post. "Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States." Chap. 9 in A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena, edited by F. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, and J. Pieters, 247–276. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
- July 2013
- Case
Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
As the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes had invested heavily for many years to bio-engineer enzymes that could break down cellulose into fermentable sugar. In 2010, the company had launched what it thought would become a breakthrough product... View Details
Keywords: System Complexity; Industrial Enzymes; Ethanol; Collulosic Ethanol; Fermentation; Genomics; Genetic Engineering; Value Chain; Assembling Value Chain; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Growth; Production; Research; Research and Development; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Vertical Integration; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Energy Industry; Denmark; United States
Shih, Willy, and Sen Chai. "Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 614-001, July 2013.
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
standard products also employ natural language processing for analysis. Arieli (left) and Schlatka (right) cofounded Synthesis to offer a mid-range solution for the growing executive assessment industry The key, Schlatka says, is not to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
live in and raise a family.” Thacker is on the board of the Hermann Park Conservancy, which oversees the 445-acre park at the heart of Houston. The park is home to the Houston Zoo, Houston Garden Center, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Houston Museum of View Details
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
are often natural and subconscious individual behaviors, making it easier for a person to make the right choice. The 2008 book Nudge, written by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein, piqued their interest. (The book also inspired the... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
opposing zero prices, typical Internet-related activities—like surfing the web, web searches, and e-mail, along with behind-the-scenes practices like domain names and the allocation of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses—present a natural... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
at the current financial crisis in hopes of solving it? I draw a parallel between the natural world and the financial world in the concluding part of the book and sketch out a rough evolutionary theory of finance. And the bottom line is... View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
You’ll find beehives and rooftop gardens on campus Beehives have been on campus since 2015 as part of a project proposed by our SSAs. Our four hives act as a natural fertilizer, increasing biodiversity on campus. HBS also has nine green... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- News
Smarter Farming
farming and food company. It's focused on providing the world's best natural dairy and meat products. I was excited to work for PAMU because PAMU is looking to change how New Zealand farms. It's looking to change the sort of food that New... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
New Releases
the social environment on creative motivation and behavior in a variety of contexts, including the organization. From an ongoing multiyear research project into the nature of creativity and how social factors influence its manifestations,... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
"spiritual anchors for the new millennium." Clearly, something of a nonmaterial nature is stirring in the corporate temple. But questions abound. Just what does it mean to bring spirituality into the workplace? Is this an... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso