Sustainable - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
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International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (A)

In the summer of 2002, the International Rivers Network (IRN), an environmental NGO located in Berkeley, California, was engaged in what appeared to be the last hours of a three year campaign to stop a $582 million dam and hydropower project at Bujagali Falls in... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Project Finance; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Projects; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Industry; Uganda

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01 Dec 2013
News

Climate Change as Must-See TV

ABBASI: With the participation of HBS alumni and Hollywood heavyweights, bringing climate change drama into US living rooms. Related Link Preview: Years of Living Dangerously (video) by Garry Emmons Last spring, when a Hawaiian observatory reported that carbon dioxide... View Details

Keywords: videos; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2014
News

Kresge’s Afterlife

Illustration by David Plunkert Alumni looking to reminisce about Kresge Hall might want to book a trip to Jamaica. That was one of the destinations for the 50 truckloads of household and office goods that HBS donated to non-profits as part of its recycling of the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Tony Perez

"Doctors are excellent at caring for patients"diagnosing and treating disease," says Tony. "But the overall American healthcare system has not been so good at creating a sustainable model for healthcare delivery. Our... View Details

21 Aug 2008
News

Stylin’ at Gallatin

percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for construction that meets View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2004
News

David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation

627324) were reduced. Major Gurfein maneuvered to the breach sites in a “soft-skin” command HMMWV and as soon as his Task Force commenced work, he came under sustained indirect 82mm mortar fire and sporadic direct small arms fire. As... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

09 Mar 2021
News

A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

agencies in 29 states as a tool to assist those who are unemployed bolster their skills. “Our workplaces are changing very dramatically,” Feerick says. “We can provide people with the most up-to-date courses to give them an edge.” A View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming constant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

leader, but of course, the danger is that people can easily be misunderstood. Q: Assuming that a decision has been made that everyone will accept, how can the "rules of engagement" be sustained going forward so that old habits... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

HBS professor emeritus George C. Lodge's idea of a World Development Corporation has been percolating for years—he wrote a seminal article on the proposal in Foreign Affairs in 2002 (reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge). The WDC would be a for-profit organization that... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

29 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Pursuing Independent Projects

Many HBS students extend their learning beyond the classroom through faculty-supervised Independent Projects (IPs). IPs take many forms—for example, students have advised companies on their sustainability strategies, written business... View Details

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Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

replicating, scaling, and sustaining successful models? The course also endeavors to foster a strong community of students who share an interest in the education sector across HBS and other parts of Harvard University. Grading and course... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

The Meaning of Ramadi

something positive. We can prove that when it comes to doing good and doing well, you cannot have one without the other. We can prove that the term “business ethics” is a repetition, not an oxymoron, because business is not sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Donovan Campbell; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2022
News

Turning Point: Soul Cycle

practice—Beyond Blind Spots—to coach entrepreneurs and executives. I created exercises to help people gain clarity on what makes them, them, and then connect their personal mission to their expression in work. In 2020, applying the same methodology to myself, I... View Details

Keywords: transitions; life experience; career change; entrepreneurship

30 Jun 2017
News

Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand

spent more than a decade at PepsiCo, for the most part undertaking brand management for well-known products such as Aquafina and Starbucks Bottled Frappuccino. During her time at the company, she was also tapped to work on a PepsiCo initiative to support the United... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1999
News

The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

market-driven and competitive. Explaining the cultural consistency among high-performing companies throughout the world, Deshpandé observes, "Assigning top priority to innovation and customer orientation really does pay dividends. It is also clear that building and... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Jun 2001
News

Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni

sustain the club’s newly expanded leadership structure. Of the forty volunteers currently working in officer positions or on one of several committees, ten graduated from Harvard Business School last year. To Kwiker, this proves that the... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

private debt and equity options. That position took her on a trip to Kenya this summer to search for investment opportunities—including microfinance, sustainable agriculture, clean cook stoves, and urban sanitation—viewing them through a... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2003
News

DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

start-up into a sustainable national organization. With plans to expand next year into North Carolina, Chicago, and Denver, the organization’s leaders see management of its rapid growth as a major challenge. “We need to apply business... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

10 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 10

verbal communication, the complexity in the narrative impacts the market reaction to the disclosure. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2154948 Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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