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  • 02 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert

    Malcolm S. Salter

    Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

    In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

    Keywords: energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy
    • 24 May 2017
    • News

    Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

    Head of Global Energy Group, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) 2002 Named Global Head, CSFB Investment Banking Division 2004 Named CSFB Chief Client Officer 2006 Launches Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)... View Details
    Keywords: Susan Young
    • September 2014 (Revised March 2015)
    • Case

    Fast Ion Battery

    By: Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
    John Davidson, a partner at Ware Street Capital (WSC) and a board member at Fast Ion Battery, had just received a phone call from Don Lerner at Bluelock Ventures telling him that Bluelock would not participate in the $5M bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery. Lerner's... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Real Options; Term Sheets; Clean Technology; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital
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    • March 1998 (Revised June 1998)
    • Case

    Coming to Grips with Deregulation: Bay State Gas

    In 1995, CEO Roger Young made a surprising decision to bring in Joel Singer, an outsider with an MBA, to lead Bay State through the upcoming turmoil of deregulation. Singer was convinced that in this situation where the boundaries of the industry were being defined,... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Energy Industry; Massachusetts
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    • Web

    Events - Business History

    "Country Capitalism" Organized by Geoff Jones and Kwelina Thompson Seminar meets on Zoom. Sep 25 25 Sep 2023 Business History Seminar: Business, Society, and the Environment Victor Seow (Harvard University), "Carbon Technocracy: Energy... View Details
    • 25 Nov 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    When Your Passion Works Against You

    the right context, this intense positive energy can act like a gravitational pull that sucks in other workers to invest their time and support, ultimately contributing toward the success of the idea.... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 23 Oct 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: October 23, 2007

    balance between the efficiency of a global entity and the speed of local businesses. What would be the best strategy for Bunge to respond to the external changes imposed by high energy prices and increasing demand from emerging economies?... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Mar 2024
    • Blog Post

    IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

    working to improve people’s lives through an inclusive and just transition to renewable energy for all. It is made up of anchor partners, investment partners, and delivery partners, as well as the country... View Details
    • Web

    General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Crucibles of Crisis Leadership Nancy Koehn Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty William Kirby Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 View Details
    • 2014
    • Book

    Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond

    By: Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
    In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which governments owned and ran corporations and broadly controlled the allocation of financial resources into two new varieties of state capitalism: Leviathan as a majority and as a... View Details
    Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Industrial Policy; Development Banks; Capitalism; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance Theory; CEO Effects; Public Sector; Economic Systems; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; Privatization; Public Ownership; Emerging Markets; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry
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    • 11 Mar 2024
    • News

    In Harmony

    inhabitants of Seoul, a sprawling metropolis packed with boutiques, nightclubs, and skyscrapers. Kim left Korea in 1974, at age 11. Educated in the United States, he returned as COO of Asia-Pacific investment banking at Salomon Smith... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
    • 07 May 2024
    • Blog Post

    Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

    during travel. In fact, tourism accounts for about 8% of the world’s carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change. Pollution from travel also has major impacts on human health. One approach to help offset the negative impact of travel on the... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    Case Study: Staking a Claim

    where to focus their distribution energies between these three channels. Terry wonders whether they should focus on one or two of those streams, or if there’s a way to think more holistically about how they could support one another. The... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance
    • 18 Jul 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

    has reinforced the perception of critics that markets for the digital currency—used primarily as an investment vehicle as it is not widely accepted as payment for goods and services—are little more than global casinos operating with... View Details
    Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology
    • Web

    HBS - Key Metrics

    2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Key Metrics Financials (in millions) 2022 2021 2020 2019 Revenues $966 $805 $861 $925 Expenses 908 779 831 821 Cash from Operations 58 26 30 104 Capital Investments 43... View Details
    • Web

    Loeb House | About

    ground, reducing the amount of polluted storm water to the Charles River. The renovations also incorporated lighting upgrades to reduce energy usage, such as installation of high-efficiency LED light fixtures and additional occupancy... View Details
    • 28 Jan 2020
    • Book

    Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

    fence-sitters. It’s important to know who’s who. First, determine who holds the power tools you need—the resources, information or expertise, and support or legitimacy, and then persuade them to invest in the effort. They will also be... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Oct 1999
    • News

    Banking on Success

    Frightening. Frightening if you own them - and just as frightening if you don't. I think most people feel that it's awfully tough not to make an investment in this area. My hat's off to the Warren Buffetts of the world, who have the... View Details
    Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
    • 17 Jun 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: June 17

    process, helping to train networking professionals to design, build, and manage more complex networks. Aware of just how much was riding on the success of the learning platform, Beliveau-Dunn needed to decide whether to invest heavily in... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne