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- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farmers to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use, in turn lowering greenhouse gas emissions. But the company's proprietary traits for nitrogen use efficiency,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807157 PSI: Social Marketing Clean Water Harvard Business School Case 507-052 Senior management at PSI, arguably the world's largest and most successful social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
privately financed project that will provide enough desalinated seawater to provide drinking water for 300,000 San Diegans. The propriety of having private companies provide a public good like water may be... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
to show how effective and safe the remedy was. The scientists also investigated various questions that came up, such as whether clean water was required. (They found that, although boiled water was... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817117-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-017 Blue Sky: Investing in Water No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717017-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
W. Toffel, and Stephanie van SiceHarvard Business School Case 611-049 Seeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
team's time slot. They go off to digest the feedback, making way for a team in the hallway that's vibrating with nervous energy. Much like the businesses that had their start in a similar scene—recent successes include CloudFlare, Rent the Runway, Good Start Genetics,... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
run gas and water distribution systems in diverse urban and rural locations throughout mainland China—often in the face of entrenched local interests who could have blocking power. Discussions with HKGC's negotiation teams revealed an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
several when he said, “This isn’t something I’m comfortable with. I do not believe the workplace should be a forum for political discussion as it creates immediate division.” Quoting from a statement by the founders of Basecamp, he added, “These are difficult enough... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
company's commitment to sustainability mean that firms that ignore this do so at their own risk. BMW Group has been a leader in recognizing this. Several years ago, it issued a Sustainable Value Report detailing energy consumed, water... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
in the context of my work looking at new cities all over the world. I'm interested in rapid urbanization. At the Kumbh Mela, you have the clearest example I know of the creation of a huge and totally new city from scratch. This land, after all, was under View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This flexible approach was essential to the completion of the Water Cube, the building that hosted swimming and diving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
employers to cut losses by dipping a toe in the water first. “They should start with a small task, and build up experience before trying to do a more advanced project,” he says. “It familiarizes them with the market and the set of people... View Details
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
between shareholders and boards." He adds that it forces both entities to grapple with an extremely complex issue. "To have more say on pay, you need to have something to say in the first place." One At A Time The political climate has muddied the View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
degradation, frequent natural disasters, and critical threats to water supply; population growth by the billions in the coming decades, along with increased urbanization; and a volatile and tentative world economy. In the face of such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
419-007 Hidrovias do Brasil: Navigating Unchartered Waters Since its founding eight years earlier, Hidrovias do Brasil (“Hidrovias”), an integrated logistics provider serving corporate customers exporting products from South America via... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
microbial scale formation inside industrial water pipes. The team used their prize to launch a start-up based on the technology. Q: Did all of the projects lead to viable business concepts? A: No, and that's an essential lesson. A lot of... View Details
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
connection for a specific target market. The exercise gives students an example of a company that successfully used PA principles to design and launch a new reusable water bottle in the late-2000s. It then asks them to follow the PA... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108010 Manila Water Company Harvard Business School Case 508-004 In 1997, the Philippines government privatized its water... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace