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A Commitment to Sustainability | About

electricity from our solar panels (solar renewable energy credits [SRECs], which represent the environmental benefit, are sold to the Harvard Utility to meet its state renewable energy requirements), natural... View Details
  • November 2016 (Revised September 2018)
  • Case

Elon Musk's Big Bets

By: David B. Yoffie, Eric Baldwin and Brandon Kaufmann
Between late 2014 and late 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk undertook several major, and risky, initiatives that would dramatically expand the scale and scope of Tesla’s business. In late 2014, Tesla began construction on a $5 billion “gigafactory” that would manufacture... View Details
Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Solar Power; Strategy; Execution; Technology; Space Flight; Tesla; SolarCity; SpaceX; Elon Musk; Information Technology; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Renewable Energy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Aerospace Industry; Battery Industry
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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

A Continuum of Innovation

can we ensure that HBS’s MBA Program offers the best management education possible for future leaders in business and society?” In an ongoing effort to address these questions, the School launched the Required Curriculum (RC) Renewal... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 16 Jun 2021
  • HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

including the massive infusion of liquidity and confidence into capital markets that took place under the Federal Reserve’s and US government’s various COVID-relief programs, a belief in the long-term growth prospects of the cruise industry generally, and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel
  • 30 Jan 2024
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Second-Generation Ethanol Production Help Decarbonize the World?

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull; Energy
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

investment solutions ranging from green bonds and renewable infrastructure to thematic strategies that allow clients to align their capital with specific ESG outcomes. The Sustainable Investing team is responsible for ESG integration in... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

the age of fossil fuels. Heavy industry accounts for more than 30% of global emissions that cannot be mitigated by today’s technology. A complete energy transition will require sustainable hydrogen to power heavy industry and beyond. Founded by experienced View Details
  • 06 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers

customers.” However, the research team is not suggesting that marketers slap “revised” labels onto products when those products are not in fact substantively different. On the consumer side, the research suggests that buyers should beware the easy shortcut of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products; Retail
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

The Renewal of an Online Community , Harvard Business School case, 2021. With Karim Lakhani and Christian Godwin. Digital Infrastructure , Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment chapter, University of Chicago Press, 2021. IBM... View Details
  • January 2024
  • Case

Sprouts Farmers Market

By: Rajiv Lal, Forest L. Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
Sprouts Farmers Markets (Sprouts) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based chain of 400-plus natural foods stores in 23 U.S. states and $6.4 billion in sales as of 2022. In its product assortment, brand image, and store environment, Sprouts emphasizes freshness, health, innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Strategic Planning; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Retail Industry; United States; Arizona
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  • 2020
  • Chapter

Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

market, offering the only economically competitive, domestically produced, renewable source of this clean burning fuel. Clear Suppliers Paul Morgenthaler Alex Zhang Business Track Runner-Up Clear Suppliers is a global supply chain... View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

teams that invested in transformative, large-scale, renewable energy projects; explored ways to help accelerate energy access in emerging markets; and catalyzed actions to address climate change. He also spearheaded Google’s View Details
  • June 2021
  • Technical Note

SPAC Space

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2020, over half of all initial public offerings (IPOs) in the United States were special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), blank-check companies that typically had two years to find a business to take public, usually through a reverse merger. Together, 248... View Details
Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; SPACs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Going Public; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Strategy
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HBS - Key Metrics

electricity from the grid, electricity from our solar panels (solar renewable energy credits [SRECs], which represent the environmental benefit, are sold to the Harvard Utility to meet its state renewable... View Details
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Executive Education - Entrepreneurship

learn how to exploit disruptive opportunities to build successful businesses and product lines. Who should attend: Entrepreneurs or executives who are launching their own startup or preparing to jump-start innovation in established firms. OPM View Details
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

and Richard S. Ruback. 2000 Robert Simons : Winner of the 2000 Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award from the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association for Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control... View Details
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing
  • 22 Feb 2018
  • Book

The New History of American Capitalism

Since the start of the 2000s, historians have renewed their interest in capitalism, two Harvard professors observe in their new book, American Capitalism: New Histories. One of the primary contributing factors for this, according to Sven... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

Committee's preference is to (1) fund new graduates as they re-enter the workforce, and (2) renew fellowships for existing GO Africa recipients before funding alumni who have been working for 1-4 years post-MBA. You have accepted a... View Details