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- 10 Mar 2022
- News
Business Schools Teaching Sustainability Want to Go Green
- Research Summary
A History of Green Entrepreneurship
This research recovers the history of the entrepreneurs and firms who developed green or “sustainable” businesses, identifies the multiple motivations behind their strategies, explores the clustering of green business in specific locations, and shows how the concept of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment Issue Focus The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS The City Solution Water for Life Green Day Related Links HBS View Details
- August 2017 (Revised November 2021)
- Case
Ryan Greene at Rainier Wearables
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Christopher Payton
This case provides a platform for discussing mental health and depression in entrepreneurship. Why do entrepreneurs have more mental health issues than other professions? What can an entrepreneur do if they face a situation where their mental well-being is being... View Details
Ghosh, Shikhar, Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Christopher Payton. "Ryan Greene at Rainier Wearables." Harvard Business School Case 818-047, August 2017. (Revised November 2021.)
- 09 May 2022
- News
Green House
In the Observatory Hill neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Betsy Harper (MBA 1984) has built an oxymoron: a brand-new, historic home. The recently completed structure combines traditional architecture and the latest in high-efficiency building science. It is a... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
filled with leafy greens and fed by precisely tuned LED lights. An intricate digital system measures the room’s temperature and the CO2 levels inside the units every 30 seconds, adjusting as necessary; another delivers computer-calculated... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
Courtesy Birchwood Sustainable Development Courtesy Birchwood Sustainable Development When Betsy Harper (MBA 1984) was shopping for real estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2018, she had some atypical requirements. Her dream house would have “enormous health... View Details
- 22 Aug 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Sustainability and Green Business in Latin America During Globalization Waves
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
The old-fashioned assumption of the environmental movement was that business and industry were the problem. World Wildlife Fund President and CEO Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) is bullish that they can be part of the solution. A new breed of... View Details
- December 2012
- Case
Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Michael Norris
In October 2011, noted hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital delivered a presentation at an investors' conference analyzing the business and accounting quality weaknesses of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Until then Green Mountain had exhibited rapid... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Accounting Quality; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Restatements; Accounting Scandal; Accounting Information; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysts; Financial Analysis; Financial Intermediaries; Hedge Funds; Financial Ratios; Financial Statement Analysis; Valuation Methodologies; Earnings Quality; Accounting; Quality; Earnings Management; Valuation; Crime and Corruption; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Reporting; Investment Funds; Financial Statements; Food and Beverage Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Michael Norris. "Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters." Harvard Business School Case 113-035, December 2012.
- 06 Aug 2010
- News
Shaq name means green
- March 2010 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
The Greening of DUMBO
By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Abhijit Prabhu
The Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass (DUMBO) has seen a revitalization since the late 1970s. The neighborhood's business improvement district (BID) is charged with supplementing New York City's efforts in several areas, including... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Local Range; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Wastes and Waste Processing; Urban Development; Public Administration Industry; New York (city, NY)
Eccles, Robert G., Amy C. Edmondson, and Abhijit Prabhu. "The Greening of DUMBO." Harvard Business School Case 410-079, March 2010. (Revised June 2010.)
- April 2013
- Teaching Note
New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
This case involves the founding and early life of a new bank enterprise in San Francisco with a commitment to the cause of sustainability. It illustrates the opportunities and challenges of banking on values and of specifying and making explicit the practical... View Details
- 14 Dec 2021
- News
Red Light, Green Light
- 30 Aug 2014
- News
A new green wave
- 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
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
wanted to build a business that not only makes money but also nurtures its employees, builds community, and minimizes environmental impact. Five years later, Magagnini and Strugatz are putting the finishing touches on IceStone’s most... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- News
David Perry’s Green Revolution
working on at an oil refinery for Exxon to startup CEO. (Perry exhibited his entrepreneurial vision while at HBS, telling the Bulletin in 2001 that he wrote four business plans while earning his MBA.) After running and selling two... View Details