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Philippe Taieb

impact and on using hybrid business models to generate social and environmental value. Work Experience: Social Impact Consulting & Coaching - Principal; City Year (youth development) -Director of International Operations; The Nature View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Education; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Manufacturing; Social Enterprise; Sports; Clean Technology; Energy

10 Mar 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

your hands.” The “aha” moment: A 2010 sabbatical to sail with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, in an activist campaign against whale hunting in Antarctica. “I don’t think I intended to change careers but, afterward, I almost had no... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2005
News

One-on-One with Grover Norquist

session with conservative activists, a standing-room only gathering that now numbers 120 attendees. Across the country, he has established similar weekly meetings in 47 states, each aimed at rallying View Details

Keywords: Government

14 Jun 2018
News

Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa

financial return, but also a social and an environmental or conservation return. “Throughout my career, I saw what finance could do and the positive impact that it could have. And Africa's very exposed. At the same time, there's... View Details

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

2019
Report

U.S. Nuclear Energy Leadership: Innovation and the Strategic Global Challenge

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III

Throughout 2018, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center convened a “Task Force on US Nuclear Energy Leadership,” which comprised civilian and military experts in foreign policy, defense, and nuclear energy. Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)... View Details

Keywords: Nuclear Energy; Environment; Energy Sources; Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Conservation; Energy Policy; Global Range; Energy Industry

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15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

businesses, I’ll let Speed Trap’s content speak for itself. With respect to the book’s conservative tone, I do think I was reflecting the Zeitgeist. If you are skeptical, read Michael Lewis’s 2002 New York Times Magazine article “In... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

14 Dec 2015
News

Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality

restore the Blasket Islands in West Kerry, and that project has been going for 25 years. It’s a nonprofit conservation project; we’ve done great work on that and I think the confidence to do that came from here. “And then in my work, in... View Details

2003
Article

Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications

By: Michael W. Toffel

In Asia, Europe, and North America, regulators are seeking to reduce waste disposal and develop recycling markets by requiring manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposition of products they produce. Such policies attempt to "close the loop" for products ranging... View Details

Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Energy Conservation; Product Development; Strategy; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America

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Louis-Philippe, "King of the French" - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Louis-Philippe were published during his reign, especially in newspapers such as Charivari and La Caricature. His conservative ministry, led by François Guizot and supported mainly by the upper bourgeoisie, was unresponsive to the... View Details

11 Jan 2019
News

Case Study: Beating Bias

to the cesspool of anonymous comments. With 70 million millennials in the US, Patel is optimistic about the market. “Even if we were able to capture interest in 1 percent of that, we’re conservatively looking at a million potential... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

industry. Before RMI, I worked for a distributed generation developer that specializes in combined heat and power and ground source heat pumps where I was part of their analytics team, constructing renewables. How did you become interested in sustainability? I’ve... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

MBA vs. MBA

political résumé,” says Jonathan Collegio, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Taylor believes his own views on important issues reflect those of the district’s voters. “People here are generally conservative... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

23 May 2018
News

John A. Paulson, MBA 1980

1984 Joins Bear Stearns, M&A Managing Director 1988 Named Partner, Gruss Partners 1994 Launches Paulson & Co. 2007 Makes what many call the “greatest trade ever” on subprime mortgage market 2012 Contributes historic donation to Central Park View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2017
News

Starting Lineup: Power Plays

MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast MORE Folsom Labs’ Paul Grana on what it means to live a “quantified” life on the Skydeck podcast Illustrations by Drue Wagner The Company The Leadership The Pitch The News... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

with the goal of utilizing business practices for land management issues. Scouring for applicable insights, I attempted filtering my coursework through the lens of a natural resource specialist. However, even with that perspective, the connection between business and... View Details

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Privacy Statement (French) - Global

équitable et légale ; Traiter vos données à caractère personnel à des fins légitimes ; Veiller à ce que vos données à caractère personnel soient exactes, complètes et, le cas échéant, mises à jour ; Conserver vos données à caractère... View Details

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

of Boston - Office of the Mayor TARYN STAMPER, The Nature Conservancy MIMI VERDONK, OneTen Coalition, Inc. RYAN WARREN, Harlem Children’s Zone CAROLINE ZHENG, City of Cambridge CONNIE ZUO, Whitney Museum of American Art Hear from the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

02 Jan 2020
News

Empowering Rural Communities

have been disproportionately affected by the entrenched interests of utilities, Riley observes. The green-energy pitch isn’t always a politically compelling idea in these often more conservative communities, but, he says, “It’s not about... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

22 Oct 2009
News

Investing in Clean Energy

Keywords: John Doerr, MBA '76; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Utilities

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