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01 Sep 2010
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market and on laundry soap and synthetic detergents, where it had secured a worldwide technological lead in the late 1940s. When Beauty and Health Diverge The ownership of the world beauty industry experienced enormous change between the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

19 Jan 2011
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eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to identify success factors in this emerging industry. Ecocities, for the most part, are viewed as a means of mitigating threats to the natural environment while creating urban living capacity by combining principles of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Sep 2014
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value. In just a few weeks the company's license to operate is to be reviewed by the United Kingdom's Civil Aviation Authority, competitors are publicly questioning the company's viability, and seasonal working capital needs are about to peak. With the company's very... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2010
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contrast to other models for green or smart cities that are variations on a massive real estate development project. The main economic engine driving Living PlanIT's model is a partner channel strategy adopted from the high View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal

The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details

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11 Sep 2012
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influential historical figures were articulate in expressing strong religious convictions. The paper concludes that by the 1990s it was evident that the success of entrepreneurial pioneers in building the market for green products created... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

"we built a new team to develop and grow the midmarket because I knew the existing team would want to continue to pursue the big deals" even if they were charged with going after smaller ones as well. He's taking a similar approach in the quest for... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

sustainability manager with a company I can align my values with. This class seemed like the perfect opportunity to give me the right tools to learn more about this field." Desirée Kaplan Writer at Green Matters Understand climate change... View Details

09 May 2017
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a sovereign default may affect the economy. 2017 Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy By: Jones, G. Abstract—This study examines the geography... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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By: Brian L. Trelstad

The focus of my research is on the systems of social innovation. How small groups of individuals come up with new products and services targeting important problems; how they finance these initial efforts, and convert prototypes into viable organizational strategies;... View Details

28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

Economics Oliver Hart's Contributions to the Understanding of Strategic Alliances and Technology Licensing By: Lerner, Josh Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50650 forthcoming... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

unique to sports, of course. Based on our surveys with executives from a wide range of fields, the rate at which managers lose relevance has increased dramatically, even over just the last decade. The world is changing faster than ever before; View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

19 Jan 2021
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Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

issues. This should help big business seeking global markets. At the same time, Biden’s proposals to “build back better—in America” and ensure investment in technology and innovation in all 50 states will provide a shot in the arm for... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2013
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Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper examines the evolution of concepts of the responsibility of business in a historical and global perspective. It shows that from the nineteenth century American, European, Japanese, Indian and other business leaders discussed the responsibilities of... View Details

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2023
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Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information

By: Gunther Glenk

Companies are increasingly viewed as crucial drivers for timely decarbonization. Current accounting practices for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, however, often leave corporate carbon disclosures and abatement obscured. Here I introduce a taxonomy for assuring the... View Details

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20 Jan 2015
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K., and Laurence A. Green Abstract—Following a brief summary of Henry A. Kissinger's career, this paper describes three of his most pivotal negotiations: the historic establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Sep 2013
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players. How can he best convince leaders in this mature industry to adopt a new technology and improve food safety? Additionally, he faces a number of questions related to product development, marketing, regulatory compliance, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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May 25, 2016
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How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

By: John A. Quelch

Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic... View Details

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01 Dec 2016
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heralded for their double-digit economic growth rates, and yet, significant social and environmental fault-lines have developed in these regions. Lessem makes the case for “integral advantage,” a philosophy including nature and culture, View Details

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Fair Trade

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Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)

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Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

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June 28, 2016

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective

Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information

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How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

Alumni Books of 2016