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  • 08 Jul 2014
  • News

Why Are We Ignoring The Water Crisis In Detroit?

  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining
  • 1 PM – 2 PM EDT, 17 Sep 2015
  • Webinars: Trending@HBS

Risk of Unfunded Public Pension Fund and Health Care Benefits in the US

Detroit is the canary in the coal mine on the issue of unfunded pension and health care liabilities. Had the city not declared bankruptcy, it was projected that 67% of every incremental revenue dollar would have been allocated to these legacy benefits by 2017. Yet even... View Details
  • 18 Oct 2018
  • News

What Will Trump Do Next With Chinese Student Visas?

  • 16 Oct 2013
  • Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

    Canary Categories—Journal of Marketing Research

    Typically, past spending in a category is a positive indicator of future purchasing. In this we show that there exist categories (which we name "canary categories") in which the reverse is true -  
    When customers purchase... View Details

    • 21 Aug 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: August 21

    across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    21st Century Energy — Dr Crawford teaches this EC course, which exposes students to business models and management diilemmas, all along the energy value chain — from oil sands and pipelines, to coal and natural gas, hydro and nuclear, wind and solar, to biofuels. The... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Energy Efficiency; Energy Storage; Governance; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Energy Sources; Resource Allocation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Competitive Strategy; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Europe; Asia; United States
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    Bergerac Revlon, 1975–1985 William Bernbach Doyle Dane Bernbach, 1949–1976 Edward J. Berwind Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, 1886–1930 Gordon M. Bethune Continental Airlines, 1994–2004 Jeffrey P. Bezos... View Details
    • Web

    Curriculum - Case Method Project

    intervention in a major coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania in 1902. Coverage: 1790s – 1902; President Theodore Roosevelt; rise of labor unions (history of organized labor); Anthracite Coal Strike; United... View Details
    • Web

    Podcast - Business & Environment

    chains, where we’re looking deep into supply chains that serve many industries. Our prior episode explored green concrete, and today’s focuses on steel. Steel production primarily relies on coal and coke, and accounts for nearly 7% of... View Details
    • Web

    The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

    Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links The Railroads: The First Big Business Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, local railroads around the world served as a means of conveying View Details
    • Web

    The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

    “Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “Advertising is a distinct art, as much so as the art of coal mining or of engine building,” noted copywriter and author Nathaniel C. Fowler wrote in... View Details
    • 13 May 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

    upstream indicators of culture gone sour, they scraped employee reviews from Glassdoor.com, a website where employees can leave subjective anonymous reviews about their employer. Harnessing machine learning to analyze text, they found that the reviews could serve as... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

      Edward J. Berwind

      During his years at the helm of Berwind-White Coal Mining, Berwind was closely associated with J.P. Morgan in the consolidation, reorganization, integration, and expansion of his coal operations. Berwind was... View Details
      Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

        George H. Love

        Love took control of his uncle’s struggling coal operation and built it into the largest and most successful coal mining operation in the US. Through a series of acquisitions... View Details
        Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
        • 10 Oct 2023
        • Blog Post

        Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

        and those who work or worked in coal mines. There are also certain tax credits aimed at electricity production shifts benefitting low-income communities, but the amount of funding thus far is uncertain. The IRA also allocated $1 billion... View Details
        • 01 Jun 2009
        • News

        Cynthia Carroll

        women in South Africa weren’t allowed to work underground. Today, we have 1,400 women working in coal mines there. In platinum, deep underground and in very physical and demanding jobs, there are some 2,500... View Details
        Keywords: Garry Emmons; Mining; Mining
        • Web

        Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

        Collections Site Credits Photograph Albums Tipple and Washer, Central Iron and Coal Company. Alabama Mining Institute, Birmingham, Alabama Mss: 351 1922-1923 A316 2 albums, 153 photographs These photographic... View Details
        • 11 Jul 2017
        • News

        The Right Thing to Do

        of the fraud, few people at Enron ever admitted to knowing about it. This episode tells the story of the company’s rise and fall and of one Enron employee brave enough to take her concerns straight to the top. “The Run Coal Memos,” the... View Details
        Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining (except Oil and Gas)