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- April 2016
- Supplement
Mars, Inc.: From Candy to Renewable Energy? (B)
By: John Macomber and Sue Yang
Macomber, John, and Sue Yang. "Mars, Inc.: From Candy to Renewable Energy? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 216-073, April 2016.
- Career Coach
Oscar Mak
Prior to joining Toyota Tsusho, Oscar held various cleantech roles, including project development, renewable energy finance, and corporate development for a solar energy technology startup. He has additional experience as a consultant... View Details
- Fast Answer
Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs
network Aspen Institute Business & Society Program Company lists Dow Jones Sustainability Index FTSE4Good Calvert Responsible Index Events/Conferences Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Cleantech Group Forum... View Details
- 2015
- Chapter
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy
By: Ramana Nanda, Ken Younge and Lee Fleming
We document three facts related to innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy. Using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we first show that patenting in renewable energy remains highly concentrated in a few large energy firms. In 2009, the top 20... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Management; Energy; Finance; Entrepreneurship; Energy Industry
Nanda, Ramana, Ken Younge, and Lee Fleming. "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy." Chap. 7 in The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, edited by Adam Jaffe and Benjamin Jones, 199–232. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Earth. This book is an invitation to live in another story, the story of sustainable abundance. Cleantech Sell: The Essential Guide to Selling Resource Efficient Products in the B2B Market by Tony McDonald (MBA 1989) View Details
- March 2012
- Case
1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Ramana Nanda, Evan Richardson and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Ramana Nanda, Evan Richardson, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 812-133, March 2012.
- Profile
Lauren Burrows
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I sought my MBA at HBS at a key moment of transition in my career, both in terms of industry focus and position. I was committed to pursuing a career in the energy industry, but wasn’t entirely sure what form I wanted... View Details
- March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Background Note
Government Policy and Clean-Energy Finance
By: Ramana Nanda, Sanjay Aggarwal and Nilam Ganenthiran
What leads to market failures in finance of clean energy startups? How do different governments approach this issue? View Details
Nanda, Ramana, Sanjay Aggarwal, and Nilam Ganenthiran. "Government Policy and Clean-Energy Finance." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-026, March 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
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Kamya Jagadish
please send Kamya an email. Full-Time Employment Experience Presidential Innovation Fellow at US Department of Transportation, Lime (data science), Meta (product growth) Internships while at HBS: LA Cleantech Incubator (summer ’23),... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing sustainability and addressing the issue of climate change.” For the past year and a half, I’ve been trying to figure out how to continue... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
opportunity to represent HBS in markets around the world by building new relationships and connecting students with employment opportunities. More recently, the Energy and Cleantech industries were added to my employer relations and... View Details
- March 2024
- Teaching Note
Teaching Note: Transforming a Region: Gothenburg's path from Shipyards to E-Mobility
By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Orjan Solvell
This TN provides guidance on how to leverage the case on Gothenburg's economic evolution and the role of the regional economic development agency in this process. Gothenburg is an old industrial city that has been hit by a number of deep shocks in its history. Its core... View Details
- Profile
Kamen Bliznashki
Why is getting a HBS MBA important to you? Coming from an investment banking background, I lacked deep understanding of the larger strategic challenges of clients. I see my HBS experience as an opportunity to broaden and deepen my skill set beyond finance. The focus on... View Details
- Web
Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
water crises by stepping in where governments, with their strained balance sheets, are not.” Omar Abou-Sayed HBS MBA 2004 CEO, Advantek Waste Management Services Prashant Pundrik PLDA 9 Director, Athena Cleantech Pte. Ltd. “I’m committed... View Details
- Profile
Charles Jennings
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? Although I was making an impact at my organization, I felt that I wasn't achieving my objectives as quickly or efficiently as I could. Earning an MBA from HBS would provide additional tools to drive faster and more... View Details
- June 2016
- Article
Technology Choice and Capacity Portfolios under Emissions Regulation
By: David Drake, Paul R. Kleindorfer and Luk N. Van Wassenhove
We study the impact of emissions tax and emissions cap-and-trade regulation on a firm's technology choice and capacity decisions. We show that emissions price uncertainty under cap-and-trade results in greater expected profit than a constant emissions price under an... View Details
Keywords: Technology Management; Management; Technology; Service Operations; Environmental Sustainability
Drake, David, Paul R. Kleindorfer, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove. "Technology Choice and Capacity Portfolios under Emissions Regulation." Production and Operations Management 25, no. 6 (June 2016): 1006–1025. (Runner up, Wickham Skinner Award for the best paper published in Production and Operations Management during 2016.)
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
How do countries and companies work to achieve their carbon reduction goals? Is a Green New Deal necessary to transform the United States economy? These were just a few of the questions driving discussions at the 16th annual Symposium hosted by the Energy &... View Details
- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details