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29 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and other universities as part of the requirements for the Microeconomics of Competitiveness. Each study focuses on the competitiveness of... View Details

09 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details

Keywords: by Glen Justice

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

cross-sector coalitions (but are too often missing). PART 2: SCALING ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPACT 2:45 p.m. Plenary Sessions Driving Climate Performance through Accountability and Governance Faculty Moderator: George Serafeim (DBA 2010) ,... View Details

17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

season. Sources: "How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay" by Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton, copyright 2014, Perspectives on Psychological Science "Executive Paywatch: High-paid... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

Herrera, Alastair Iain Johnston, and Rose McDermott, eds. Publication: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming No abstract available. The Rules of Globalization: Case Book Author: Rawi Abdelal, ed. Publication: Singapore: World... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Harvard Environmental Centers 16ms The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability serves as a fulcrum for collaboration across Harvard’s many... View Details

17 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

of the University of Texas-Austin and Amit Seru of Stanford Graduate School of Business. A spate of alleged fraud by Wells Fargo has highlighted a dirty little secret in the financial industry: Misconduct by financial advisors is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

taking the subject as given, they explore it as politically constituted. If “the market” is neither a discrete phenomenon nor marginal to human experience, then basic structures of governance become important. Rather than assuming that... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

07 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807153 Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities Harvard Business School Note 807-124 Technology transfer from U.S. universities to industry has... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Choosing the Right Student Loan

repayment options. Students who go into the non-profit or social enterprise sector may be eligible for loan repayment assistance. Not only does the federal government currently offer loan forgiveness programs for federal borrowers, but... View Details

September – October 2009
Article

U.S. Energy Policy: Overcoming Barriers to Acting

By: Max Bazerman

Energy policy is on everyone's mind these days. The U.S. presidential campaign focused on energy independence and exploration (drill, baby, drill), climate change, alternative fuels, even nuclear energy. But there is a serious problem endemic to America's energy... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Climate Change; Energy Sources; Government and Politics; Cognition and Thinking; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Problems and Challenges; Non-Renewable Energy; Economics; Natural Environment; Energy Industry; United States

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Loeb House | About

along with his wife, Frances Lehman Loeb. Loeb’s deep devotion to Harvard was noted at the time of his death by Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine, who said, “Harvard University has lost the... View Details

21 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

learning programs) to help the lower income groups and the under-privileged Government could launch reward programs to both groups to encourage their willingness to participate." Peter McCann said that, "The threat to democracy... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

business utility akin to Zoom, but the early stages will be dominated by gamers.” Charles Morrissey saw a practical use now, saying that “the virtual university will finally deliver an alternative, low-cost substitute.” David Wittenberg,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

measures perfect equality as zero and maximum inequality as one, with higher numbers indicating a greater concentration of resources in the hands of a few. This measure has long dominated our understanding of what inequality means, largely because this metric is used... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

18 Nov 2009
Working Paper Summaries

India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Anusha Chari

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

government subcontractors—the argument goes—then Whites' right for equal protection may be violated." In a related article, Whites See Racism as a Zero-Sum Game That They Are Now Losing, Norton and Sommers surveyed 100 white and 100 black... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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