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- 2023
- Working Paper
Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information
By: Gunther Glenk
Companies are increasingly viewed as crucial drivers for timely decarbonization. Current accounting practices for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, however, often leave corporate carbon disclosures and abatement obscured. Here I introduce a taxonomy for assuring the... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Decarbonization; Carbon Accounting; Net-zero Emissions; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Environment; Environmental Impact; Management; Sustainable Cities; Corporate Disclosure; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
Glenk, Gunther. "Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-026, September 2023. (TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Working Paper Series, No. 121, May 2023.)
- 20 Jan 2012
- News
LRQA talks to world’s leading management systems expert
- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
talking about academic institutions of higher education.” Even though the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) stresses the amateur nature of intercollegiate sports, college View Details
Trang Nguyen
Trang Nguyen is a student at the Ph.D. Business Administration program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Trang is interested in research at the intersection of corporate governance... View Details
Trang is interested in research at the intersection of corporate governance... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
expanded to include a virtual launch lab program for Harvard alumni-founded ventures across the globe, and a wet-lab building for life sciences ventures. It is overseen by Thomas Eisenmann, the Howard H. Stevenson Professor View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Mar 2015
- News
The Greening of Houston
amenities to Buffalo Bayou. Houston’s businesses are very heavily involved in everything related to quality of life in the city—from the arts to green spaces to education. Though, Gilbane points out that all... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- December 2004 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Nestle: Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
Swiss food giant Nestle attempts to improve the performance of its suppliers of agricultural commodities to raise quality, lower costs, and contribute to sustainable development. Its initiatives focus first on coffee, cocoa, and milk. Nestle managers assert that the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Corporate Strategy; Agribusiness; Supply Chain Management; Marketing Strategy; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Nestle: Sustainable Agriculture Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 705-018, December 2004. (Revised May 2005.)
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Myth of Laissez-Faire
fellow at the New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, means big. He wants an American federal government that raises taxes on almost everyone and everything to fund up to $500 billion annually in projects and programs... View Details
- 04 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Advice from a Career Switcher: The Value of Informational Conversations with Alumni
– Coursera, edX, Udacity – and so I was able to learn to code from these new, high quality resources.” As it turned out, edX hired Adam and he spent the next five years in various engineering roles. Adam credits that “on-the-job... View Details
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
from just a handful of firms to hundreds of thousands in the case of the ISO 9000 quality management standard. Yet surprising little research has... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2009
- News
Boston Chamber of Commerce Recognizes HBS Entrepreneur
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
contributing to better performance in our organization from top to bottom," he notes. In recent years, the international forest products industry has become an area of particular environmental focus because... View Details
- Web
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
energy policies and programs Stagflation cripples economy Environmental protection weakened Price controls Influence: Low 80 1980 19 Reaganomics Heavy defense and deficit spending Savings and Loan bailout... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
greater flexibility in her work as well as in her lifestyle. One of her clients, General Electric, soon hired her as a program manager in the Corporate Environmental View Details
- 08 Sep 2010
- News
Emerging Scholar Award
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
and case-method teaching, but also for his efforts, as the Robert Walmsley University Professor, to enhance the quality of discussion teaching throughout Harvard. He served at various times as a visiting... View Details
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
School, 2014. William R. Kerr Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
influence them. More specifically, this approach steers attention away from the political processes whereby administrative policies are formed and implemented . . . . These difficulties are compounded by the typical simplifying device... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- Web
A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
A Culture of Innovation Photo: Edwin Land from “The Purpose of the Company,” employee handbook, 1945. Polaroid Corporation Administrative Records, b. I.384, f. 30. Edwin Land,... View Details