Climate Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

a traditional gas-fired system due to lower utility bills and greater energy efficiency. Heat pumps can also insulate from the effects of energy price spikes. Next, making the switch will enable homeowners to take control of their climate... View Details

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

negative impact on organizational climate while taking action had a positive impact. Results suggest that solving problems as they arise (e.g., Toyota's approach) with intense and substantive actions is more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

University’s Earth Institute. The road ahead will not be smooth. “You’re talking about the most important and complex city in the world,” says John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who studies public infrastructure, View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

2010
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Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro

All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

expected impact, risk-adjusted total impact, and impact multiple of money score 5 hrs Module 5 Integrating Climate Risk and Financing Climate Solutions Understand the... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Engaging Students More Deeply

Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of climate change, and a charter... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Electricity - Business & Environment

especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: hurricanes, wildfires, and sea level rise pose immense risks for the reliable delivery of electricity. As one example, restoring electric power in... View Details

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Events - Business History

Loathe Government and Love the Free Market" Organized by Geoff Jones and Kwelina Thompson Seminar meets on Zoom. Oct 23 23 Oct 2023 Business History Seminar: Business, Society, and the Environment Ann-Kristin Bergquist (Uppsala University), "Business and Global View Details

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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Business School talks about the challenges business in the U.S. is facing, including political gridlock in Washington and an ever-deepening skills shortage. July 2013 Other Publication "American Competitiveness Worldwide: Impacts on Small... View Details

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

to do long term, the type of impact I want to have, and what I need to do to convince people to join me in the fight.” Roberts’ chosen fight is climate change, and he’s aiming to do it via taste buds. After... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator Crypto/Web 3.0 Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Marvin Bower Associate Professor John Wu (MBA 2000), Chair Avalabs The New Gold Rush in Climate... View Details

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Companies: social responsibility

S&P Global ESG Scores: Provides environment, social and governance data and scores and TruCost data. Includes: Climate Analytics, ESG Scores, and Trucost Environmental. Sustainalytics: Provides environmental, social, and... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

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HBS - Key Metrics

Staff includes employees classified as admin & professional, internal post docs, service & trade hourly, and support staff. GHG Emissions is calculated using the location-based reporting methodology and Harvard University follows The View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Entrepreneurial Support 2ms Entrepreneurial Support Across HBS, Harvard, and Boston, there are many resources to support students interested in founding or joining a climate start-up. The resources below highlight... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

a GED, but no college and no job, we would make a big impact on this. We have to have the psychological armor to defend ourselves against the racism that's all around us. Neeley: George Floyd's death has reawakened corporate America to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

book) is accelerating that trend. “There are substantial public health impacts in wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and the aftermath of flooding,” notes Macomber, who teaches the MBA electives Business Opportunities in View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

U.S. Green Bonds Supplementary Readings Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2019 Lex in depth: the $900bn cost of ‘stranded energy assets’ Climate risk and... View Details

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

stumbled across the Firm’s Sustainability Practice during my rotation in New York, and it was “love at first sight” – I realized that climate change has become top of mind for many business leaders, and climate-related projects cover some... View Details

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Career Support - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Career Support 26ms Opportunities to make a difference in major environmental challenges If you aspire to make a positive impact on the world, there are many opportunities to do so through a career that integrates a nuanced... View Details

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