Environmental Regulations - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

efforts that might warrant a reduction in regulatory scrutiny. We find voluntary disclosure to be associated with improvements in regulatory compliance and environmental performance, indicating that self-reporting is associated with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

China, have made major headway with developing their smart grids, but progress in the United States has been slow. "It's rolling out much more slowly than people expected. Consumers seem less interested in its capabilities. The View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

intake linked to commercial products. Media (including social media) coverage about the safety and cost of many consumer goods, both medical (drugs, devices) and nonmedical, reflect profound public concerns. Longstanding societal scrutiny about the role of business in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society

convened corporate leaders, sustainability officers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers in Paris to examine Europe's pivotal role in the global green transition. This groundbreaking roundtable explored how businesses are transforming View Details

25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

products, as well as the regulations that sometimes stood in the way. Throughout, the case identifies incentives for both consumers and merchants, including direct costs, efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

work they are already doing. For, example I am helping a major U.S. utility look at the implications of possible carbon regulation and the way they structure their business. I'm working with a large consumer goods company to look at the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen

a plant to grow a new flower. The total capacity of the 4.5-hectare greenhouse is 400 roses/m² per year. The growers use a mix of extensive experience and technology to efficiently grow a high-quality product. Throughout the greenhouse, there are 17 different View Details

09 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

simultaneously creating demand for low-carbon energy is unlikely, in my opinion, to have much of an effect. We can pour money into nifty energy technologies, but if there's no demand that's not a sustainable solution. Aggressive View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

stringent measures to regulate the industry. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51895 Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of The North... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

between a true surprise and one that should have been predicted? Anticipating and avoiding business disasters isn't just a matter of doing better environmental scanning or contingency planning. It requires a number of steps, from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

modern container shipping, the ship is really a relatively small part of costs,” observes McCown. “Everything ship-related might only be 30 percent of the carrier’s total cost. The biggest cost is fuel.” Both economics and environmental... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

created a fifth perspective solely to reflect environmental considerations. They argued: Our franchise is under severe pressure in many of the communities where we operate. Our strategy is to go well beyond what current laws and View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Supplement

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal

The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details

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07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

http://hbr.org/2010/10/unleashing-the-power-of-marketing/ar/1 Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Publication:In The Oxford... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

human health. During school, I co-founded a pet food company to purchase cell-cultured meat and convert it into premium dog food. Classes on entrepreneurship, the Rock Center, and the alumni network provided invaluable resources in the early days. When we first... View Details

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

and attempt to develop frameworks for assessing the nature of this impact. It is equally important to identify the entrepreneurs and firms that have been ahead of governments and regulators in championing more sustainable practices and... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

01 Sep 2011
News

Water for Life

has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial success with social... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

trade to non-NAFTA partners grew by 195%. Critics of NAFTA claimed that it had contributed to a loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico, increased inequality in all countries, and undercut environmental laws. Those who supported NAFTA,... View Details