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- May 2002 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Yangcheng: AES in China
AES, an American electric power company with 141 plants worldwide, is just completing construction of a 2,100-MW plant in China--the largest ever. The project, a joint venture with five local companies, has several environmental, ownership, and operational issues as... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Joint Ventures; Foreign Direct Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Energy Industry; China
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Yangcheng: AES in China." Harvard Business School Case 702-006, May 2002. (Revised August 2006.)
- October 1993 (Revised August 1996)
- Background Note
Forecasting with Regression Analysis
Provides an example of regression in one of its most important roles. Relating probabilistic forecasts based on past data to decision analysis. View Details
Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Analytics and Data Science; Forecasting and Prediction; Mathematical Methods
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "Forecasting with Regression Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 894-007, October 1993. (Revised August 1996.)
- April 1999
- Teaching Note
Managing Experimentation: Module Overview Note for Managing Product Development(Note for Instructor)
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on managing experimentation in the development of products and services. The module has been taught in the second-year elective MBA course Managing Product Development. The purpose of the module is to help... View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey
Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from mainstream (i.e., not SRI funds) investment organizations, we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. The primary reason... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management; Sustainability; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment Fund; Investment Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Activist Shareholder; Engagement; Environment; Climate Change; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Employee Engagement; Global Warming; Investment; Decision Making; Environmental Sustainability; Performance Expectations
Serafeim, Georgios. "Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-079, February 2017.
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
Not long ago, only 30 companies around the world reported data about their social and sustainability (that is, nonfinancial) endeavors. Today, more than 7,000 organizations do so. While that transparency is undoubtedly a good thing, the market has become a noisy place... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 21 Mar 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility
- 11 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs
- November 2, 2012
- Editorial
Natural Disasters Hurt Incumbents
By: Shawn A. Cole, Andrew Healy and Eric Werker
Cole, Shawn A., Andrew Healy, and Eric Werker. "Natural Disasters Hurt Incumbents." Politico (November 2, 2012).
- September 2010 (Revised September 2013)
- Supplement
Aspen Skiing Company (C)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Supply Chain; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry; Aspen
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Aspen Skiing Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 611-018, September 2010. (Revised September 2013.)
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
How Low Will Oil Go?
- 05 Oct 2022
- News
The Chat: Driving Purpose and Profit ft. George Serafeim
- 03 Nov 2021
- News
Business Leaders Must Take Action on Climate and Voting Rights
- 15 Sep 2021
- News
Impact Investing’s Next Challenge
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
science is failure,” says Sontag. “The key is picking the people with the right character, who are going to stick with it. If something doesn’t work out, they move on to a new project and continue to be creative.” If he sounds like a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Entrepreneur Of The Year, Financial Services 2013 James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences opens at Eckerd College Tom James's entrepreneurial bent was apparent early on. An avid coin collector, at the age of 15 he began to buy and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
that using the judo strategy approach allows small, agile start-ups to turn an opponent's size into a disadvantage. The closing presentation was delivered by Senior Research Fellow and Director of the HBS Life Sciences Project Juan... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
at HBS, 1988–2000), wades hip deep into business history (he cites HBS historians Richard Tedlow, Thomas McCraw, and Walter Friedman in a span of a few pages) and economic theory to argue that, in fact, the erosion of technological and View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
2017 Harvard Startup Fair
For-profit Ventures – $100; Non-Profit Organizations – $50 Register Now. (Previous Startup Career Fairs have all sold out, so reserve your table today). For more information contact: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Office of Career Services,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Portrait Project
Bismah Rahmat
question – the GDP of Burkina Faso or the science behind cosmic inflation – and unequivocally, he’d know the answer. He did mental math faster than I could punch numbers into a calculator. In my father’s final days, his brain could no... View Details