Natural Resources - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2008
What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

future. Gerald Nanninga, for example, commented that "If we deplete resources too quickly, the shortage of supply ... will make conservation issues more financially viable." Some felt that the free market might need some help.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

various directions within different departments. For example, human resources might initiate a United Way gift program that involves a company match; operations might work on waste reduction; and marketing might collect an extra dime from... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

The National Park Services: A Mini-Business with a Twist

are taken care of and acting responsibly. The “twist” is that the mission of the National Park Service is not profit driven. The mission is to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Portrait Project

Jared Simon

resources for shelter, increased commerce and trade all enabled population growth, increasing lifespan, and a higher standard of living. However, our gains have come at the expense of tipping the natural... View Details

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

will be the sanitary condition of the Ganges? What will India and the world look like economically, politically, and in terms of electricity and water in twelve years? We can put students in the position of the lead administrator and talk about constrained View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

November 2002 (Revised March 2003)
Case

Water Policy Priorities Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jose M. M. Porraz

The United States and Mexico face the challenges of managing shared water resources. The supply is limited and demand is growing on both sides of the border as a result of increased irrigated acreage and population growth. View Details

Keywords: Policy; Environmental Sustainability; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Mexico

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Educators

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12 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

League in the MIT Sloan Management Review. "As research on the National Football League reveals, sometimes the specific nature of a job determines whether a great performer at one company can replicate that performance at another," they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports

02 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

Summing Up: Is Job Ownership Nature or Nurture? Employees increasingly are becoming “job renters.” For some, it is a disturbing trend. It doesn’t have to happen. And the phenomenon isn’t universal. These observations by respondents to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Workshops & Technical Talks - Research Computing Services

Training Training Workshops & Technical Talks 2ms See below for trainings, reference materials, and resources at Harvard and beyond. R R workshop materials (e.g., Intro to R; R Regression models) from Harvard's Institute for Quantitative... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

customized nature of the process is essential to its success. You can't just pull it off the shelf." Underscoring the findings of Breaking Through, Thomas notes that changes in the racial makeup of American business executives will... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

enterprises as well. In this e-mail interview, Edmondson and Detert discuss their research and how managers can create environments that encourage and support "upward voice." Their paper is called "Latent Voice Episodes: The Situation-Specific View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Profile

Erik Dyson

Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters. View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing; Nonprofit / Government

James R. Moffett

the discovery and exploration of natural resource deposits around the world, especially the Grasberg gold mine in Papua, Indonesia. As CEO, Moffett oversaw a massive growth plan for the combined entities and... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

October 2011
Teaching Note

CNOOC: Building a World-class Energy Company (TN)

By: Joseph L. Bower

Teaching Note for 311-074. View Details

Keywords: Natural Environment; Employees; Markets; Alignment; Decisions; Leadership Development; Resource Allocation; Competition; Non-Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; China

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07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

08 Oct 2013
News

The Green Giant

world not as an objective to conquer, but rather as a resource we all share. Video Embed "The best and the brightest don't just want to make money; they want to make money and save the planet—they want their cake and they want to eat it... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; World Wildlife Fund

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

provide cheap, abundant energy to local communities that can simultaneously alleviate poverty while replacing biomass as a fuel source. Attendees enjoyed balanced perspectives from panelists on topics from sustainability efforts in View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

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