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- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-099WP.pdf Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification Authors:Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract SA 8000, along with other types of certification View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
Lucio A. Noto
Noto first concentrated on consolidating and improving efficiency in Mobil's oil, gas and chemical businesses, including trimming bureaucracy at the corporate level. Noto also revamped Mobil's retail gasoline business, being one of the... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Provides high tech products and services for building energy efficiency Jeffrey Brown (MBA 1983) Summit Power Group, LLC. Seattle, Washington Developer of electric power projects Michael Cavallo (MBA 1978)... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
residents ." More were skeptical of this view, suggesting that either subsidies or taxes or both will be required to: (1) raise market prices for carbon-based energy in developed countries, (2) encourage the development of new... View Details
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
geothermal heating facility powered by natural lake cooling to improve energy efficiency as it wrestles with rising energy prices in the EU from the Ukraine War. They also use... View Details
- 19 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Evolution of Agribusiness
more sustainable practices. But, due to more efficient operating practices, new technologies, and increased levels of partnership and collaboration across the supply chain, the future for the industry is very attractive. View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
Water and Power, the largest public utility in the United States with more than $6 billion in revenue, some 12,000 employees, and, arguably, the most complex water system in the world. She left that position in March 2024 and continues to focus on sustainable water and... View Details
- 13 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India
place in India’s energy future. Specifically, we wanted to resolve a persistent question facing countries around the world: How do you reconcile the urgent need to cut emissions while fueling economic growth and improving livelihoods?... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
Already Safe Companies Even Safer Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View Feedback or ideas... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Stacey Lawson (MBA '96)
illustrations of standard parts, such as valves, pumps, and gears. Today Lawson is the vice president of marketing at InPart, a company she cofounded upon graduating from HBS. InPart, now fifty employees strong, is creating a library of... View Details
- 20 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management
upgrades are implemented to ensure quality at the point of use. Improving energy efficiency at treatment plants, such as adopting renewable energy or advanced... View Details
Philip Sporn
Sporn was one of the foremost contributors to the growth in the consumption and dissemination of electric power. A tireless advocate for the industry, Sporn’s efforts were aimed at greater efficiency of operations through technological... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
classic trading system of exchange is identified with David Ricardo, the early nineteenth-century economist who first analytically clarified it. Imagine that tribe A is good at both hunting and fishing, but more efficient at hunting.... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 03 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Zurich
climate in one intimate conversation and we all learned from each other’s far-ranging experiences. Personally, I felt completely energized by the range of activities these alumni are engaged in around the world, from critical forestation projects in Burkina Faso to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
“Green construction” projects at Hamilton Hall and Sherman Hall/Wyss House that are aiming to garner LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, a voluntary, consensus-based standard... View Details
John K. Jamieson
Jamieson oversaw the creation of Exxon from the reorganized Standard Oil and other affiliates. During the Arab Oil Embargo in the early 1970’s, Exxon generated record-level profitability. View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
Japanese policy were not successful, and the poor results elsewhere in the world are not surprising. We also point out in the book, however, some areas where Japanese policy was truly innovative like high standards for View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
in emissions is enVerid’s Sorbent Ventilation Technology. Commercial buildings contribute 17 percent of US carbon emissions, and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) is responsible for 36 percent of commercial-building energy... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories
United States’ Clean Energy Future Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Through Project Finance View Details