Filter Results:
(416)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(753)
- News (216)
- Research (416)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (253)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(753)
- News (216)
- Research (416)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (253)
Sort by
- Article
Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyles and Energy Conservation
By: D. A. Leonard
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability
Leonard, D. A. "Voluntary Simplicity Lifestyles and Energy Conservation." Journal of Consumer Research 8, no. 3 (December 1981).
- Blog Post
Why Economic Conservatives Should Support the Individual Mandate in Health Care
Although many conservatives are gnashing their teeth about the Supreme Court's upholding the individual mandate, had it not been upheld, their worst nightmares would have occurred: government would have required hundreds of billions in additional taxes to pay for... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Insurance; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Why Economic Conservatives Should Support the Individual Mandate in Health Care." Huffington Post, The Blog (June 29, 2012). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/regina-e-herzlinger/health-insurance-market-mandate_b_1637762.html.
- November 2004
- Article
Unemployment Benefits As a Substitute for a Conservative Central Banker
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
In the many years since their introduction, positive theories of inflation have rarely been tested. This paper documents a negative relationship between inflation and the welfare state (proxied by the parameters of the unemployment benefit program) that is to be... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Unemployment Benefits As a Substitute for a Conservative Central Banker." Review of Economics and Statistics 86, no. 4 (November 2004): 911–23.
- Article
Energy Conservation Behaviour: Three Thumbs Up For Social Norms
Social norm interventions are widely used to foster residential resource conservation. Now researchers have shown that the effectivenes of providing information about others' energy use alongside messages of social approval for energy savings behaviour depends on the... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Energy Conservation Behaviour: Three Thumbs Up For Social Norms." Nature Energy 5, no. 11 (November 2020): 826–827.
- Article
The Critical Role of Second-order Normative Beliefs in Predicting Energy Conservation
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Oliver P. Hauser, Julia D. O'Brien, Erin Sherman and Adam D. Galinsky
Sustaining large-scale public goods requires individuals to make environmentally friendly decisions today to benefit future generations. Recent research suggests that second-order normative beliefs are more powerful predictors of behaviour than first-order personal... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Household; Behavior; Values and Beliefs; Forecasting and Prediction
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Oliver P. Hauser, Julia D. O'Brien, Erin Sherman, and Adam D. Galinsky. "The Critical Role of Second-order Normative Beliefs in Predicting Energy Conservation." Nature Human Behaviour 2, no. 10 (October 2018): 757–764.
- June 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Teaching Note
Patagonia Sur: For-Profit Land Conservation in Chile (TN)
By: Arthur I Segel and Nicolas Ibanez
Teaching Note for 211103. View Details
- Article
Energy Conservation Policies for Builders' Purchases of Domestic Appliances
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Energy Conservation Policies for Builders' Purchases of Domestic Appliances." Energy Policy 8, no. 2 (June 1980): 125–137.
- November 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
Investing in Nature: The Nature Conservancy and NatureVest 2018
By: Shawn A. Cole and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
Cole, Shawn A., and Caitlin Reimers Brumme. "Investing in Nature: The Nature Conservancy and NatureVest 2018." Harvard Business School Case 219-055, November 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
- November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Biodiversity is being lost due to the delegation of the ability to store and maintain various types of plants to governments and foundations with no or little financial base. How does one develop the resources to maintain plant diversity for the future benefit of... View Details
Keywords: Food; Safety; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Finance; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 903-418, November 2002. (Revised March 2006.)
- March 2005
- Case
Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia
In 2003, a Namibian entrepreneur was deciding how to finance and manage the risks of an ecotourism, nature reserve, venture project. Explores the challenges facing an entrepreneur operating in an emerging market with imperfect local financial and legal institutions. View Details
Hecht, Peter A., Brooke Parry Hecht, and Kavita Kapur Macleod. "Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia." Harvard Business School Case 205-066, March 2005.
- 2000
- Working Paper
Unemployment Benefits as a Substitute for a Conservative Central Banker
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
- 1979
- Chapter
Builders as Consumers: Their Role in Residential Sector Energy Conservation
By: J. Quelch and P. Thirkell
Quelch, J., and P. Thirkell. "Builders as Consumers: Their Role in Residential Sector Energy Conservation." In Changing Energy Use Futures, edited by R. Fazzolare and C. Smith, 1412–1419. New York: Pergamon Press, 1979.
- summer 1991
- Article
Japanese Corporate Governance and the Conservation of Value in Financial Distress
By: W. C. Kester
Kester, W. C. "Japanese Corporate Governance and the Conservation of Value in Financial Distress." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 4, no. 2 (summer 1991): 98–104.
- April 2018
- Case
Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
Wilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business,... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Conservation Planning; Corporate Social Responsibility; Ecotourism; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Tourism Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Travel Industry; Africa; Botswana
Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Case 318-040, April 2018.
- 2015
- Book
The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America. New York: Broadside Books, 2015.
- 2001
- Working Paper
Institutions as Barriers and Enablers to Negotiated Agreements: Institutional Entrepreneurship and The Plum Creek Habitat Conservation Plan
By: John G. Troast Jr., Andrew J. Hoffman, Hannah C. Riley and Max Bazerman
- 2002
- Chapter
Institutions as Barriers and Enablers to Negotiated Agreements: Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Plum Creek Habitat Conservation Plan
By: John G. Troast, Andrew Hoffman, Hannah Riley and Max Bazerman
Troast, John G., Andrew Hoffman, Hannah Riley, and Max Bazerman. "Institutions as Barriers and Enablers to Negotiated Agreements: Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Plum Creek Habitat Conservation Plan." Chap. 10 in Organizations, Policy and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives, edited by A Hoffman and M Ventresca. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002.
- 2000
- Working Paper
Cognitive and Institutional Barriers to New Forms of Cooperation on Environmental Protection: Insights from Project XL and Habitat Conservation Plans
By: Andrew J. Hoffman, Hannah C. Riley, Jack G. Troast Jr. and Max Bazerman
Hoffman, Andrew J., Hannah C. Riley, Jack G. Troast Jr., and Max Bazerman. "Cognitive and Institutional Barriers to New Forms of Cooperation on Environmental Protection: Insights from Project XL and Habitat Conservation Plans." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-039, December 2000.
- May 2003
- Article
Perceptions of a Fluid Consensus: Uniqueness Bias, False Consensus, False Polarization and Pluralistic Ignorance in a Water Conservation Crisis.
By: Benoit Monin and Michael I. Norton
Monin, Benoit, and Michael I. Norton. "Perceptions of a Fluid Consensus: Uniqueness Bias, False Consensus, False Polarization and Pluralistic Ignorance in a Water Conservation Crisis." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 29, no. 5 (May 2003): 559–567.
- August 2018
- Teaching Note
Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-040. View Details