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Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)

By: Shawn A. Cole, John Masko and T. Robert Zochowski

In 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promote economic... View Details

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27 Jun 2017
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they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2010
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Recovery (A) Deishin Lee, Baris Ata, and Mustafa H. TongarlakHarvard Business School Case 611-033 This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2006
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Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

poverty? A: Yes, there are many. Here are two: DaimlerChrysler some years ago, under pressure from the Green Party in Germany, decided it had to increase the amount of renewable resources it used in the manufacture of its cars. The... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

30 Aug 2011
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sweetriot to be the number one natural chocolate company in the world and to thus be a vehicle to drive change globally. How can she meet that objective while also keeping the company true to its social roots? Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2000
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Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

renewal of existing franchises. 16 With new rules in place improving their access to programming and capping franchise fees, cable operators rushed to develop urban markets. They encountered a chaotic and sometimes corrupt process as they... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

into a stock of trust. Renewal through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies between Formal and Informal Organization Authors:Ranjay Gulati and P. Puranam Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract We develop a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Aug 2007
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HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

communicate on commitments such as investments in biofuels or renewable solar energy. And this is not only targeted to ethical funds; it also allows a retail shareholder, for example, to go to a dinner saying he is proud to be an investor... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of higher education, the executive education market is heavily subsidized by the organizations... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Rupert Murdoch’s fledgling Fox Network unexpectedly displaced longtime incumbent CBS as the host of the National Football League’s flagship programming. Fox’s negotiating success seemed most unlikely given that CBS had regularly renewed... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

renewed support, Wilson pondered on what else he might do to ward off the challenges from GEICO and Progressive. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715426-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-702 BOLT: Seed... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008

Benefits Fund (PBF) enacted by the state legislature. With renewed effort by activists in 2006 to expand AE's role, there was a possibility of the PBF swelling to $50 to $80 million. Naturally, this put AE at conflict with electric... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

people-oriented industry, attrition has special import. DeLong and Gabarro, of Harvard Business School, along with former Morgan Stanley and Ernst & Young executive Lees, argue that a PSF can gain a much-needed competitive edge by View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

persistent, and sometimes unexpected, impact on organizations' strategies. Cases & Course MaterialsAcciona and the Battle for Control of Endesa Belen Villalonga and Rachelle SilverbergHarvard Business School Case 210-029 Acciona, S.A. is a global infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
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Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

start reassessing one's life and asking the big questions like 'Why am I here?' Coupled with this, you have many people looking for a renewed sense of community. They're searching for a sense of belonging." The "s" Word For... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

14 Jul 2008
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HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

is that if it fails to meet the benchmarks in its contract it can be shut down rather than renewed at the end of its five-year term. So while charter schools enjoy more autonomy than traditional schools, they are theoretically more... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

July 2013
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Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain

By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai

As the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes had invested heavily for many years to bio-engineer enzymes that could break down cellulose into fermentable sugar. In 2010, the company had launched what it thought would become a breakthrough product... View Details

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15 Jan 2013
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and gas had continued to cripple the middle and lower class as the U.S. economy slowly recovered. At the same time, the U.S. lagged behind developed economies in production of renewable energy. The acceptance of climate change remained a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2009
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A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

suited to analyze these developments and initiate a discussion. As Michael Sandel recently remarked, the decision when to use markets is "a political question" that requires debate (Sandel 2009). He added, "The hope for moral and civic View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

13 Nov 2007
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Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

of opportunity, America could instead be closing it down—unless we create a positive agenda to renew the American spirit," she writes in the book's introduction. Kanter believes America at the start of the 21st century has lost its... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)

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Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

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Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

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HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

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Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

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A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

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