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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
help when building a new factory or rebuilding after a natural disaster. Mills recognizes the same determination, creativity, and sense of community that have always impressed her in working with owners of small and growing businesses.... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
production facilities. They’re also starting work with distributors and retailers such as pubs and restaurants that serve Grolsch beers and perform “sustainability scans” to increase drafting efficiency and reduce “beer loss.” Heat and Energy. Grolsch has transitioned... View Details
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
Inaccurate Group Meta-Perceptions Drive Negative Out-Group Attributions in Competitive Contexts, was published in November 2019 in the journal Nature Human Behavior. We want to compromise In a series of experiments, Lees and Cikara found... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
up in class.” But Jan G countered, “With proper facilitation, the learning you mention, of valuing diverse experiences, thought patterns and viewpoints for the corporation, should naturally happen Which makes all of us realize it is not... View Details
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
dire implications for the world We need to dramatically accelerate deployment of capital into sustainable infrastructure projects.” – Amanda Li (MBA 2018), COO and co-founder of Banyan Infrastructure Amanda Li grew up fascinated with the View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
Reserve Bank of Chicago’s imposing building to discuss with thought leaders and entrepreneurs the impacts of climate change on the agricultural sector of the American Midwest. “Climate change forces us to confront the relationships between the human institutions that... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51875 2016 Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
characterizes the financial world. They also overlook the role of natural selection. To be sure, natural selection in the financial world is not exactly analogous to the processes first described by Darwin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
who interact with each other. There are many other situations (e.g., MySpace) where the nature of customer interaction is much more complex. Our model will not be applicable in those settings. Q: Was there anything in your findings of the... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
In my early 20’s, I was really struggling to reconcile my public sector heart and private sector mind: how do ~40% of Kenyans live in poverty despite some of the highest literacy rates on the continent, an increasing cadre of highly skilled workers, an abundance of... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
nonprofits, cultural institutions, and like-minded corporations. My clients included cause-related NGOs like Freedom to Marry and Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, the American Museum of Natural History, Ford Motor Company, and MIT. The... View Details
- 30 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Sound Society
on campus. What activities do you organize? Our activities are mostly social in nature (I like to think of it as a social club for the entire school), but we have also tried to create a bridge to the music industry by hosting many... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time
creation of the Behavioral and Financial Stability Project. Researchers have conducted groundbreaking research on bank capital and liquidity management, the nature of bank runs in the modern financial system, and the unprecedented growth... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Social Enterprise Forum Discusses Strategy
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including The Nature Conservancy, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Family Health International. The remaining participants represented a variety of disciplines - sociology, business, and public... View Details
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Rocio Parra
With a father who has a PhD in electrical engineering, and two older siblings who also pursued engineering degrees, it seemed only natural that Rocio Parra would continue the family's engineering tradition. "I always assumed that I... View Details
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Allie Corless
and ran a volunteering-focused nonprofit in my free time. By breaking away from those endeavors to attend business school for two years, I was able to grow into a career that equally combines my passion for the environment with my natural... View Details
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Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond
broadly, in areas such as emissions and energy, campus operations, nature and ecosystems, health and wellbeing, and culture and learning. We have engaged all our campus stakeholders—faculty, students, staff, and visitors—to increase... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
yin and yang between the improvement of the built environment and the preservation of nature,” says Rosenfeld, a member of the California advisory board The Trust for Public Land. “I’d like to think we’re protecting the natural world... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Apr 2011
- News
Capitalism Meets Conservation
Chilean region. Members pay a one-time fee of $40,000 to be part of the 100-family Patagonia Sur Nature Reserve Membership Club. This inheritable membership allows members and their families, guests, and friends access to the Club’s six... View Details
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
past research, Exley looked at the extent to which people believe their charity will succeed in its goals. She found that when individuals doubt the charity’s impact, or when the charity shows lower performance metrics, they are naturally... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding