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  • 28 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

budgets have entered the EV space.” The ads, she noted, confirm the growing consumer interest in and target market for electric vehicles. Tesla’s boast that it delivered 1 million cars last year shows “that the technology is viable and... View Details
  • 24 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

technological disruptions. Scholars such as HBS professors Clayton M. Christensen, well known for his research on disruptive technological change and author of The Innovator's Dilemma, and Dorothy Leonard,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

Vacuum is commercializing technology developed at Harvard that mimics the ocean's natural process of absorbing C02 using renewable electricity. Click Here to Watch Alumni Track Winner: FleetZeroSteven Henderson, MBA 2016Fleetzero is... View Details
  • 15 Jan 2020
  • News

The Business of Access

bottom-line motivators of any person in trauma.” Nonprofit organizations help people regain their self-confidence and return to the community. Lisle immediately identified technology as an area for growth. “Technology companies are... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 08 Jun 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana Silver) and David Rosales (both HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but his fiancée is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • January 2025
  • Teaching Note

Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service

By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-007. The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Business Model; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Profit; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
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  • Sep 2011 - 2011
  • Conference Presentation

From Farms to Fuel Tanks: Collective Actors and New-venture Innovation in the U.S. Biodiesel Sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Boston and San Francisco Global investment management firm Alan Greenshields (MBA 1992) Fortu Holding AG Basel, Switzerland Proprietary technologies for next-generation rechargeable batteries Michael... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

other slums in Asia. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710004-PDF-ENG Echoing Green Harvard Business School Case 410-013 This case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2023
  • Blog Post

Climate Symposium 2023: Adopting Climate Solutions at Scale

join a wide range of panel discussions featuring industry experts in the following areas: Decarbonizing Farming; Food Supply Chain and Waste; Scaling Green Energy Generation; Hard to Decarbonize Sectors; Carbon Markets; Reimagining the... View Details
  • 13 Feb 2025
  • Blog Post

IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India

India’s coal conundrum firsthand. Despite our preconceived images of soot-covered walls, we were startled by the cleanliness and modernity of the facility. Tata Power has invested heavily in technology to limit pollutants like nitrous... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Alumni Leading Change

weaving to dyeing, sewing, and retailing. By leveraging vertical integration, best practices, and technology such as automation and robotics, the company is constantly improving productivity and raising product quality. At the same time,... View Details
  • February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
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  • 06 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Circularity in Denmark

our first visit, Sr. Director of Technology Soren Kristiansen walked us through the LEGO Group’s efforts to develop the next generation of blocks. Their team is working in parallel on bio-based and recycled plastics, iterating on... View Details
  • 18 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 18

  PublicationsTechnology Manager's Journey: An Extended Narrative Approach to Educating Technical Leaders Authors:Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Academy of Management Learning & Education 8, no. 3 (2009) Abstract View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

organized and staying focused. Among other things, he recommends beating procrastination by working on large, overwhelming projects in small, finite periods of time; reviewing technology to make sure it’s not making more work; and cutting... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • January 2006 (Revised December 2006)
  • Case

Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Dennis A. Yao and Masako Egawa
In 1995, Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., considers whether to push for a more aggressive launch of the Toyota Prius--an automobile that incorporates Toyota's new and technically advanced hybrid power train. This launch decision allows discussion of the... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Product Launch; Transportation; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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  • 18 Jul 2024
  • Blog Post

Building the Future: An HBS Alumna’s Journey in Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

HBS classmates who worked in more developed markets, allowing me fill knowledge gaps. It wasn’t until I took classes like Global Climate Change with Professor Gunnar Trumbull and worked on an Independent Project with Professor Willy Shih that I fully understood the... View Details