Energy Efficiency Standards - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1997
News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

finest." Field-Based Learning Expanded field-based learning opportunities now include more field studies, faculty-initiated research projects in which students may participate, and fieldwork within standard courses. About 40 percent of... View Details

08 May 2019
News

Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities

coursework, Asamoah has served as a student consultant for the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she analyzed how Grand Rapids, Michigan, could increase workforce diversity. As a summer intern at a solar View Details

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

and far less power and fresh water than other methods of extraction, Lithios is unlocking a responsible, domestic supply chain of one of the most critical raw materials for the energy transition. Brett's role prior to HBS was an Engineer... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

"green" and competitive. In the September-October 1995 Harvard Business Review, Porter (with coauthor Claas van der Linde) argues that by creatively and proactively attending to environmental exigencies, companies are likely not only to eliminate waste and use... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

17 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?

thought: "Safety precautions, etc. are reactive approaches. The proactive approach will be to involve under-privileged peoples in constructive work, (help them) improve their standard of living, and instill in them a feeling of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jan 2018
News

Reconsidering Retirement

friends were in the minority among their HBS classmates, many of whom aspired to join Wall Street. As it turned out, “entrepreneurial resourcefulness,” as Puritz calls it, has served them well throughout their careers and in the launch of Rebalance. In addition to... View Details

Keywords: April White; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

quickly than inflation; restriction of access and services; standards of care that lag behind accepted benchmarks; frequent treatment errors; wide variations in practice patterns; slow adoption of best practices; and slow diffusion of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

16 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

Summer has always been a time to take a breath and slow down. Now that the United States is entering a post-pandemic phase, we have yet another reason to take things a bit slower and stop obsessing about efficiency and speed. One of my... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

describes the most important legal forms of U.S. bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Chapter 11) and provides definitions of technical terms related to the bankruptcy process. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212081-PDF-ENG DONG Energy: Clean and Reliable... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

innovation wave stands Log 9 Materials, a beacon of nanotechnology and graphene innovation. Established in 2015 by Akshay Singhal and Kartik Hajela, (and later with Pankaj Sharma), two visionaries from IIT Roorkee, Log 9 stands out as a company not merely content with... View Details

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

http://hbr.org/product/hgrm-b-launching-hoxell-a-new-it-venture/an/815057-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-026 Cree Inc.: Introducing the LED Light Bulb Cree, a North Carolina-based maker of light emitting diodes (LEDs), has just introduced its first consumer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

enable efficient response; and an infrastructure for daily management and continuous improvement of the chain's performance. Furthermore, we find that employees on the service delivery unit spent 12% of their day compensating for internal... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jan 2004
News

Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

Remember that integrity counts. Make your ethical standards visible and consistent throughout your career." CURRENT READING Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow As U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1992, Barbara Franklin reestablished... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

1997 Placement Data Reflect January Cohort's Success

arrive, rather than strictly the job search they pursue while they're here." Nonetheless, MBA Career Services launched new efforts to help the January cohort build the skills and relationships needed for successful recruiting without the View Details

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

importance of reinvesting at this point. Q: In this context, you advance an unusual definition of competitiveness. Is that really the fulcrum for your whole project? JR: We define US competitiveness as the ability of firms in the US to succeed in the global marketplace... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

08 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

Offshore Wind Energy in the USA Harvard Business School Case 708-022 Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY—not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2025
Case

Luca de Meo at Renault Group (A)

By: Emily Truelove, Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

When Luca de Meo became CEO of Renault Group in 2020, the 122-year-old French automaker faced financial challenges and the double technological disruption of the automotive industry: the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the rise of software-defined vehicles (SDVs).... View Details

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06 Sep 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom

Each year, MIT, local business groups, and state agencies co-sponsor a competition designed to encourage the development of new technologies that focus on clean, renewable, or efficient energy resources. One... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

01 Mar 2006
News

Academic Cross-Pollination

to encourage the development of new technologies that focus on clean, renewable, or efficient energy resources. One of our teams developed last year’s winning idea: a polymer-producing bacteria that eats... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 11

productivity of EHR use and delegation. We then explored the interaction between these 2 strategies and the role of practice size. Results: Greater EHR use and greater delegation were independently associated with higher levels of productivity. An increase in EHR use... View Details